In April, the Nigeria minister of Information, Labaran Maku claimed that Nigeria had stockpiles of vaccines and was ready for the epidemic. Quoting PremiumTimes of April 2nd, 2014 he said....
“Nigeria is ready, because the Ministry has taken every precaution, including getting the vaccines and medicines in case there was any incident in Nigeria”.
Now here is the twist leading to Patrick Sawyer...
The widow of Patrick Sawyer revealed that her husband believed he would be better-off in Nigeria than in Liberia when he contracted the virus,due to the Minister’s publicized statements. The disinformation from the Minister of information is implicated in the pandemic crises that has killed several Nigerians and rendered over 100 in quarantine as the Ebola outbreak rocks the nation.
Here is the whole article form PremiumTimes of April 2, 2014:
“Nigeria is ready, because the Ministry has taken every precaution, including getting the vaccines and medicines in case there was any incident in Nigeria
The Federal government on Wednesday announced that after a week of thorough investigations, it was certain there was no outbreak of Ebola fever in Nigeria.
The Information Minister, Labaran Maku, stated this in Abuja while briefing journalists on the outcome of the weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, FEC. The meeting was presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo as President Goodluck Jonathan was away in Brussels, Belgium for the Africa, EU summit. Mr. Maku said the FEC devoted time to a detailed report by the Minister of Health on the findings over alleged outbreak of Ebola fever in Nigeria.
He said the Minister of State for Health, Kahaliru Alhassan, had told the Council that following speculations in the media that Ebola fever was in Nigeria, the ministry had in the course of the week undertook checks, with all results showing that there was no Ebola fever in Nigeria. He, however, assured that Nigeria was fully prepared to curtail any outbreak, particularly given reports that a few countries with close proximity to Nigerian on the west coast, like Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, have reported cases of Ebola fever. Dozens of people have died from the fever, caused by a virus, in the affected countries.
“Nigeria is ready, because the Ministry has taken every precaution, including getting the vaccines and medicines in case there was any incident in Nigeria. “So far, there is nothing like Ebola fever in Nigeria, and Council was reassured that every step has been taken to ready our country just in case, infected persons come into the country from our neighbouring countries,” Mr. Maku said.culled
Mr Labaran Maku,Where Are the Vaccines?
The government as a whole should be blamed, the approach towards to ebola virus was too slow, they should have started putting measures in place to contain the virus even before it got to Nigeria, or trying to make sure it doesn't get to Nigeria
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Ebola, Ebola, Ebola!!! Hian, from Monday to sunday.... "You are just scaring somebody jare".... *sobing*
Deletedis ebola issue sha na wa
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DeleteAlso talking about Mr wicked and evil man Patrick Sawyer, I am also of the opinion that he came to Nigeria with a mission to infect Nigerians with the Ebola virus and kill as many Nigerians as possible, because if you check the first post about nurse Justina on this blog, who was also one of the nurse that treated Mr wick and evil Sawyer and who was also infected with the EBV and is now late (may her soul rest in peace), she said and I qoute "I never contacted his fluids .i checked his Vitals, helped him with his food. (he was too weak)…..I basically touched where his hands touched and dats d only contact. not directly wt his fluids. @ a stage, he yanked off his infusion and we had blood everywhere on his bed…"
So if he was not on a mission to infect Nigerians, why would he yank of the infusion? If not that he yanked off that infusion, Justina wouldn't have been infected, because according to her she never came in contact with his fluid. And I am also of the opinion that his wife was a party to that evil plan, that's why she has come to his defence
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You always too quick to discredit t government when any issue arises!! Are you certain that the minister really said this? Have you verified it? How will he possibly say vaccines are ready when the whole world knew then there was no possible cure? Alloy Fear God!!!!!
DeleteDats hw d govt keeps lying to d masses. Bcz worst case senario dey can fly dia family n loved ones out of d country if d need arises. Na only God dey help Nigerian citizens (low n middle class)
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ReplyDeleteMr.Maku didn't say this HABA! Its the dirty work of "hackers".....who hacked into the pages of premium times and made this statement.
ReplyDeleteLoooool! You are so right!
DeleteIt wasn't d work of any hacker...I remember dat comment a few months back on classic fm(wats trendiing)...I think d health commissioners in all 36 states(I believe dey r all doctors)should volunteer n move to d ebola centres to help d patients
DeleteThese people and their lies and misinformation..Thats how theyv bin ruling Nigeria and winning votes..now where are the so called vaccines??
ReplyDeleteWhere are they?
ReplyDeleteDats y is bad to pass wrong informations
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@Stella biko give us Saturday laughs, this Ebola thing is giving me high fever. This GEJ's administration have been saying lots of things that have had negative effects on the country and it's image. I still wonder why Nigerians wanna vote for him again. He is a very weak leader, allowing all sh*t to happen in the name of being liberal, Abeg I don tire. Labaran Maku, Doyin Okupe and Reuben Abati na waste to this admin. Doyin Okupe is the worst!
