The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the PDP, to stop taking credit for the country’s successful containment of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), saying it amounts to sheer dishonesty for the duo to turn what was a collective effort to a PDP campaign issue.
In a statement issued in London on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said President Jonathan and his party were wrong to have appropriated the credit for the successful containment of the EVD without giving due credit to the real heroes of the successful battle: Dr. Stella Adadevoh and her colleagues at the First Consultant Hospital; officials of the
Ministries of Health in Lagos and Rivers States and the patriotic Nigerian volunteers, among others.
It described as a cheap shot and a shameless venture the President’s decision to make the Ebola success story a campaign issue during a PDP rally in Benin, giving the impression that only the PDP deserves the credit for the successful containment of the disease.
APC said while indeed Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu exhibited the kind of professionalism and purposefulness that are not common with the Jonathan Administration during the battle against Ebola, it will be uncharitable for the PDP-led Federal Government to pretend as if the government of the two affected states did nothing.
The party reminded President Jonathan that the two states hit by Ebola, Lagos and Rivers, are APC states, and that the promptness, purposefulness, doggedness and determination shown by the Governors of the states contributed largely to the successful containment of the virulent disease.
”The cities of Lagos and Port Harcourt are perhaps the largest metropolis to have ever been hit by the EVD since the first outbreak was recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo almost 40 years ago, and any mishandling of the disease could have spelt disaster not just for the cities but for the country as a whole.
”But the ever-dogged and determined Governors Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers States employed the same winning strategies that have stood their states out of the pack and quickly rose to the occasion, putting in place measures that ensured a quick curtailing of the EVD sprea. The measures include painstaking contact-tracing, unrelenting follow-up and creative treatment of infected patients even without access to the experimental drug Zmapp.
”There is no doubt that Nigeria is fortunate that the EVD outbreaks were recorded in those two states. It is a measure of the high premium that the Chief Executives of the states place on human life, a testimony to the strong health systems they are building and an indication of their purposeful approach to governance that they successfully contained the disease, thus earning Nigeria a rare accolade from the global community.
”Unlike the President and the PDP, we will also like to give credit to the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, for acting out of character with the do-nothing Jonathan Administration.
We hope President Jonathan and his party will stop making the Ebola success story in which opposition states were the main actors a fulcrum of their campaign for the 2015 general elections. They cannot and should not take credit for the containment of Ebola in Nigeria,” APC said.
The party also advised President Jonathan not to use the Ebola containment effort as another tool to divide Nigerians along party lines.
”President Jonathan is the most divisive President in Nigeria’s history. He inherited a united Nigeria, but has divided the country along ethnic and religious lines on the altar of selfish personal ambition and short-term opportunism.
It will amount to a monumental tragedy if the President will again use the Ebola success story, which has earned Nigeria a rare acclamation from the global community, as a tool to further divide Nigerians,” it said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Tell them . fake govt n party.
ReplyDeletethis party call APC behave like a kid who are just learning how to play politics.....tell me is this how they want to take over govt come 2015 no strategis no plan to woo people and change their mind all they are known for is propagander i dont no where that one wl take them to
ReplyDeletesitdown there in another country and condeming ur country useless man......nobody no maybe u are on sick bed thats why u are sending rubish statement from london
ReplyDeleteThis Lai Mohammed is more intelligent than one million men in PDP put together
ReplyDeleteIf the matter spoiling they will blame FG, now it's good they are fighting for credit, like with insecurity, they blame FG for troubled states meaning FG should take credit for the entire peaceful states.
ReplyDeleteGod will Bless d Health workers n lagos state govt for handling d EVD properly n tamely.forget Jona n PDP joor.
ReplyDeleteAPC shld go and rest they are beginning to piss me off, So Mr Fashola you would ve been happy if Ebola ravaged Nigeria the way it's doing in other countries, This administration gets the blame for bad things happening now, so why shld it not take credit for the good?
ReplyDeleteMr Lie Mohammed, I can see you are trying hard to justify the party's money you are spending in far away London to dish out needless statements. We did not hear the President taking credit for EVD containment in Nigeria. You are unnecessary making comments when there is no need. I don't know whether you are suffering from diarrhoea of the mouth?. Can't you, for once, allow Nigerians peace of mind?, Must you comment on every issue?. If Jonathan coughed, you will react, he bathed, you comment and if he eats, you are there to react. You are belittling your office and your party.
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ReplyDeleteAnd I mean both parties
This is very true. The results might be different should Ebola first occurred in other states. God bless Nigeria, God bless governor Fashola and co. Our president is a good person with lots of fear. He is a weak man in fighting corruption but has some wisdom though. I think he might be a good pastor rather than a president.
ReplyDeleteThe glory should only be given to God.
ReplyDeletelai mohammed is inteligent in the aspect of propagander thats what wl win election for them come 2015....no strategies to win election all they specialize on is propagander
ReplyDeleteAll glory belong to Almighty God, The great physician not to man nor party.
ReplyDeleteThe same you that said "Hold Jonathan responsible if Ebola spreads" is now taking credit of its eradication. I advice you to choose your political campaign well to avoid losing the small supporters you have.
ReplyDeleteI laugh because it is laughable. It is on the Almighty God that saved Nigeria and not any political party as soon my Bishop declearred that Ebola is a plaque and that he returns it to the sender Ebola seized So no man should take the glory. I used to like Fashola but I can see that he has nothIng else to offer that's why he is looking for ship popularity. The international comminity knows that Nigeria Government. Tried on their part if they did not close the borders and instruct no Travelling with corpse from one state to the other and from any country to Nigeria it would HV ben anther thing. Fashola go and sit down Amechi go and rest APC go and hide in shame God has saved Nigeria other wise you people would have tearmed it another insecurity in znigeria.
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