Ma people do not be deceived, if there were any sort of road map plans in 2012 am very sure there were duely implemented and proper follow up that brought abt d total erradication of lassa fever in 2012. During the outbreak of ebola who did d then admin blamed..?? I think d devil advocate of change shld b concerned abt moving d country forward and spare all those philosophical bullshit....

GodsMercy1:
Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole on Thursday, said the current outbreak of Lassa fever in the country is because the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan failed to implement a roadmap drawn in 2012.

The minister also disclosed that the ministry was going to begin testing on a potential vaccine that would be used to prevent the virus.

Adewole disclosed these while briefing the Senate Committee on Health headed by Sen. Lanre Tejuosho (APC, Lagos) on the outbreak of the lassa virus in Nigeria.

Prof. Adewole put the number of cases as of today was 129 adding that the hospital which treated the deceased victim of the disease before referral to the national hospital was being investigated.

The minister said that the virus would have been defeated by now if there was the Jonathan administration had the political will to implement a roadmap designed in 2012 to forestall future occurrence.

He said: “In 2012 we recorded 1723 cases, after that, because of the severity, the post lassa fever outbreak workshop took place and an action plan to ensure this will never happen again was put in place.

“But this action plan was never implemented because it was never funded. We will dust the old plan, modernize it and look at if from the political perspective: what can we do to provide leadership, to provide support.”

On the vaccine being developed to tackle the disease, the minister said government has been “notified of a candidate vaccine which we will put through chemical trial to find out if it would work.

“We call it a candidate vaccine and we would want to run it through trials and that takes some time. Hopefully we will do that this year, once we consider it to be effective and safe then we put it to use.

“If it works then that means that we would be able to immunize people in the affected areas but for now we will continue with our surveillance,” he said.

He revealed that the vaccine was co-developed by some Nigerians while saying that the current outbreak is a national embarrassment because although there were about 1723 cases in 2012, the percentage death rate of the current outbreak was higher.

He added that the virus had been a yearly occurrence with 400 cases recorded in 2014 although not as publicized as the current outbreak.

“We can assure you that we are not going to sleep, we will remain at work, we are actively moving across the country,” he assured the committee.

On the recent death of a victim at the National Hospital in Abuja, he said that the ministry was investigating the hospital where the victim was first treated for one week.

He said that the Abuja victim actually came from Plateau state because he was ill and landed in a private hospital where he was kept for one week before he was referred.

He said that the dead victim was only referred to the National Hospital when he was already unconscious and therefore died 24 hours later.

“It is unfortunate because if we had picked this man earlier on, we would have been able to put him on medication and he could have been alive today.

“The situation which happened in that private hospital I have asked our people to investigate. We will sanction the doctor or the proprietor if we find any act on negligence on his or her part,” he said.

In his remark, the Chairman of the Committee said that the Senate will be willing to approve money for the health of Nigerians not just for lassa but for other ailments.

http://www.orderpaper.ng/lassa-fever-minister-blames-jonathan-says-vaccine-tested/

Please people, set to work, stop blaming Jonathan, create your knowledge and let people know what are appointed for, people are waiting for your own benefit, the administration of Jonathan has gone we are in the eral of Buari

disloman:
I no blame when you can read but can't comprehend.Let mi help you.There was a road map plan in 2012 which jona's govt didn't have the political will to work on.If they have done what is suppose to be done.We won't be here with lassa fever.The minister wasn't blaming but just setting the truth straight.Hops you gat that.

sentiment has really clouded urs sense of reasoning. U no get sense o.

oloriooko:
What a bunch of sorry azz blame laying incompetent people we have in this government.
Who did GEJ blame for outbreak of Ebola?

Please these clowns should get down to work

He blamed Patrick Sawyer and even called him a mad man,What a president.U guys easily forget things...

kalosky:
Ma people do not be deceived, if there were any sort of road map plans in 2012 am very sure there were duely implemented and proper follow up that brought abt d total erradication of lassa fever in 2012. During the outbreak of ebola who did d then admin blamed..?? I think d devil advocate of change shld b concerned abt moving d country forward and spare all those philosophical bullshit....

