The medical workers union of Nigeria has warned Nigerians to stop drinking garri for now due to the outbreak of Lassa fever in the country.
The Medical and Health Workers Union, Lagos State council, on Saturday, said that it would embark on public enlightenment to discourage drinking of garri for now to prevent Lassa fever.
Mr Razak Adeofalade, Chairman of the union, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
According to him, the house rats that caused Lassa fever are mostly in contact with Nigerian most staple food, gari, a cassava product.
“We are going to encourage members of the public to stop drinking gari at this moment, it is better that the cassava flour is utilised for ‘eba’ because of the use of hot water.
“We are waging total war and that is: ‘War against Rats,’ and that is what we are going to do to ensure we do not have another victim of Lassa fever in the state.
“We will also be telling them to ensure that their fruits and raw vegetables are properly washed if they must be consumed raw and cook to the appropriate temperature.
“The whole essence is to enlighten our people because education carries a lot of weight in this whole activity,” he said.
Adeofalade added that the union was also calling for adaptation of best practices for food storage to prevent the epidemic.
According to him, the union is determined to wage war against rats in the state and public enlightenment on fighting epidemic
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This is really sad news cos some families only have garri to drink.....However please i beg you all to heed to this warning cos they know why they are warning people off garri...LASSA Fever is spreading fast!
If you took Ebola serious,please know that LASSA fever is as bad as Ebola
Na w o. Lord help your people o.
ReplyDeleteYes now,garri is the fastest way to contact it.i said it on the very first post u made on lassa fever didn't I ?
DeleteShea make we give you plaque??
DeleteNa wa oo
DeleteNo kill your self
DeleteHmmm
ReplyDeleteAlready told my people, no drinking of garri for now o. Me wey like ijebu garri in d afternoon sef.
Na only to make Eba for now o.
God help us.
Wake up call to Universities and boarding schools. An outbreak there will be severe, fumigation and sensitization should be carried out.
DeleteHmmmn,may God help us ooh.
ReplyDeleteFear dey catch me.
ReplyDeleteMy love for garri ijebu
ReplyDeleteIf I hear!
ReplyDeleteVery soon,they will ask us to stop eating rice!!!
Dey can't cause heat is involved in d process of rice @home only way ricecan be includes its if people eat raw rice o
DeleteBetter hear oh!
DeleteEyah.. it is well o
ReplyDeleteNa today?
ReplyDeleteCan't stop drinking garri o.
They should stop spoiling my blues with their reggae joor.
Then u re-heat the dry garri in an oven or stove before soaking.
DeleteSo in your mind we will beg you? Kill yourself who cares
DeleteI hv plenty rats in my house dan mosquitoes,cuz my landlord made gutter directly opposite our room,so I see much of big big rats everyday.is only God dat can save us.i wish I get money to go rent self contain.
ReplyDeleteIts more on the mice than those big rats.
DeleteValerie, rat is rat oh! Prevention is better than cure.
DeleteRat is not rat. There are like a thousand variety of rats in the world just like snakes. And it ud not your typical house rat that carries the virus....
DeleteSmh at these people creating panic everywhere. Thank God for knowledge otherwise someone will be living in fear.....
Wow. Garri ke?
ReplyDeleteDon't even have that in my house.
But still gotta wash fruits thoroughly and properly iron clothes cuz these rats run through everything!
God save us.
Stupid fake fool with your rotten eyes, be forming posh
DeleteYou best tackle those rats running amok.
DeleteSo not having garri in my house makes me posh? Lol.
DeleteAnon. You are way down the gutter. So freakishly way down. And no way up for you. You are dead and gone.
And how 9n earth does one have rotten eyes?
Let me bless you with an info- I wear medicated contact lens, grey and brown. Minus 3. I interchange them depending on my makeup. Lol. KPele.
I also have glasses too.
But I am sure you don't know what contact lens is, for you to teemail it rotten.
You are again, down the gutter.
I pity you. There's no tunnel for you.
@Darlington Nori, Mennnnn, I am. Seriously.
Choi see finishing for dis "sad anony. See as I dey sorry u.
DeleteOya.Repent from ur evil! And u wil be happy n live long.
@ Ollie baby,forgive nne m.anony i'm sure is repentant.
Haaaaa..my ijebu garri*crying*
ReplyDeleteIt is well o.
ReplyDeleteHaaaa!!my ijebu garri*crying*
ReplyDeleteBut I like to drink garri naa, ha God save your children oh.
ReplyDeleteE go possibu??me wey like to the drink garri...
ReplyDeleteGod help ur people.
ReplyDeleteGod have mercy!
ReplyDeleteEnter your comment...then wat will happen to Nigeria student? Abeg federal govt so we can buy golden more......change indeed
ReplyDeleteGolden more?
DeleteGod please save us
ReplyDeleteThis is serious!
ReplyDeleteGod save and protect ur people.I encourage all to listen because prevention is not only better than cost,its also cheaper n less time n stress consuming
ReplyDeleteGod help Africa.
ReplyDeleteEnter your comment...oh! my God i just finish drinking garri now? God pls help me. Thank God i didnt give my kids,
ReplyDeleteChai my brother too like drinking garri
ReplyDeleteWar against rat. Lol we need to be armed nah.
But seriously God save us from all these end time diseases.
