THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has suspended all meetings involving member states of the commission, due to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in some West African countries.

Vice President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr Toga McIntosh, announced this at a briefing organised by the Nigerian government for the diplomatic corps on Ebola outbreak, in Abuja, on Thursday.

McIntosh said the management of the commission took the decision as a precautionary measure to check the spread of the virus.

He said only meetings that were “very essential” would be convened by the commission, but he did not provide any specifics.

“We know that all of our meetings bring together stakeholders from the member states.So, on August 4, when we had our management meeting, we took a decision to suspend all meetings that will bring us together from our various countries.

“Let’s watch this spread and let’s see how this will go down, and then thereafter, we can see how we can proceed,” he said.

McIntosh thanked the Lagos State government, the hospital that treated Patrick Sawyer in Lagos and the Nigerian media for their support to contain and combat the deadly disease.

According to him, the Lagos office of ECOWAS had been temporarily closed until after the fumigation exercise.

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