PDP blames Ekiti cholera outbreak on govt

BY OLA AJAYI

IBADAN—The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South-West has described the outbreak of cholera in some parts of Ekiti State as an evidence of failure of the Kayode Fayemi-led Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, government in the state.

The party through its Zonal Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kayode Babade, said the case of cholera outbreak in Ikere-Ekiti, Ikere Local Government Area of the state was the second in the state this year.

Babade said, “a responsible government would have taken steps to prevent its reccurrence instead of waiting for people to be killed before rushing to intervene.”

He noted that the state which did not have a single case of cholera in 2010 now recorded highest cases of the epidemic in all the South West states.

“In July, two persons reportedly died from cholera outbreak in Igbara-Odo, Ekiti South/West Local Government area of Ekiti State. And now, there is another outbreak of cholera in Ikere-Ekiti.

“This to us is unacceptable especially in a state where the ACN government claimed it committed N3.2 billion to provision of pipe borne water this year alone.