Ebola: Senate urges FG to make screening mandatory at all entry points

*** Asks FG to release emergency funds from the service-wide votes and make necessary funding available to the relevant agencies to curb the disease
*** Rejects prayer for lawmakers to visit the principal entry points
*** To Immediately Amend the Quarantine Act 1926
By Henry Umoru, Abuja
The Senate has urged the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the NCDC and the Port Health Services, to make health screening compulsory for all arriving international passengers at every international airport, seaport and designated land border, consisting of the Health Declaration Form.
According to the Senate, this will also involve a temperature chec...