President Goodluck Jonathan has
appointed, Maurice Iwu, a former
chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC,
as a member of a committee
mandated to tackle the deadly Ebola
virus rattling the West African
region.
Iwu had earlier claimed he had
made a breakthrough in the
treatment of the virus, using an
extract found in kola nuts.
Mr. Iwu, an professor of
pharmacognosy, was named in the
committee that includes S.K.
Gamaliel, a professor and director-
general of the National Institute of
Pharmaceutical Research and
Development, and Innocent Uja, a
professor and director-general of the
Nigerian Institute of Medical
Research.
Minister of Health, Onyebuchi
Chukwu, said the team was expected
to carry out research into the
treatment of the Ebola virus; receive
and verify claims relating to the
treatment of the disease; collate and
analyze related research findings,
and advise the government on policy
for combating the dreadful disease.
“The group does not have a limit to
its work.The members will continue
to work until there is a result”, he
said
On rumors in some quarters that
bitter kola has the potency to cure
Ebola, the minister said, “There is no
proof of any such fruit known to cure
Ebola. There is no scientific evidence
that if you eat bitter kola, it will
prevent Ebola.
“However, vitro research showed that
some extracts from bitter kola tend
to have some activity against the
virus. The research was not
concluded. I want to restate that
taking bitter kola does not stop
Ebola Virus Disease”.
http://dailypost.ng/2014/08/04/jonathan-appoints-ex-inec-chairman-iwu-others-members-fg-committee-ebola/

Right move...hoping he doesn't bring the INEC mentality into this.

This a v.nice developement.
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teeo: Another kolanut committee. Instead of the government to raise funds to buy the American serum, he is setting up a Kolanut committee

Cluelessness at its peak

Colonial mentality?