FG ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF OWERRI AIRPORT FOR RUNWAY REHABILITATION. (PHOTO).

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 FG ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF OWERRI AIRPORT FOR RUNWAY REHABILITATION  The  Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has announced the temporary closure of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, to allow for major runway rehabilitation works. A statement by the  Minister says the closure has become necessary to improve safety and operational efficiency at the airport, ahead of the Christmas travel season. It adds that the rehabilitation project is a joint partnership between the Federal Government and the Imo State Government, and will involve repairs to deteriorated sections of the runway, treatment of surface cracks, filling of potholes, resurfacing, and extension works to accommodate larger aircraft. The Minister disclosed that he had earlier spoken with the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma, who, along with other critical stakeholders in the South-East, agreed on the need for the temporary closure. The airport i...

IS LEGAL TO GIVE EXPERIMENTAL EBOLA DRUGS-WHO.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan addresses the media after a two-day meeting of its emergency committee on Ebola, in Geneva August 8, 2014.  REUTERS-Pierre Albouy            World Health Organisation panel today tuesday,ruled that it is ethical to offer unproven drugs or vaccines to people infected or at risk in West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak .The panel said any provision of experimental Ebola medicines would require ''Informed consent,freedom of choice,confidentiality,respect for the person,preservation of dignity and involvement of the community''.The drugs should also be properly tested in the best possile clinal trials.The Ebola virus has killed at least 1,013 of the more than 1,848 people it has infected in Guinea,Liberia,Sierra Leone and Nigeria.The WHO has declared it an international health emergency.Nigerian Government should shine their eyes,these Ebola is not a poor man disease,it affects everybody.                                                                                                                                                    People sit near a poster with a government message against Ebola, at the health minister's office in Abidjan August 11, 2014. REUTERS-Luc GnagoA man has his temperature taken using an infrared digital laser thermometer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, August 11, 2014.   REUTERS-Afolabi Sotunde

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