ReplyDeleteForget it! Patrick Sawyer brought dis thing to Nigeria on his own. Shikena!
ReplyDeleteKai! Shege jagwa *in sdk's voice* this wan na serious gobe o. Peeps be too quick to yarn dust just to save face and to be seen working. He never knew this claim will someday be verified as he was too sure Nigeria will never be affected. Now he has been 'Jay Moore'd'
ReplyDeleteDahs right he is a fool he talks a lot he shud be a comedian rather than a minister dah his mouth dah is opened like dah fish dah swell jonah vomit all kinds of lies,he hs bin deceivin ngrns 4 long,may God use heavenly koboko to peel is black hausa yansh.
ReplyDeleteMaku talks like a running tap! He must have said it joor
ReplyDeleteAre we sure?
ReplyDeleteLiar! Liar!
ReplyDeleteThis leaders think they are. God,playing with the lives of people,smh. EVE E UME
ReplyDeleteQueen gelis na me hack am.......
ReplyDeleteWho knew if at d time he made dis statement, d givt had approved som huge amount to "procure vaccines"? D disease was spreadin like wildfire in neighbouring countries n dey ddnt think of sealing off every entrance into Nigeria knowin full well Nigeria is "centre 4 excellence in WA" and again, a country of >170 ppl.
ReplyDeletethe only thing Jonathan is good at is making sad faces as if though ...
which vaccines. Are you not aware that as at the time he made the statement there was no known cure.
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Even if he said it does that give that worthless aimal the ryt to come to nigeria without alarming the public of what he is carrying...... Patrick the useless and senseless asshole, i hope he rots in hell for all i care....
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He will also deny he ever said anything like that !! but I can't believe the source it's coming from, but the way this man has spoken previously with his mouth that looks like he is suffering from (dysentery of the mouth)anything is possible.
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Ihekire Tony
ReplyDeleteThis accusation is from the pit of hell
Jonathan attach dogs would definitely eat who ever published this statement. Busy body looters.
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Incompetent minister and incompetent government. Our past and present leaders has filled us with lies so is noting new. Looting of our treasury is the only visible honesty we see from our leaders. Am sure fund was allocated for the vaccine or other preventative vaccines but one man will pocket the money.
ReplyDeleteNo funds was allocated to procure any vaccine. the idiot was just running his tap mouth to make nigerians think they were on top of the situation. am still skeptical if he made this statement.
DeleteHe is a pathetic liar
ReplyDeleteWow... All of a sudden I can't remember what I wanted to say.
ReplyDeleteBut even if Patrick came to nigeria based on the statement of the information minister's outburst, why didn't he say he was infected and was here to seek help?
Mtcheeew!
Anty stella I get hot gist for u, abeg ur email no gree go oh, abeg
ReplyDeleteSo which are we to believe? Did he or did he not say so? Confusion boku. D man Sabi talk anyhow sha.
ReplyDeleteNawa ooooo. Nigeria my country.
ReplyDeleteNIGERIA AND DRAMA .I JUST SIT AND WATCH
ReplyDeleteDr sewayer d sewage dat brougth ebola 2 naija....I still carry u 4 mind..am beefing ur spirit ooo
ReplyDeleteIn a sane country, some persons would have resigned over this Ebola ish.
ReplyDeleteNot in Nigeria.
It's time we held our leaders accountable. We should all call for his sack for misleading the country and the world at large.
GEJ must not return. Clueless bunch.
What does gEJ have to do with dis now, did he bring ebola in, the other countries that have recorded mass death, have they sacked their presidents. Nonsense comment from a stupid person
DeleteNo he didn't say this. He should have been asked for the vaccine before the young nurse died. Hey Mocha and Orela.... are we good?
ReplyDeleteThis minister should be sacked!
ReplyDeleteIf he had taken precaution then he would have made sure all those coming for the conference from Liberia were Isolated and tested for the virus before mixing with the public.
Am just tired of this Ebola news. God please take this away from Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThis government can lie sha. Abati lies about everything. Maku lies about everything. Okupe lies about everything. They all lie to make a failed government look good. I taya for GEJ government sha.
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ReplyDeleteNow I see
He thinks he's safe 'cause his name is Maku..
ReplyDeleteAll these theiving and lying policians should die already!
I don't believe this shit!
ReplyDeleteNah today? SDK he said that. Gej had been advised to drop this man even by sen president because he talks before he reasons. He got us into this mess. If dey advise them to employ the services of technocrats as ministers and advisers they wouldn't agree. Poppins.
