The Supervising Minister of Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan, will be among top government functionaries, diplomats, development partners and private sector chieftains that will be at the formal departure ceremony of 250 Nigerian volunteers in Lagos today.
The volunteers will be offering services to contain the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the neighbouring West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Others expected at the function include the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
They are part of a team of a 1000-strong health personnel force being deployed under the African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa, ASEOWA.
The team consists of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other cadre of health professionals.
A high point of the departure programme is the official launch of the Africa Against Ebola Resource Mobilisation Campaign, under a partnership between the African Union and the private sector.
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