THE Minister of health on Thursday during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) daily briefing on COVID-19 has said he is unaware of the whereabouts of the Chinese doctors and health professionals who were brought to Nigeria last month to help the country in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaking at the daily briefing in Abuja, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, wondered why Nigerians were so much interested in knowing the whereabouts of the Chinese health professionals and advised journalists not to ask him the question again.

Controversy has earlier trailed the choice of the Federal Government to invite the Chinese doctors to Nigeria, as many groups and associations, including the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), kicked against it.

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) then described the move of inviting the Chinese as “a thing of embarrassment to the membership of the Association and other health workers who are giving their best in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic under deplorable working conditions.”

The federal government then defended the invitation and appealed to Nigerians to accept the decision.

But in what seems to be a total reversal of argument, the Minister of Health, on Thursday, said that the ministry was not their host and does not know their whereabouts, adding that the ministry cannot explain “because they are not really our guests.”

He said the visitors were staff of the CCECC as many of them are technicians.

“There seems to be a lot of interest in these doctors, but they are staff of a company and I think they are on the company visa. So, I will be very happy if you don’t ask me about where they are because they are not really our guests in that sense.”

However, the minister said, “We have been able to learn some things from them by interacting with them from their experience in their country. They did tell us, and we shared ideas about what they did in their country, how they are managing COVID-19.”

The team of Chinese medical experts arrived in Abuja on April 8, with medical equipment and supplies valued at US$1.5 million, donated by the Chinese government.

During a press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus after their arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Ehanire said that Chinese public health experts, not doctors, were being sent to help Nigeria. Their purpose was to strengthen the public health capacity and advise on processes and procedures

Honestly this country is just a joke and our leaders are just mad!

Lord Lugard won't make heaven!

They are either your guest or they are not. WTF is not really.

And when they are busy telling Nigerians that chinese Doctors have arrived and will be in Q'tine for 2weeks

Was this same Minister of Health in Hibernation that time.

All these people dey use people play chess for Night and draft for day time.

Honestly there is a huge Problem with the Present Nigeria leadership!

Something fishy is Wrong Somewhere!

O LORD Expose the Secret of the Nigerian Corrifors of Powers! Make them Confused and let them Expose themselves in JESUS NAME

you know the hurt when sm1 is lying and glaring at you playing for a fool ....



I'm tired of this shit hole of a country

Was this not Dr Osagie Ehanire who went to the airport to welcome these Chinese medical professionals?
This was how they were saying they don't know where Abba Kyari is taking treatment in Lagos but they were the one who went to carry his corpse from the private hospital.
Who are these politicians deceiving? Why have they refused to learn?
Federal government of double standard. Lai Mohammed said the Chinese medical professionals are already doing their job at the various isolation centres and Dr Osagie Ehanire is saying he don't know their whereabout.
It's well.