Ebola: Idris directs agencies to intensify public enlightenment

— Minister urges accurate information, warns against spreading unverified reports
By Chidinma Chukwu
ABUJA — The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has directed agencies under his ministry to intensify public enlightenment on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) following reports of a confirmed case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The directive was issued to the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON) and News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Rabiu Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday.
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