Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr
Garba Abari, on Saturday explained that the Federal Government was not
importing Chinese medical experts to directly take charge of the fight against
COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Recall that the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire recently
announced that an 18-man team of Chinese medical experts would visit Nigeria to
support the fight against coronavirus.
Clarifying misconceptions generated by the proposed visit on
radio, Abari said the 18-man Chinese medical team were only coming to share
experiences with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), considering
that China has already fought the disease.
According to him, they will be sharing experiences on how
the pandemic was handled in China and giving expert suggestions to our medical
teams.
“Whatever information the Chinese medical team makes
available to NCDC will be filtered and applied to address the peculiar
challenges of the country on handling the COVID-19 scourge.
“This is a global pandemic and from wherever assistance
comes, you cannot reject it.
“For instance, the United States is opening its doors to all
volunteers that will come and assist them because they are also getting
overwhelmed.
“Despite its fine medical facilities and expertise, the US
is now saying any form of assistance coming from anywhere that will add value
to the fight against COVID-19 is welcome.
“It is not as if the government of Nigeria is not
appreciating the efforts of its medical experts. This is the time when Nigeria
is proud and appreciating her own medical experts and showcasing her best.
“This is the time that Nigeria is mopping all its competent
hands, both active and inactive, and bringing them together to ensure that we
beef up competent human capacity required to address the issue at hand,” NAN
quoted him as saying.
He, therefore, appealed to Nigerians who had shown symptoms
of the virus, to quickly present themselves to NCDC for testing and proper
medical attention to avoid endangering the lives of other people.
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