APC prefers Ebola disease to continue in Nigeria ----- PDP
(Nigeria )
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said on Sunday that the Ebola Virus disease
was brought under control in the country in record time because President
Goodluck Jonathan refused to politicise it.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh, who
stated this in a statement in Abuja ,
said President Jonathan took the bull by the horns.
PDP was reacting to a statement by the All Progressive
Congress, APC, faulting the Jonathan government for taking credit for brining
the ebola virus scourge under control in the country.
According to him, the President did this through an
aggressive multi-sectoral approach for the treatment, awareness and control of
Ebola to the admiration of Nigerians and the international community.
Metuh observed that it was public knowledge that immediately
the disease surfaced in the country, the PDP-led Federal Government swung into
action and co-ordinated intervention efforts with the Lagos State Government.
This, he noted, was also extended to Nigerian medical
personnel and international health organisations with a view to bringing the
virus under control.
He further noted that the multi-sectoral approach by the
government in collaboration with relevant bodies and the massive awareness
resulted in the containment of the Ebola virus in the country.
Metuh criticised the APC for yet
another failed attempt to discredit the PDP-led Federal Government and relegate
its efforts in the containment of the Ebola Virus disease.
According to him, the APC was frustrated and unhappy because
Nigerians were happy with the PDP-led Federal Government for the speed and
energy with which it tackled the scourge.
“We know that the APC prefers that the Ebola scourge
continued unabated in Nigeria
so as to have what to blame the PDP-led government for. Now that it has been
contained, the APC is frustrated because the people are happy with President
Jonathan and the PDP-led Federal Government for the proactive manner with which
the disease was confronted and overcame.
“Apart from concerted collaborations using the Federal
Ministry of Health, it is on record that President Jonathan released N200
million each to Lagos and Rivers States to help in fighting the disease,’’ he
said.
He said the President recognised the efforts of all
Nigerians, especially medical personnel including ``the brave and courageous Dr
Ameyo Adedavoh’’, who made sacrifices in containing the virus.
He maintained that at no time did the PDP or the President
relegate the contributions of the Lagos
state government on Ebola.
“The President acknowledged the Nigerian Spirit which made
the citizens to put their religious, political and ethnic differences aside in
fighting this common enemy. This included PDP national officers who personally
and collectively engaged in various activities in containing the scourge
including creating awareness through the #EBOLAIceBucketChallenge and personal
financial donations,’’ he said.
Metuh added that no amount of propaganda and blackmail could
take this away from the PDP.
He noted that while the PDP-led Federal Government was
making effort to contain the virus, the APC was busy seeking political capital
out of the unfortunate situation.
He called on Nigerians to be wary of the APC propaganda
mill, noting that the party had also attempted to gain political capital out of
the unfortunate abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls.
The PDP scribe maintained that the success on Ebola was
because the government swung into action and did not allow any room for
Nigerians to be misled by anybody.
He, therefore, advised the APC “to desist from always trying
to divide Nigerians by politicising serious national issues for selfish and
unpatriotic reasons”.
``We must continue to give the credit of the Ebola victory
to the Nigerian spirit; the spirit that unites and binds us together through
all our challenges as a people.
``Indeed, if we overcame Ebola, then we can overcome all our
present challenges no matter how insurmountable they may appear. We should
therefore resist attempts to divide us and weaken the Nigerian spirit, the
spirit that makes us different, the resilience that lies deep in our hearts,’’
he said
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