The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Sunday that the Ebola Virus disease was brought under control in the country in record time because President Goodluck Jonathan refused to politicise it.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, who stated this in a statement in Abuja, said President Jonathan took the bull by the horns.
According to him, the President did this through an aggressive multi-sectoral approach for the treatment, awareness and control of Ebola to the admiration of Nigerians and the international community.
Metuh observed that it was public knowledge that immediately the disease surfaced in the country, the PDP-led Federal Government swung into action and co-ordinated intervention efforts with the Lagos State Government.
This, he noted, was also extended to Nigerian medical personnel and international health organisations with a view to bringing the virus under control.
He further noted that the multi-sectoral approach by the government in collaboration with relevant bodies and the massive awareness resulted in the containment of the Ebola virus in the country.
Metuh criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC) for yet another failed attempt to discredit the PDP-led federal government and relegate its efforts in the containment of the Ebola Virus disease.
According to him, the APC was frustrated and unhappy because Nigerians were happy with the PDP-led Federal Government for the speed and energy with which it tackled the scourge.
“We know that the APC prefers that the Ebola scourge continued unabated in Nigeria so as to have what to blame the PDP-led government for.
“Now that it has been contained, the APC is frustrated because the people are happy with President Jonathan and the PDP-led Federal Government for the proactive manner with which the disease was confronted and overcame.
“Apart from concerted collaborations using the Federal Ministry of Health, it is on record that President Jonathan released N200 million each to Lagos and Rivers States to help in fighting the disease,’’ he said.
He said the President recognised the efforts of all Nigerians, especially medical personnel including “the brave and courageous Dr Ameyo Adedavoh’’, who made sacrifices in containing the virus.
He maintained that at no time did the PDP or the President relegate the contributions of the Lagos state government on Ebola.
“The President acknowledged the Nigerian Spirit which made the citizens to put their religious, political and ethnic differences aside in fighting this common enemy.
“This included PDP national officers who personally and collectively engaged in various activities in containing the scourge including creating awareness through the #EBOLAIceBucketChallenge and personal financial donations,’’ he said.
Metuh added that no amount of propaganda and blackmail could take this away from the PDP.
He noted that while the PDP-led Federal Government was making effort to contain the virus, the APC was busy seeking political capital out of the unfortunate situation.
He called on Nigerians to be wary of the APC propaganda mill, noting that the party had also attempted to gain political capital out of the unfortunate abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls.
The PDP scribe maintained that the success on Ebola was because the government swung into action and did not allow any room for Nigerians to be misled by anybody.
He, therefore, advised the APC “to desist from always trying to divide Nigerians by politicizing serious national issues for selfish and unpatriotic reasons”.
“We must continue to give the credit of the Ebola victory to the Nigerian spirit; the spirit that unites and binds us together through all our challenges as a people.
“Indeed, if we overcame Ebola, then we can overcome all our present challenges no matter how insurmountable they may appear.
“We should therefore resist attempts to divide us and weaken the Nigerian spirit, the spirit that makes us different, the resilience that lies deep in our hearts,’’ he saidhttp://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=84858

Everything is just politicized in Nigeria.
Even common sense too has being politicized.

Its OK, but we need the same proactive action against BH!

The same people that lied to Nigerians that was ready for ebola with ebola vaccine and medicine back in april before ebola showed are beating their empty and shallow chest....

The same useless and incompetent people that let Sawyer and ebola into Nigeria with no guidelines or measures in place to detect and prevent ebola from getting into the country are now talking about proactive?

When you finish beating your shallow and tin can chests, please don't forget to give a shout out to the real heroes like the doctors, first responders, survivors and the folks that sacrificed their lives on our behalf.

These are sure the most thoughtless and disgusting people on the surface of the earth...

Its a lie, Nigerians were saved From Ebola by God Almighty tro Dr. Adedavoh. Without God evrytin is impossible, lets thank him rather dan claiming victory up n down.

arresa:
The same people that lied to Nigerians that was ready for ebola with ebola vaccine and medicine back in april before ebola showed are beating their empty and shallow chest....

The same useless and incompetent people that let Sawyer and ebola into Nigeria with no guidelines or measures in place to detect and prevent ebola from getting into the country are now talking about proactive?

When you finish beating your shallow and tin can chests, please don't forget to give a shout out to the real heroes like the doctors, first responders, survivors and the folks that sacrificed their lives on our behalf.

These are sure the most thoughtless and disgusting people on the surface of the earth...

What safe Nigeria was that Musilu Obanikoro wasn't the Health minister!
He failed in Osun nd Ekiti

I begin to wonder whether All Jonathan's staffs drink from the same cup of cluelessness. If Jonathan and FG was proactive, Patrick Sawyer wouldn't even have died inside Nigeria nor infect staffs of the Hospitals including the Chief Consultant. How can they say Jonathan was proactive when the awareness on Ebola came AFTER Sawyer was confirmed as a patient? How can they say Jonathan was proactive when hospitals had no idea on ebola until they did google search when Sawyer came? How can Jonathan be proactive when there wasn't any testing kit at the Airports and borders until the arrival of Sawyer?

