Abuja - The hope of a cure for Ebola
Virus victims in Nigeria was on
Thursday dashed as the United States
of America rejected Nigeria’s request
for the trial drug which is being used
on the two American doctors that were infected with the virus.
US President President Barack Obama
believes it is too early and premature
to share the experimental drug with
Nigeria and other African countries,


In turning down the request, Obama
said it would be far more beneficial to
Nigeria and other African countries to
focus on preventive methods instead.


Addressing the 50 African leaders at
the US-African Summit in Washington,
Obama said he lacked enough
information to approve the drug.
He advised African countries to focus
more on a strong public health systems that could help in controlling
the spread of the virus.
Nigeria had on Monday reached out to
the United States Centre for Disease
Control and Prevention, CDC, in
Atlanta, to request for the drug for treatment of Ebola affected persons in
Nigeria.

It is a sad day in the African Diaspora when such blatant evil is being masqueraded. If United States has a cure - or anything even remotely close to a cure - there should be absolutely no excuses whatsoever in getting that cure to the people who need it!