Xisnin:
All those reasons are silly excuses by the government.
They are not testing because they don't want to.
By now anyone with faintly close symptoms of the disease should be tested.
But people can't get tested because you have to satisfy some criteria or be near death to be considered.

To make matters worse, we don't know the government's endgame.
Neither the unresponsive NCDC nor the ministry of health has published any
public policy towards ending the infection.

They appear to have adopted the "let us wait it out" strategy that has failed countless countries.
They forgot that they can't lockdown forever.

Luvdbyursista:
Great Analysis..Would be glad if I can get a lead to the slurce if these statistics..would need it for research..Thank you

9jaDoomCountry:




Some beer parlour gossip say the minister of health read account, don't know how correct that claim is.

sammybay2000:
I dont know why we are always negative minded. You cant begin to compare other African countries with Nigeria on what basis. The challenges of each country differs. USA is one of the most powerful country in the world but has the highest casualties. At the initial stage, it could not do massive testing. Lets appreciate the effort of our leaders. This is a problem facing the entire world at the same time, we need to encourage our leaders by been positive minded. Can anybody explain why we have very low casualty. A lot of effort has gone into what you are seeing now. The whole world is surprised at the rate at which Nigerian Govt has been able to control the situation. United Nation came out openly to appreciate the effort of our govt why cant we Nigerians do the same

9jayes:
And to think Nigeria budget can buy the whole of Ghana.

There should be at least two testing labs in every Local government

CoronaVirusRelo:


Can you read what you composing.

Did you factor our population into your conclusion.

ivolt:
Nigeria's relatively low level of testing has nothing to do with training(which can be done pretty quickly) or technology since China is now back to full production of kits.

The issue is all about money but since we aren't that poor compared to Egypt and Ghana using GDP per Capita value then the government is simply not prioritizing the fight against Covid-19.

The government claims that it costs about #10,000 per test but many of the test kits being used were donated not bought.

If we test 100,000 people that comes to about 1 billion Naira and 1 million tests will cost 10 billion Naira.

Given that Nigeria has lost billions in revenue due to the scaling down of port operations and other economic activities, it makes no sense to delay the epidemic further by refusing to test more people.

Right now, it appears both the government and the health officials are in agreement on the low testing rate policy which shouldn't be since the experts should know better.

The more we delay testing and hope for the best, the more our economy tanks and we risk a full out epidemic.

Jack500:
This country is not working, let's go our separate way. Yoruba population alone is more than enough for a country.

Nigeria can't work.

TheGoodJoe:


He is a well trained doctor but I think he is not sound in Public health work. I think he is someone just good at treating. He is just not sound in the job and should have been fired a long time ago.

Xisnin:

The above is false.
You need to expose the virus to at least 56 degrees for 90 minutes plus to inactivate it.
You can't survive such exposure yourself.

Africa's younger population is probably the reason there are lower deaths.

hilaryCU:


Don't be stupid. How can Nigeria budget buy Ghana. Too many illiterates in Nigeria

mytime24:
Wetin i go comments na

babytoun:
Test per million ratio shows that nigeria has tested only 24 people per million . This is the third worst in the entire world which only betters the ratio of mozambique and Malawi

Even small Niger Republic has tested 4600

AFONJACOW:
they can't survive without their arewa masters

AFONJACOW:
Take a look at the people whom u entrusted the lives of over 200 million people... Grandpa who think Germany and Japan share same boundary, They are in aso Rock waiting for vultures to start feasting on ur decaying carcass that will be in every corner of Nigeria streets ... Does these two look like people who want to fight this deadly virus Yoruba people selfishly voted for these two out of greed.. we can all see the aftereffect... They should just apologize to igbos because in all these Yoruba wiseness now seems like stupidness of one igbo man... Igbo don't care about who rule Nigeria, what matters most to him is enabling environment for his business, igbos seems like the most Democrat , they don't care who rules they believe in credibility, they voted for obj Yoruba man, voted for Yarudua hausa man against their own and when these two came onboard they see no credibility in them , no track record, they say no to these fraudster but greeds from West brought us to this story state we found ourselves... We haven't started counting our loses yet ... Where are continuations and change chanters seems like they have lost their voices recently

DZTech:
If you knew the level of corruption in the whole project, you would just enter your inner room to go and weep.

With the way they're trying to steal every available kobo, it's as if they actually BELIEVE the virus is a joke!
This confirms the pervasive stupidity of Nigeria's elite.
Just protect you and yours, because what’s coming will be cataclysmic.

9jaDoomCountry:



Okay thank you for the update.


Like you said, he may be a well trained doctor in treatment but poor in management.

On the other hand the nigeria factor may be his greatest challenge, I mean you can't expect anything good from a government that is led by a man who achieved nothing personally as a person, not even prayers can do the magic. But being a nigerian throwing the towel is never an option instead let his name be messed up.


Nigeria is wack.

DZTech:
If you knew the level of corruption in the whole project, you would just enter your inner room to go and weep.

With the way they're trying to steal every available kobo, it's as if they actually BELIEVE the virus is a joke!
This confirms the pervasive stupidity of Nigeria's elite.
Just protect you and yours, because what’s coming will be cataclysmic.

sammybay2000:
I dont know why we are always negative minded. You cant begin to compare other African countries with Nigeria on what basis. The challenges of each country differs. USA is one of the most powerful country in the world but has the highest casualties. At the initial stage, it could not do massive testing. Lets appreciate the effort of our leaders. This is a problem facing the entire world at the same time, we need to encourage our leaders by been positive minded. Can anybody explain why we have very low casualty. A lot of effort has gone into what you are seeing now. The whole world is surprised at the rate at which Nigerian Govt has been able to control the situation. United Nation came out openly to appreciate the effort of our govt why cant we Nigerians do the same

TheGoodJoe:


I hope things change soon because Osagie Ehanire has been a total nightmare. Worst part is being so clumsy with something that concerns the lives of millions of Nigerians.

It is obvious he does not fit the role. Positions like this should not be handled by people without history of delivering in the field. Especially in similar jobs. Buhari has been a nightmare and I pray it does not end up a catastrophe.

Osinbanjo needs to man up and push some buttons to correct the wrongs going on with the management of Covid-19 in the country. This should be treated as a war scenario. This is not business as usual.