He blamed Patrick Sawyer and even called him a mad man,What a president.U guys easily forget things...hypocrisy

CalebIkechi:
[color=#000099][/color] dude get a life

pls give 1 if u have up to 2

Tolexander:
This is not a "push the blame".

Just a "look into the past" how it could have prevented and help the present issue.

Don't u get it the death rate is the highest, they were cases, but death rate was low, so he should solve d problem.

Blames Jona again?? Baba Gently sack that minister and any other person dt blames Jona after almost a year of goverance!!!

Jona handled Ebola, let this government handle lassa.

Blames Jona again?? Baba Gently sack that minister and any other person dt blames Jona after almost a year of goverance!!!

Jona handled Ebola, let this government handle lassa.

disloman:
I no blame when you can read but can't comprehend.Let mi help you.There was a road map plan in 2012 which jona's govt didn't have the political will to work on.If they have done what is suppose to be done.We won't be here with lassa fever.The minister wasn't blaming but just setting the truth straight.Hops you gat that.

Don't say wat u don't know, Lassa fever was well curtailed in the last admin. Because the death rate was little or none. Unlike wat u av today, the death rate is high; so that's why it has so much plubicity. U garrit?

sambrow:
sentiment has really clouded urs sense of reasoning. U no get sense o.

U're d one dat sentiment beclouded his reasoning.He just told u d obvious.U go sch at all??The minister didn't blame anybody,he just uncovered d ineptitudeness of the past administration.Besides,Jonathan himself publicly blamed Patrick Sawyer,d liberian man for Ebola in Nigeria and even cursed him on national TV.He said and I quote "If not for that mad man called Patrick Sawyer...................".Did u hear again "if not for......."

hostine316:

What the hell are u saying..just shot ur mouth and open ur eyes..They lied to us during campaign, we voted APC for change but we got chained..am very sure u don't even know wat is at stake, this is the beginning of the end of Nigeria..DOOM I see but I know God will deliver his children from the hands of this mofos called APC

God will help us

True.


Trust me next time Buhari's Government blames GEJ for any of their shenanigans I am gonna whoop his ass so bad.

Incompetent mediocre president.

onatisi:


He was busy traveling all over the world enjoying the presidential jet he had been dreaming of,he spent 7 months thinking who to appoint as ministers . If he had appointed ministers on Time many of the things happening now would have been stemmed and nipped in the bud

disloman:
I no blame when you can read but can't comprehend.Let mi help you.There was a road map plan in 2012 which jona's govt didn't have the political will to work on.If they have done what is suppose to be done.We won't be here with lassa fever.The minister wasn't blaming but just setting the truth straight.Hops you gat that.

tell them to get to.work and stop the blame game period.
haba

Eeeeeeehehe, orisirisi, lassa fever, missing budget, chibok girls, i cant eat, i cant impregnate my wife, shittite, ebola, please complete it for me.......... All the blame is on GEJ. GEJ you are a Legend. God bless you Sir.

frisky2good:
Fashola was the minister for health?

When I say Fashola halted it, I do not mean that he was the minister or commissioner of health but that he was proactive in his duties as a governor which put policies in place to combat the threat that even other governors in affected state were forced to take a cue from him

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and the blame game continues

disloman:
I no blame when you can read but can't comprehend.Let mi help you.There was a road map plan in 2012 which jona's govt didn't have the political will to work on.If they have done what is suppose to be done.We won't be here with lassa fever.The minister wasn't blaming but just setting the truth straight.Hops you gat that.

who did Jonathan blame when Ebola occured

lailo:


U're d one dat sentiment beclouded his reasoning.He just told u d obvious.U go sch at all??The minister didn't blame anybody,he just uncovered d ineptitudeness of the past administration.Besides,Jonathan himself publicly blamed Patrick Sawyer,d liberian man for Ebola in Nigeria and even cursed him on national TV.He said and I quote "If not for that mad man called Patrick Sawyer...................".Did u hear again "if not for......."

