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Tuesday 26 August 2014
Nigeria Has Contained Ebola, Minister of Health Says
Two treated patients, a male doctor and a female nurse, were discharged on Monday evening, having satisfied the criteria for discharge, he said in a press statement signed by his spokesman, Dan Nwomeh.
Dr. Chukwu described the lone confirmed case as a secondary contact of Mr. Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American who brought the disease into Nigeria, and a spouse of one of the physicians who participated in the management of the index case.
“She is stable but still on treatment at the Isolation ward in Lagos,” the statement said.
Noting that today is the 38th day since EVD entered Nigeria through Mr. Sawyer, the Minister restated that there have so far been 13 cases of EVD, including the index case.
“Of these thirteen (13), five (5), including the index case unfortunately did not survive the disease and are now late. However, seven (7) of the infected persons were successfully managed at the Isolation ward in Lagos and have been discharged home.”
He observed that all the reported cases of the EVD in Nigeria have their root in Mr. Sawyer the index case, an indication that, thus far, Nigeria has contained the disease outbreak.
“I wish to reassure Nigerians and indeed the global community that the Government shall remain vigilant and will not relent as Government continues to work with her partners to ensure that the disease is kept out of the country,” Dr Chukwu said.
Bola Tinubu Tweets Reaction To Ribadu’s Defection To PDP, Wishes Former EFCC Chair Luck
Bola TinubuBola Tinubu, one of the founders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has tweeted a reaction to the recent defection of a prominent party member, Nuhu Ribadu, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Late last week, Mr. Ribadu, who was the founding chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, announced his resignation from the APC and his decision to seek the governorship of Adamawa State on the ticket of the PDP.
In a tweet earlier today, Mr. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and the main financier of the APC, said he wished his former political associate luck with President Goodluck Jonathan.
Using his Twitter handle, @asiwajutinubu, Mr. Tinubu wrote, “Ribadu remains a friend & brother. He is matured (sic). He remains one who believes in liberty, justice and service. I wish him LUCK with GOODLUCK.”
Mr. Ribadu’s defection to the PDP was seen as significant blow to the APC which is regarded as Nigeria’s main opposition party, even though critics accuse the party of doing little to articulate an alternative program for Nigeria or to ideologically distinguish itself from the ruling PDP. Many of the party’s major figures are disaffected former members of the ruling partty.
In 2011, Mr. Tinubu supported Mr. Ribadu as the presidential candidate of the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The collaboration of the two men was seen as politically odd, since the former EFCC chairman had once listed then Governor Tinubu as one of Nigeria’s most corrupt public officials.
During Mr. Ribadu’s chairmanship of the anti-corruption agency, the EFCC had also indicted President Goodluck Jonathan—then the governor of Bayelsa State—and his wife, Patience Jonathan, for extensive money laundering and looting of public fund.In a recent piece titled “Nuhu Ribadu: Then and Now,” ace columnist Sonala Olumhense criticized the former EFCC chairman for striking convenient political alliances with political figures he had once accused of corruption and for shamelessly denying official statements issued by the anti-corruption agency during his tenure.
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