What contained Ebola was the brilliance of the hospital staffs, Lagos State Govt and Rivers State Govt. Thanks to the media and other global body for their support. Yes, the FG supported the State of Lagos after the state put in place to contain it but that was it. They did nothing more. Their support was auxilliary support.

When liebaran lied abt vaccines that was been proactive

barcanista:
I begin to wonder whether All Jonathan's staffs drink from the same cup of cluelessness. If Jonathan and FG was proactive, Patrick Sawyer wouldn't even have died inside Nigeria nor infect staffs of the Hospitals including the Chief Consultant. How can they say Jonathan was proactive when the awareness on Ebola came AFTER Sawyer was confirmed as a patient? How can they say Jonathan was proactive when hospitals had no idea on ebola until they did google search when Sawyer came? How can Jonathan be proactive when there wasn't any testing kit at the Airports and borders until the arrival of Sawyer?

What contained Ebola was the brilliance of the hospital staffs, Lagos State Govt and Rivers State Govt. Thanks to the media and other global body for their support. Yes, the FG supported the State of Lagos after the state put in place to contain it but that was it. They did nothing more. Their support was auxilliary support.

It seems Obama and his Government are clueless, that is the reason why Ebola hit USA and every other European clueless Government

This is absurd. Please can we know what strategies they are.

focus7:
This is absurd. Please can we know what strategies they are.

This is a very unnecessary statement from Metuh.

Oliseh metuh!
hope you know say thunder go fire your left yansh?

Descartes:
It seems Obama and his Government are clueless, that is the reason why Ebola hit USA and every other European clueless Government

and your point is?

Descartes:
It seems Obama and his Government are clueless, that is the reason why Ebola hit USA and every other European clueless Government

Help me ask them ooo.
Talk is cheap.

byrron:

Help me ask them ooo.
Talk is cheap.

Descartes:
It seems Obama and his Government are clueless, that is the reason why Ebola hit USA and every other European clueless Government

We are talking about A and this thing is talking about B.

Obama is not beating his chest all over the place saying Ebola visited the US because he was proactive.

This daftness thing is really contagious and synonymous with you people..

People should not play politics with Ebola, our response is relatively better than other african countries but we must not forget that 8 people died from this disease!

It was a team effort to contain this the last time. We are not out of the woods yet. With Ebola still in Africa and spreading to all of Europe Ebola may unfortunately return.

If it does we need all teams working together, we can be at risk of people playing politics to undermine the other side just as is with the case with Boko haram!

Let's draw a line and say Ebola can not be an object of politics!

After we all joined forces together to control Ebola. some selfish people are trying to take all the glory alone as if they were the only ones who controlled it.

barcanista:
and your point is?

He has made his point, what else do u wanna hear?

barcanista:
I begin to wonder whether All Jonathan's staffs drink from the same cup of cluelessness. If Jonathan and FG was proactive, Patrick Sawyer wouldn't even have died inside Nigeria nor infect staffs of the Hospitals including the Chief Consultant. How can they say Jonathan was proactive when the awareness on Ebola came AFTER Sawyer was confirmed as a patient? How can they say Jonathan was proactive when hospitals had no idea on ebola until they did google search when Sawyer came? How can Jonathan be proactive when there wasn't any testing kit at the Airports and borders until the arrival of Sawyer?

What contained Ebola was the brilliance of the hospital staffs, Lagos State Govt and Rivers State Govt. Thanks to the media and other global body for their support. Yes, the FG supported the State of Lagos after the state put in place to contain it but that was it. They did nothing more. Their support was auxilliary support.

And if you can say this of the FG then what do you have to say of the united state of america? Ingrate

arresa:





We are talking about A and this thing is talking about B.

Obama is not beating his chest all over the place saying Ebola visited the US because he was proactive.

This daftness thing is really contagious and synonymous with you people..

why do u hate GEJ like dis?

Ahasco:


And if you can say this of the FG then what do you have to say of the united state of america? Ingrate

Most of dem r jux looking for a reason 2 discredit gej, reason is wht i cant figure out

Ahasco:


And if you can say this of the FG then what do you have to say of the united state of america? Ingrate

What is my business with USA? Am I an American? Did I elect Obama? Is proactiveness defined by the actions of Obama or any USA President?

arresa:





We are talking about A and this thing is talking about B.

Obama is not beating his chest all over the place saying Ebola visited the US because he was proactive.

This daftness thing is really contagious and synonymous with you people..

Do you mind those Jonathanian zombies?