GEJ did not blame previous governments for not putting measures in place to avert Ebola. He only blamed the root cause of the wide spread of Ebola in Nigeria because Sawyer knew he was sick and infected with the disease and also knew that his traveling to Nigeria will spread the disease yet he embarked on it.

when will they start taking responsibility

Am sick n tired of thes blame game.......


While not this govt be focus and provide solution......

No time for all thes nonsense....

disloman:
I no blame when you can read but can't comprehend.Let mi help you.There was a road map plan in 2012 which jona's govt didn't have the political will to work on.If they have done what is suppose to be done.We won't be here with lassa fever.The minister wasn't blaming but just setting the truth straight.Hops you gat that.

orna c orna lives?
The sickness broke out, our President GEJ tackled the sickness and even went further to provide road map to stop future occurance.
No, Our President is out of Villa, again the sickness is out but some people in hari govt are confused propably they want N978M to update about Lassa on their site for awareness.

Very soon you will attribute your waking up today to Fashola's magnanimity. Every single person involved in the Ebola crisis played an active role. Federal government, all state governments, The first doctor that treated Sawyer. All of them. Coming here to try to say GEJ played no part whatsoever is hypocrisy on your part.

don4real18:

When I say Fashola halted it, I do not mean that he was the minister or commissioner of health but that he was proactive in his duties as a governor which put policies in place to combat the threat that even other governors in affected state were forced to take a cue from him

yemmynoni:
We know Mr "HERO" was a mistake





Now you guys are there, please proactive and responsive to your duties




Ka sha ma Dupe

Your parents must be regretting now. Giving birth to a mistake.

This new administration are now beginning to scare me on a massive scale. Today it's blaming Jonathan, tomorrow Budget disgrace, next week its BBOG walkout or coldness. God is our strength.

lailo:


He blamed Patrick Sawyer and even called him a mad man,What a president.U guys easily forget things...

provide a credible link pls.....I'm waiting

LadyExcellency:


Tell the honourable minister to go and read the handover note from GEJ administration on Health Ministry and the journey so far. If APC had done so and was proactive they would've known what to do but they wasted 6 months dribbling Nigerians on cabinet appointment without implementing 50% health ministry budget for 2015.

Was there any roadmap by APC/ANPP/CPC/AD that was neglected by GEJ or what?

This is a government that solely rely on the policies and programs of Jonathan's administration to function.

Can you imagine that Buhari's government spokesperson once said during a live programme on Channelstv that the handover documents from past administration were too voluminous to study. Invariably, they expected a keypoint notes.

This government is becoming a joke.

You can't be serious! 'Too voluminous'? Preposterous!

lailo:


He blamed Patrick Sawyer and even called him a mad man,What a president.U guys easily forget things...

If dem call you moro.n na understatement. Everyone blamed Sawyer coz his actions were delibrate. Before the blame did he act or not? Facility was provided,funds dusbursed,information dessiminated and Ebola was conquered. All thanks to GEJ. The gullible cynics won't see or say the truth.

lailo:


He blamed Patrick Sawyer and even called him a mad man,What a president.U guys easily forget things...

Was that wrong? The guy wanted to ruin this nation knowing he was infected.
But GEJ quickly swung into action to curb the epidemic
These guys of ours should shut the fvck up and get to work cuz lives are being lost

kalosky:
Ma people do not be deceived, if there were any sort of road map plans in 2012 am very sure there were duely implemented and proper follow up that brought abt d total erradication of lassa fever in 2012. During the outbreak of ebola who did d then admin blamed..?? I think d devil advocate of change shld b concerned abt moving d country forward and spare all those philosophical bullshit....

Implemented?
I'm not sure you are residing in Nigeria