Righteousness89:
ALMIGHTY Father, I ask that you Defend our Brothers and Sisters in that Nation..
Daddy, please Have Mercy on them and Shield them from all infections in JESUS NAME...


My Brother, This is the Best I can do for you guys over there...

I can't guarantee you our Government will do anything...

effissyman:
An Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari

February 8, 2020

Ayodeji Idowu (Ph.D.)



His Excellency

President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR)

President

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Dear Mr. President,

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI:

AN URGENT REQUEST FOR EVACUATION FOR NIGERIANS STRANDED IN WUHAN, CHINA

My name is Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu, I am one of the Nigerians currently residing in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic outbreak. I am writing you this open letter to bring to your attention the situation of things with the Nigerians living in Wuhan and to seize this opportunity to convey our express desire to be evacuated out of Wuhan. Currently, there are 72 Nigerians trapped in Wuhan, 62 adults, and children among whom are students, workers, and business persons.

Since the outbreak of this virus, 702 people in total have died in Wuhan. It was reported that 86 people died yesterday, Friday, February 07, 2020, and from all the news reports that we monitor daily, its infection rate continues to soar. A city-wide lockdown has been in place since Thursday, January 23, 2020, which implies all residents have to stay indoors.

The mood of we, Nigerians caught up in this situation has been of anxiety which is borne out of the fear of getting infected to running out of essential supplies and utilities or being unable to get medical care for other ailments unrelated to the coronavirus. The mood here is fast turning to frustration, helplessness, and despondency because of our failure to receive diplomatic support to be evacuated. The lock-down has led to a closure of all commercial means (rail, road, and air) to leave the city. The Chinese authorities through its various communications to the foreigner community in the city have asked us to contact our embassies if we choose to leave.

Your Excellency, when this epidemic started to cause widespread panic in the city, officials at the Embassy in Beijing, and the office of the Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) reached out to our community. Their message to us at that time to encourage us and keep us calm that they and by the extension, the Federal Government was monitoring the situation just as many other countries were doing.

However, as the situation began to worsen, we started to see concrete moves from other countries to evacuate their citizens. We immediately communicated our request to also be evacuated to the embassy. Later, we were asked to write to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. All these we have done and our hopes have been high up that we would be evacuated. To provide some sort of relief for us, fellow Nigerians in other cities in China pooled for us some cash and non-cash support, we also received the personal donation from our lead envoy in China, His Excellency, Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidda for the sum of twenty thousand yuan. However, Your Excellency, Mr. President, it saddens us that days and weeks have gone past, following several attempts through official channels and unofficial channels (social media) to get a favorable response from authorities responsible for our evacuation, we are yet to receive any concrete response from the government.

I would also like to bring to your attention Mr. President, that, our matter was taken to the House of Representatives, but our lawmakers, probably, out of their ignorance on our travails, laughed and jested over our matter. Eventually, they rejected the bill seeking to demand Nigerians stranded in Wuhan to be evacuated. On that same day, the Egyptian government evacuated its citizens, 350 of them out of Wuhan, three hundred and fifty Mr. President. Upon their arrival in Egypt after a 36 hours direct flight, they were all lodged into a single hotel for a 14-Day observation and quarantine. Do the Egyptian government place more value on the lives of its citizen than the Nigerian government does? Do the Moroccans or the Sudanese or the Algerians who have all evacuated their citizens place more premium on the lives of their citizens than Nigeria does?

I am not unmindful of the fears in minds of average Nigerians that all their compatriots currently residing in China particularly Wuhan may have been infected with the coronavirus and should therefore not be brought back to the country at this time. This feeling is understandable but it is based on ignorance. When we had the incidence of Ebola in Nigeria, it did not imply that everyone in the country had been automatically infected with Ebola. For the records Your Excellency, Mr. President, there is no record or case of any Nigerian infected with the virus. However, I fear this clean record may not linger long if the infection rate of this virus continues to soar. It is not our responsibility to allay the fears of our compatriots back home but it is our right to cry out and seek help from our government when we find ourselves in situations as precarious as this.

I hope Mr. President that now that you have read directly from a source in the thick of things, you will use the power of your good office to give the directive for our evacuation.

Thank you, Your Excellency, Mr. President

Yours Sincerely

Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu (Ph.D.)

A Nigerian citizen resident in Wuhan, China

https://www./open-letter-president-muhammadu-buhari-ayodeji-idowu-ph-d-?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0

Cc: lalasticlala

blackboy:
Sorry I dont believe this story. As educated as he is why couldn't he get at least 5 or 10 other Nigerias in China to sign the letter if he is talking on behalf of other Nigerians to be evacuated. Unless he is speaking for himself.

blackboy:
Sorry I dont believe this story. As educated as he is why couldn't he get at least 5 or 10 other Nigerias in China to sign the letter if he is talking on behalf of other Nigerians to be evacuated. Unless he is speaking for himself.

effissyman:
An Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari

February 8, 2020

Ayodeji Idowu (Ph.D.)



