'Ebola may force postponement of 2027 elections' - NCDC

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has hinted that the 2027 general election might be postponed due to the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria.

The Director General of NCDC, Jide Idris, said if Ebola spreads wide enough, the Nigerian government might need to postpone the 2027 general election.

The 2027 general election is scheduled to start in January and politicians vying for office have begun their campaigns.

While the country moves towards 2027, there has been an outbreak of Ebola cases in Nigeria, in the past few days.

However, Idris disclosed that no government will use Ebola as a political tool.

Featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, he 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.”