Lord have mercy on your people........chaii but I ll miss ijebu garri ooo. lol
ReplyDeleteLassa and ebola are both dangerous with same symptoms and very contagious.
ReplyDeleteIjebu garri sellers will suffer loss now ooh...please also keep ur surroundings clean to avoid rats gaining access into your home. Cover your foodstuffs properly if you leave in a place dt u can't control the flow of rats..
ReplyDeleteGod na your hand we dey o.
ReplyDeleteChai!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love garri with lots of milk and groundnuts, especially after a stressful day.
Not funny at all.
#WhiteDiamondOut
Choi!
ReplyDeleteAt this time when cold salted ijebu garri and kilishi be scattering my head?
*oh no mehnn*
#sadface
Too bad! Kudos to Nigeria! You can win this!!!
ReplyDeleteLucinda
I wanted to buy Ijebu garri this weekend but...
ReplyDeleteFor dis obodo naija? Na die be dat oo
ReplyDeleteLolololol
Delete---MRS AAY
BIG LIE!
ReplyDeleteI jst drank garri now wit eja dindin*
ROBOCOP.
U crack me up big time
Delete---MRS AAY
Eat well. Make them help you find bush meat join?
DeleteCool, I've stopped stopped drinking garri since dou. People pls heed to this.
ReplyDeleteThat feeling of drinking garri with groundnut is messed up in my head for life. And I like it so much with cold water an milk.
ReplyDeleteI have a plan,after this Lassa fever thing ends,hopefully. Na to tell my parents to contract someone that will come to their house,fry the garri,package and send to us.
The thought of that whole urine and rat droplets is disturbing and nauseating.
*and
Delete*contact
Meanwhile if u want to fumigate those rats pls contact me, just write under my comment *lagos only*
ReplyDeleteThis is serious. I don't like this ( spread of lassa fever) in Lagos.
ReplyDeleteIf they want to wage a war against rats they should make the country cleaner. Close up gutters. Make sure dirt is disposed off properly by LAWMA and co. They have a lot of work to do. Many Nigerians are dirty. They should educate them on cleanliness
ReplyDeleteCan the country be rid of rats? I'm just saying.. There are rats everywhere. I think there are more rats in new york than lagos..Lol.I could be wrong though..
DeleteI agree!!! those rats on new york subways are something else
DeleteNo they can't get rid of rats, it's you that should take precautions.. thank God I no like garri. I will even stop buying friuts. May God save us all. We are really in the endtime
DeleteI remember during the ebola period, I met a girl in bus while travelling to lagos. She said a prophet said, there will still be 14 diff diseases/ sickness powerful than ebola. I wanted to slap her that day. But I think we need serious prayer in our country and always remember end time is NEAR
I never said they could get rid of rats. It's not possible. We all know that. But making the country cleaner will reduce the number of rats running amok. That's what I mean. Cos the whole country is just filthy. You can't even look into a gutter without feeling nauseated. All this increases the numbers of rats.
DeleteLassa has been around even before Ebola...it just has a higher survival rate than Ebola...
DeleteMeanwhile, any new lassa case right now us most likely from person to person contamination than rat to person...
So dig out your hand sanitizer and tell your kids to wash their hands ( I'm assuming the adults wash their hands often
Ijebu garri sellers go cry this season.
ReplyDeleteEwooo! Can I stop drinking garri?
ReplyDeleteGarri with cold water and groundnut.
Jesus have mercy ooo
May God protect all Nigerians based at home from all these diseases caused by poverty and filth.
ReplyDeleteMay God protect all Nigerians based at home from all these diseases caused by poverty and filth.
ReplyDeleteLook at these guys, that was how they said we should stop eating pormo sometime ago.... I've been drinking garri since 1990 jor. They better leave me wid my garri n do the needful. #ILoveGarri
ReplyDeletemay God help us
ReplyDeleteHaa, some garri seller will be made jobless but I will miss garri o and how long are we talking about.
ReplyDeleteWhat about us in the US? Should we leave gari alone? Cos I love gari die
ReplyDeleteDis is serious. GOD help us
ReplyDeleteMake I go cover d garri we brought from d village. Early this morning this small rat enter my locked room and refused to make me sleep. I get headache. I need fumigators o
ReplyDeleteMake I go cover d garri we brought from d village. Early this morning this small rat enter my locked room and refused to make me sleep. I get headache. I need fumigators o
ReplyDeleteMadam go and cover it sharperly o and find that small rat abeg
DeleteThe best solution for rat is litter cat everywhere ,there is this country that have cat every where ,and when i asked they said it was for rat ,the government of the country brought in ship load of cat and dumped it every where in the country ,small country though but it worked
ReplyDeleteGod save us. Nke garri kwa. Hian. That's d fastest escape when I'm tired and fagged out. Who has time to go drag stick inside pot to make Semo?
ReplyDeleteMy kids will be so happy ehn, they are experts at sticking yellow garri under the dining set. More yam and potato tubers to the rescue then.
Stop eating rice... I could do dat, stop eating eba... Yea I could live wit dat. But stop drinking garri, .... Kuku kill me
ReplyDeleteEnd time epidemic
ReplyDeleteHow Yoruba go take survive?
ReplyDeletemy God help us. with the economic situation. father heal our land.
ReplyDeleteOne can stil take garri...all you have to do is microwave it a lil or fry it in a pan ..its safer that way
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