Nigeria Minister blames climate change for recent Meningitis outbreak

Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has blamed the recent outbreak of meningitis in the country on climate change.

While addressing world leaders at the 106th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland, the former governor of Anambra state said the over 1000 casualties recorded during the latest outbreak of the ailment can be blamed on the adverse effects of climate change.

He said, "The adverse effects can be found everywhere in our ecosystem which have manifested in the difficulties associated with the generation of sustainable income, employment opportunities, eradication of poverty and the promotion of better livelihood for the citizenry.

"A manifestation of the adverse climatic condition in my country was the recent outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis which resulted in the death of over 1000 people predisposed by the extreme heat waves which assisted an uncontrollable meningitides bacteria multiplication.

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Sanofi Pasteur

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