By Emmanuel Elebeke
INTERNATIONAL Development Partners in Nigeria, have commended the government for its efforts so far in containing and managing the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country.

The commendation came at the weekend at a Dialogue Session with the International Development Partners, IDP, organised by the National Planning Commission in Abuja.

Meanwhile, the African Development Bank, AfDB, has pledged to release $1m to support Nigeria in the fight against the disease under its Emergency Relief Assistance Programme (ERAP).

The AfDB also pledged that another $60m will be released to be managed by WHO to strengthen the health system in the entire West Africa, pointing out that in a few weeks time, Nigeria can be a beneficiary as well.

The Minister of National Planning, Dr Abubakar Sulaiman, who presided over the dialogue session, said that the purpose of the meeting was to fashion out desirable and workable solution to address the spread of the disease and also to solicit their intervention to compliment government’s effort.

The representative of WHO at the dialogue session, Mr Rui Vaz, commended Nigeria for the efforts put in place by the leadership in the fight against the Ebola disease.