Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, says there is
no hidden agenda behind some countries evacuating their citizens from Nigeria.
At least, 637 Europeans were evacuated from Nigeria and
Benin Republic on Thursday.
The move had left many wondering if there is a cause for
alarm.
During the press briefing of the presidential task force on
COVID-19 in Abuja on Friday, a journalist had asked Onyeama if leaving the
country was an indictment on Nigeria’s health system, to which the minister
responded that it’s not necessarily so.
Onyeama said those who had left did so did so to enable them
make use of a system that they are familiar with, should the need arise.
He added that the diplomatic staff of most of the countries are
still in Nigeria, and that hey have no plans of leaving.
“It is basically a case where people are more familiar with
the health system in their various countries and so prefer to go to the various
countries so in the event that they might have to be confined, they would be in
more familiar surroundings and they would also have access to medical
practitioners and facilities that they are used to,” Onyeama said.
“So, that is really the reason. And you will find that a
large number of those countries evacuating citizens, that their heads of
mission and ambassadors and other staff are still here in Nigeria and there are
no plans of leaving.”
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