Nigeria, March 12 -- The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to start an urgent diphtheria vaccination campaign in schools across the country.

This move comes after a recent outbreak of the disease at King's College, Lagos, where a 12-year-old student lost his life, and several others were hospitalized.

During a plenary session on Wednesday, lawmakers raised concerns over the rising number of diphtheria cases in Nigeria.

Citing data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), they noted that the country has recorded 24,804 confirmed cases of the disease since 2022, with 1,269 deaths across 18 states.

The House expressed worry that the outbreak at King's College exposed weaknesses in infection control in f...