Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has hinted that the 2027 general elections may be postponed due to the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria.
NCDC Director General, Jide Idris, who made this known, said if Ebola spreads wide enough, the Federal Government may need to postpone the 2027 general elections.
The 2027 election is scheduled to start in January and politicians vying for office have begun their campaigns.
But while the country moves towards 2027, there has been an outbreak of Ebola cases in Nigeria, in the past few days.
Idris, however, said that no government would use Ebola as a political tool.
The NCDC boss, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said, “We in the health sector did not use disease issues as a political weapon.
“We hope the election will not be postponed but if the thing gets wide enough that might be considered, as at now there is no need for that.
“This Ebola thing started in DRC a couple of months ago and we were tracking, they said for you to track again there is a possibility that it may get here due to our population movement, flight into this country, and ports of entry, yet it came, no government will use Ebola as a political weapon.”
