The Director Normal of the Nigeria Centre for Illness Keep an eye on, NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, has mentioned no govt will use Ebola as a political weapon.
Jide Idris made this commentary on Monday right through an interview on Channels TV Politics Nowadays whilst reacting to rumours of the virus on social media.
In line with him, claims that the federal government will use Ebola as a political weapon to motive worry forward of 2027 are false and must be dismissed.
The NCDC boss mentioned the federal government is concerned about protective Nigerians and no longer the use of illness for politics.
He instructed Nigerians to forget pretend information and apply NCDC tips to stick protected from Ebola and different sicknesses.
“No govt will use Ebola as a political weapon,” he mentioned.
Recall that the NCDC had previous showed one imported case from Uganda and positioned 53 contacts beneath tracking in Abuja.
In the meantime, the Global Well being Group, WHO, had mentioned Nigeria recently has no Ebola case after the evacuation of the index affected person to Switzerland.
The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi, made this recognized in a commentary posted on his verified X take care of on Monday, pointing out that Nigeria would proceed tracking 52 contacts whilst Switzerland would organize the affected person and apply up along with her husband.