The warning is coming from the Medical and
Health Workers Union, Lagos State Council, who on Saturday, January 17, said that it
would embark on public enlightenment to
discourage consumption of soaked garri for
now to prevent Lassa fever. Speaking in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, Razak Adeofalade, the chairman of the union stated that house rats that caused Lassa fever are
mostly in contact with Nigerian most popular
food, Garri, a cassava product. Medical Experts Warn Nigerians to avoid
drinking garri to prevent Lassa fever Adeofalade said: “We are going to encourage members of the public to
depart from the process of drinking
garri at this moment, it is better that the
cassava flour is utilised for eba,’<br /> because of the use of hot water. “We are waging total war and that is:<br />War against Rats,’ and that is what we
are going to do to ensure we do not
have another victim of Lassa Fever in
the state.

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