Jonathan To Other Countries : Stop Discriminating Against Nigerians over Ebola Virus Disease
President Goodluck Jonathan has bemoaned the continual stigmatisation of Nigerians by some countries even after overcoming the scurge of the Ebola virus disease.
In a statement released by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, in Abuja on Monday, it was revealed that the President told the Foreign Ministers of Germany and France who visited him at the Presidential Villa, that he expects other countries to soft-pedal discriminatory checks and stigmatisation against Nigerian citizens since the World Health Organisation, WHO, has declared the country Ebola-free on October 20.
According to the statement, President Jonathan told Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, and his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, that the government would remain fully vigilant to prevent the re-entry of the virus as the country is still at risk as long as Ebola is active in other West African countries or any other part of the world.
Abati said “Jonathan assured the visiting ministers that Nigeria would cooperate fully with other concerned nations to stop the current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa as quickly as possible. The ministers told the president that they were in Nigeria to seek further cooperation with the federal government in the growing global effort to contain the outbreak and continued spread of the virus.
“They praised Nigeria’s successful containment of the virus and expressed the desire of France, Germany and the European Union to help other West African countries where the virus still remains active.”
