~Bluetooth:

Where's BBC ? Shame on them.

BizBooks:

@ Moderator,

Since this story is on NL front page, please correct the title. Mistakes like these can give NL a bad name. I know the poster linked the story from the Tribune but every other news outlet in the world correctly reported the amount as 80 Million and not 1 Billion Dollars. Below are some sample headlines from Google:

Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work - BusinessWeek

Ted Turner gives $80 million to UN fund for Nigeria work

Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work

Ted Turner gives $80 million to UN fund for Nigeria work - WTVA.c

Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work | pennlive.

Ted Turner gives $80 million to UN fund for Nigeria work ,

Ayowumie:

At this moment in time, there is no objective and justifiable reason for such extravagant donation. 98% achievement has been recorded in eliminating the polio virus and already 68 million dollars have been pledged towards the cause. Why donating 1Billion dollars again? I think there is a hidden motive to that gesture.

Afghanistan needs that money to turn their health situation around and not Nigeria.

BizBooks:

@ Moderator,

Since this story is on NL front page, please correct the title. Mistakes like these can give NL a bad name. I know the poster linked the story from the Tribune but every other news outlet in the world correctly reported the amount as 80 Million and not 1 Billion Dollars. Below are some sample headlines from Google:

Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work - BusinessWeek

Ted Turner gives $80 million to UN fund for Nigeria work

Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work

Ted Turner gives $80 million to UN fund for Nigeria work - WTVA.c

Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work | pennlive.

Ted Turner gives $80 million to UN fund for Nigeria work ,

EzeUche0:

Northerners will still view this with suspicion. The reason why polio hasn't been eradicated in Nigeria is because of these northerners.

SAKUR:

The chairman of United Nation’s Foundation and founder of Cable New Network (CNN), Mr Ted Turner, has donated $1 billion towards the eradication of polio in Nigeria.

“Nigeria must keep up the fight against child killer diseases by continuing to leverage the power of modern vaccine that is key to eradicating polio and reducing measles,” he said.

He was impressed that Nigeria had reduced cases of polio by 98 per cent with only eight cases confirmed in 2010 and donated $1 billion for the cause.

Turner, who visited the Sokoto sultanate in the Northern part Nigeria also paid a courtesy visit to Sultan, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar.

“With support from traditional leaders like the Sultan, we are on the verge of achieving the first great humanitarian victory of the 21st century, the complete elimination of a disease that once afflicted millions,” he said.

Polio virus spread out from Northern Nigeria in 2008 and sparked an outbreak in 17 African countries posing a major challenge to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/12769-cnn-founder-donates-1bn-to-nigeria-for-polio-eradication

BizBooks:

@ Banom,

Read my correction up thread. It is $80 Million and not $1 Billion. I know Ted Turner is super rich but I don't think he can afford to donate $1 Billion to a single cause like Polio eradication.

xterra2:

Oh no you didnt
You people hate northerners for no damn good reasons
They caused ALL nigerians problem if you like
Mtscheww

EzeUche0:

I do not hate anyone. I actually admire many aspects of Hausa culture. Just saying that the reason why polio has not been eradicated, is because northern Imams tell people not to get vaccinated.

This is COMMON KNOWLEDGE. It is this backwards thinking that hasn't eradicated the disease in this country. No one in this century should be dying of a preventable disease, because of religious dogma.

buzugee:

hmmm looks to me like they want to spread AIDS in nigeria to wipe out the population so that they can swoop in for the resources. diabolical plot if i ever saw one

kabukabu50:

Another reason why Nigeria is a hotbed of backward mentality,sounds like what you would expect illiterate mullahs in the middle east to be sayin while Kenyans and South Africans are plowing forward with advanced development.