The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says the APC-led
administration’s inability to account for the whereabouts of the Chinese
medical team brought into Nigeria, amounts to a direct betrayal of public
trust.
The main opposition party expressed concern that the APC-led
Federal Government is being economical with the truth, while its officials are
playing politics with the lives of Nigerian citizens and health safety of the
nation.
The Party in a statement by its National Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, noted that the situation has heightened fears
of conspiracies by certain unpatriotic interests in the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC, to compromise the health architecture of the nation and expose
its citizens to danger.
The party, therefore, gave the APC a 48-hour ultimatum to
declare the whereabouts of the Chinese medical team who purportedly came to
assist in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
The statement explained that its position is based on the
alarming declaration by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire that he
cannot account for the whereabouts of the Chinese team, who were brought into
the country from the epicenter of the pandemic, despite repeated warnings and
disapprovals by Nigeria’s medical experts and professional bodies.
The PDP said “More so, the minister’s statement had
heightened apprehensions in the public space that the Chinese team, whose
identity and activities have been shrouded in secrecy, might have been brought
in by a certain cabal for another purpose outside the general public good.”
The PDP recalled how officials of the APC-led administration
had strongly defended the invitation of the Chinese team and offered them full
state protocol upon arrival, only to turn around to disclaim the supposed
experts, deny involvement with them and even forbid Nigerians from inquiring
about their whereabouts.
The party described as suspicious and weird the notion that
the minister of health, who had repeatedly assured that the Chinese were
brought to render medical services and training, went personally to receive
them at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on April 8, 2020, in a
publicized event, can no longer account for the team.
The party said Nigerians can recall how the Federal
Government had failed to respond to demands by our party and other well-meaning
Nigerians for the particulars of the members of the team, their medical status,
scope of operation, detailed itinerary within our country as well as the safety
of the equipment they brought into the nation.
The party also expressed worry over reports of escalation of
the scourge in certain countries reportedly after the arrival of Chinese
medical personnel in those countries and insisted that the APC administration
be held responsible should there be any sudden upsurge in COVID-19 infection
and deaths in the country, with the arrival of the said Chinese medical team.
The party invited Nigerians to take note of the nation’s
COVID-19 data, stressing that upon the arrival of the Chinese team in April, it
stood at 254 confirmed cases with 44 successfully treated by the doctors and 6
deaths, which reportedly had other underlining ailments.
It noted that today, the data stands at no less than 5,450
cases and 171 deaths, saying that the party insists that the PTF on COVID-19
should immediately come out with the truth and provide explanations on the
whereabouts of the team in the next 48 hours to douse the tension in the
country.
The PDP urged Nigerians to remain vigilant while
intensifying personal and public health safety strategies at this critical
time.
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