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ReplyDeleteGod pls save us oooo. This Ebola is even worse dan HIV. @ least ther are drugs for HIV patients to help dem stay alife for years and even leave a normal life,but dis Ebola Hmmmm God pls see us through
ReplyDeleteIf that was his motive , then he should have informed them right at the point of entry, in a situation where he failed to do that and even refused to be quarantined, it is safe to say he was a biological bomb!#adonbeliveit#
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THIS IS REALLY SAD....LIES HAVE FINISHED NIG. NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. I JUST DONT BELIEVE THE DEAD SHOULD BE BLAMED TOTALLY, THEY ARE MANY OTHER FAACTORS- WE HAD MONTHS TO PREPARE, TO MAKE REGULATIONS ON INFLUX OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, WE HAD A LOT OF OPTIONS, I BELIEVE SAWYER JJUST WANTED A CHANCE TO BETTER TREATMENT, WHO WOULDNT? IT IS EASY BLAME HIM NOW, HE IS DEAD... NO ONE KNOWS IF THE VIRUS ATE INTO HIS BRAIN, HE OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT HIMSELF, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE HE JUST CAME IN WITH SUCH A WICKED INTENTION- WHAT IF JIM IYKE HAD IT AND DIDNT KNOW, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BATTERED VERBALLY LIKE THIS SINCE OUR MINISTER SAID THEY ARE PREPARED FOR IT, WHO WOULDNT WANT TO HOLD ON TO THAT HOPE AND BELIEVE IN THE GOVT OF AFRICA'S GIANT
ReplyDeleteI made this submission a while ago and I'm glad some people are beginning to see what I saw in the whole issue.
ReplyDeleteBelow is my view:
Stop Blaming Patrick Sawyer For Ebola Virus
Disease In Nigeria
The man credited for 'importing' Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
into Nigeria is dead and yet, even in death, it seems Patrick
Sawyer won't be allowed to rest in peace! I have read and
heard of Nigerians both at home and in diaspora heaping
curses on him for being the harbinger of bad news in form of
EVD into a country that is already saturated with fear of
terror from the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram. A
country where the citizens are so pissed at the political
elites' constant exploitation and insensitivity to their plight.
But in reality, I do not blame Sawyer. I have a different way
of looking at this situation and if there's anyone to be
blamed, it should be the Nigerian Minister of Information,
Labaran Maku. Correct me if I'm wrong but ........ www.womanspec.com/index.php?topic=9.msg10#new
This is very shameful and annoying
ReplyDeletethey should do something about it
My neighbour stopped her children from attending summer classes bcos of this ebola 'ish'.
ReplyDeleteThat's d least of what ebola has caused in my area.
Ogaaa o,so all this rubbish came from our minister's mouth? When we can't combat ordinary malaria.
ReplyDeletePoliticians lie a lot nah!
ReplyDeleteAt the ene of all these,it boils down to taking care 'of the victims now.. Give them whatever to boost their immune.. Virus fight human immune system,and Ebola virus doesn't have a long life span. If ones immune system is good,one can outlive the virus... I just checked the total death toll of Ebola in west Africa and its about a 1000 people.. And much more than these numbers were infected but they didn't all die.. There are still people in sierelone,Liberia and guinea.. They are not all dead and they are not all infected.. We all as people should try to maintain a clean environment and avoid contact with people that are sick or wear protective measures while with them... We should also pray and hope for the best...
ReplyDeleteMake could have said this because he runs his mouth a lot. What an information minister!
ReplyDeleteTypical Naija style. Always looking a fall guy n someone to put the blame on.
ReplyDeleteSMH!
The government has never taken anything serious unless it has to do with embezzling funds. They are busy watching movie premieres while the country falls apart. Is there hope for this country? I doubt.
ReplyDeleteAny time i see the face of that MAD MAN, i just want to spit on his face.. I still repeat, for causing Nigerians so much pain you will continue to ROAST in hell, Your entire family will not be spared in Jesus name Amen!!!
ReplyDeleteI have resolved not to believe everything I read...
ReplyDeleteAnytime I hear Maku talk I tell myself that if he wasn't a minister he would be a pastor. His speeches are almost always far-fetched, so it's either he is speaking by faith or stupidity. It sounds like something he would say...and forget he even said, cos he talks too Damn much.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing you can believe from the government are something you seeing happening like ebola,i dont believe NTA,,or Radio nigeria,,any word from a government person dont inter my eyes,lier liers lierst
ReplyDeleteNigeria leaders gamble with the lives of the masses.
ReplyDeletethey are full of lies just to feel relevant and maintain their political positions and of course to also keep enriching themselves with tax payers money.
If truly Maku made such speech, then The blood of Nigerians who have died due to this Ebola breakout is on your head Labaran Maku!
Stella you are becoming an irritant with your stupid stories on Ebola.......we need positive news not all this bullshit you are shiaring......gossip is what u do best but this is not time for meaningless gist, pls focus on positive news.....u are becoming irritating
ReplyDeleteIf Maku made the statement, I don't see why he shouldn't be kicked out but nothing can justify the fact that Patrick came in and hide his ebola status. If he came to receive treatment, why didn't he request for the vaccine immediately instead of insisting he had malaria?
ReplyDeleteWho would choose to come to Nigeria for treatment instead of America? He is an American!
I am beginning to believe that he was really paid by some people to bring the disease to Nigeria because of this need by some people to defend and justify his coming here.
The more they try to defend him, the more I have the urge to curse him and his generation but he is dead, let God deal with him as He deems fit.