Civil groups call for action as cholera outbreak claims lives in Bayelsa

By Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of the Bayelsa State Non-Governmental Organisations Forum (BANGOF) has expressed concern over what it describes as a health crisis in Nembe Local Government Area due to a suspected cholera outbreak.

The Bayelsa State Government, through its Commissioner for Health, Prof. Seiyefa Brisibe, recently dismissed…