STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT CONDEMNS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST NIGERIANS OVER EBOLA, WELCOMES UN’S COMMENDATION OF FG’S SUCCESSFUL AVOIDANCE OF NATIONAL EPIDEMIC
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Wednesday in Abuja condemned the stigmatization of Nigerians by some countries over recent cases of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country.
Speaking at a meeting with Mr. David Navarro, a Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General, President Jonathan particularly denounced discriminatory actions such as that which forced Nigeria’s team to the Youth Olympics in China to abandon its participation.
Noting that there was no justification for such stigmatization of Nigerians since the Ebola Virus Disease had been effectively contained in the country and never attained epidemic levels, the President called for the cessation of discriminatory actions against Nigerians over the virus and urged the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon to support the call.
Responding to the Secretary General’s commendation of Nigeria’s management of the threat of Ebola, President Jonathan praised the Federal Ministry of Health, the Lagos State Government and all Nigerians for the success achieved so far in containing the virus and avoiding a national epidemic.
“All hands have been on deck to contain the virus here. I commend my team and the Lagos State Government. We have been able to set politics aside and work in unison to deal with a national threat.
“All other Nigerians have played a part too by complying with the directives and advice we have issued to stop the virus from spreading any further. The success we have had is a testimony to what we can achieve as people if we set aside our differences and work together,” he told Mr. Navarro.
The President assured the Special Envoy that in spite of the seeming success of its containment measures, the Federal Government and its agencies will remain vigilant to guard against further cases of Ebola in the country.
“We will continue to monitor the situation and we will also support other affected African countries as much as we can because we cannot be completely safe from the virus as long as it continues to ravage some countries in our sub-region and continent. We will continue to work with the international community to curb the outbreak in other countries,” President Jonathan pledged.
Mr. Navarro who had visited Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the countries worst hit by Ebola before coming to Nigeria, told the President that he had come, on the instruction of the UN Secretary-General, to applaud Nigeria’s successful containment of the virus.
“The Secretary-General asked me to come here too, not because you have an Ebola problem, but because you have tackled it in an exemplary fashion.
“Your personal leadership on the matter has been key. There may still be some work to be done before the virus is completely cleared out from here, but other countries can learn from your fine example,” Mr. Navarro told the President.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
August 27, 2014
*Nigeria really tried in containing the Ebola virus....thank God there are no new cases!
God Pass Them
ReplyDeleteGod bless Nigeria
Fashola did a good job
Yes o, Nigeria rily tried. God Almighty is indeed with us. Dis is a big eye opener for us all as Nigerians that inspite of our flaws,that God is here. The lagos state govt( fashola ) is also to be commended so also the fed govt and Nigerians at large. I'm indeed proud to be a Nigerian.
DeleteI'm proud of my country 4 once in a long long while. We've put our enemies 2 shame. Just wish we could eradicate BH d same way we did d Ebola virus. The fear of Ebola united us as a people. No APC or PDP. No tribalism. Just one common enemy, Ebola & we fought it 2geda. Shows there is no battle we cant win if we come 2geda as a people.
ReplyDeleteAs 4 d ignorant pple stigmatizing, its just a clear case of ignorance. They need some education.
Na to dey condemn bro jona know ow to do...? And stella too will put up that same pics like he's really chastising somone ... Lmao...
ReplyDeletedoctor, who secretly treated a diplomat who had contact with the index case, Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, has died of Ebola in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThe doctor, who has yet to be named, died on Friday. His wife has also taken ill and has been quarantined in Port Harcourt. Interestingly, the diplomat the doctor treated is still alive.
Red Cross workers carry the body of a woman who died of the Ebola virus during a 1995 outbreak in the Congo
Reuters
The diplomat, who was part of the team who met with Patrick Sawyer in Lagos, flew to Port Harcourt, Rivers State for treatment, evading Nigerian federal government surveillance for the disease. The late doctor then took him to a hotel for treatment.
As a result of this, 70 people have been quarantined. The doctor's hospital, Good Heart Hospital in Rivers State, has been shut down. The unnamed hotel, where the secret treatment took place, has also been shut down.
The Minister of Health and the Rivers State government are expected to make a statement on the incident tomorrow.
Madam Stella, there may not be new cases at yaba CDC, but new cases were brought on tuesday night into LASUTH, ikeja. Heard there is a new isolation centre there. Nurses were asked to volunteer. Please confirm.
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DeleteHonestly Stella,I must commend Fashola and uncle Jona...
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Fashola for 2019..
Nd some people will say he isnt working....well done sir
ReplyDeleteJonathan can condemn for days tho! Thank God the Ebola thing is being controlled. Where is iffy candy?
ReplyDeleteNice one Mr president. Few questions dat confuse me.1) what's d meaning of Homo? Azzin pipo write tins and add 'No Homo or plenty homo' 2) Is Jayem same as Jaymore? 3) Where re Chizoba wt foul mouth n Pepper d one wt Egyptian neck? Deje nu. #dat Udi Chic
ReplyDelete2. Nah Anon, they are two different people.
DeleteOk. "No homo" or "plenty homo" is used when you are complimenting members of the same sex. No homo means. You are not gay, it was just a compliment, plenty homo means you wouldn't mind hitting it. You get? So dat udi chic I hope with these few points of mine, I have been able to convice you and not to confuse you. Chop kiss. #no homo
DeleteLol @ chop kiss #nohomo
DeleteDeje dr Van bay. U really convinced n not confused me. #E hug! #no homo Yaay! I can now use It. #dancingdorobucci
DeleteGod bless Nigeria even though I've lost faith in my country. Jonathan doesn't sound clueless here, okay...tomorrow is another day for him to show his cluelessness if that's a word. well done Jona! I still don't like you.
ReplyDeleteGod punish Ebola, we don contain you.
God please, no new cases. Na beg I dey.
"Na fly wey stubborn dey follow dead body enter grave". Uncle Jona, don't blame those countries abeg. Foreign Policy doesn't mean a country should displease itself to please another. If only we had done the same thing. For me, I COMMEND the countries. Unu do well. *sipsgreentea*
ReplyDeleteNd some people will say he isnt working....well done sir
ReplyDeleteWhen an american,european stigmatize, is nt dah bad buh if a chinese...with their high cheek bone,small eyes,short stature,straight hair like rat way fall inside well,,i'll just burst into laughter,is a only a blind man dey cn stigmatize eee.
ReplyDeleteLmaoooooout @Kelvin, u re one naughty fellow, hahahahahahahaha @ rat wen fall inside well. True talk jare.
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ReplyDeleteSoon it will be eradicated
ReplyDeleteGod loves this country, new cases or not we will overcome this. But all hands must be on deck. Kudos Mr presido, BRF, health workers and Nigerians. God heal our land.
ReplyDeleteKudos GEJ
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