Abuja - The Nigerian Academy of Science says that it is collaborating with the Federal Government in the fight against Ebola in the country.

The President of the academy, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, made this known in an interview with the media in Abuja Sunday.

He said that members of the academy had been involved in the management of Ebola for a long time in providing guidance in the area of laboratory.

“Our members are involved in organising and coordinating the activities of laboratories, if they do not diagnose properly, we cannot know what we have and how to go about looking for a solution.”

“Even before the virus came into Nigeria, scientists had provided support to the Federal Ministry of Health.”

“We advised on the need to strengthen port health measures as a means of checking the entry of some of the very deadly diseases, including Ebola into the country,” he said.