His Excellency

President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR)

President

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Dear Mr. President,

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI:

AN URGENT REQUEST FOR EVACUATION FOR NIGERIANS STRANDED IN WUHAN, CHINA

My name is Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu, I am one of the Nigerians currently residing in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic outbreak. I am writing you this open letter to bring to your attention the situation of things with the Nigerians living in Wuhan and to seize this opportunity to convey our express desire to be evacuated out of Wuhan. Currently, there are 72 Nigerians trapped in Wuhan, 62 adults, and children among whom are students, workers, and business persons.

Since the outbreak of this virus, 702 people in total have died in Wuhan. It was reported that 86 people died yesterday, Friday, February 07, 2020, and from all the news reports that we monitor daily, its infection rate continues to soar. A city-wide lockdown has been in place since Thursday, January 23, 2020, which implies all residents have to stay indoors.

The mood of we, Nigerians caught up in this situation has been of anxiety which is borne out of the fear of getting infected to running out of essential supplies and utilities or being unable to get medical care for other ailments unrelated to the coronavirus. The mood here is fast turning to frustration, helplessness, and despondency because of our failure to receive diplomatic support to be evacuated. The lock-down has led to a closure of all commercial means (rail, road, and air) to leave the city. The Chinese authorities through its various communications to the foreigner community in the city have asked us to contact our embassies if we choose to leave.

Your Excellency, when this epidemic started to cause widespread panic in the city, officials at the Embassy in Beijing, and the office of the Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) reached out to our community. Their message to us at that time to encourage us and keep us calm that they and by the extension, the Federal Government was monitoring the situation just as many other countries were doing.

However, as the situation began to worsen, we started to see concrete moves from other countries to evacuate their citizens. We immediately communicated our request to also be evacuated to the embassy. Later, we were asked to write to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. All these we have done and our hopes have been high up that we would be evacuated. To provide some sort of relief for us, fellow Nigerians in other cities in China pooled for us some cash and non-cash support, we also received the personal donation from our lead envoy in China, His Excellency, Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidda for the sum of twenty thousand yuan. However, Your Excellency, Mr. President, it saddens us that days and weeks have gone past, following several attempts through official channels and unofficial channels (social media) to get a favorable response from authorities responsible for our evacuation, we are yet to receive any concrete response from the government.

I would also like to bring to your attention Mr. President, that, our matter was taken to the House of Representatives, but our lawmakers, probably, out of their ignorance on our travails, laughed and jested over our matter. Eventually, they rejected the bill seeking to demand Nigerians stranded in Wuhan to be evacuated. On that same day, the Egyptian government evacuated its citizens, 350 of them out of Wuhan, three hundred and fifty Mr. President. Upon their arrival in Egypt after a 36 hours direct flight, they were all lodged into a single hotel for a 14-Day observation and quarantine. Do the Egyptian government place more value on the lives of its citizen than the Nigerian government does? Do the Moroccans or the Sudanese or the Algerians who have all evacuated their citizens place more premium on the lives of their citizens than Nigeria does?

I am not unmindful of the fears in minds of average Nigerians that all their compatriots currently residing in China particularly Wuhan may have been infected with the coronavirus and should therefore not be brought back to the country at this time. This feeling is understandable but it is based on ignorance. When we had the incidence of Ebola in Nigeria, it did not imply that everyone in the country had been automatically infected with Ebola. For the records Your Excellency, Mr. President, there is no record or case of any Nigerian infected with the virus. However, I fear this clean record may not linger long if the infection rate of this virus continues to soar. It is not our responsibility to allay the fears of our compatriots back home but it is our right to cry out and seek help from our government when we find ourselves in situations as precarious as this.

I hope Mr. President that now that you have read directly from a source in the thick of things, you will use the power of your good office to give the directive for our evacuation.

Thank you, Your Excellency, Mr. President

Yours Sincerely

Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu (Ph.D.)

A Nigerian citizen resident in Wuhan, China

https://www./open-letter-president-muhammadu-buhari-ayodeji-idowu-ph-d-?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0

Cc: lalasticlala I feel ur pains bro, if u wait for the federal government, ur life could be terminated, bcs they don't care about us, I suggest u all shoul start introducing ginger and garlics to ur meals daily for preventive measures, Gods willing, u all will come out stronger in all. Thankss

GamalNasser:
So you want to be evacuated from frying pan to fire ? Please stay there , it's safer to test positive for corona Virus in China than in Nigeria

sassysure:
I really hate going tribal but when this coronavirus issue was brought up here, one particular tribe said it's all igbo people.
They mocked and mocked openly here. This is the level of hatred I have seen displayed here day in day out.
I'm happy this was not written by an igbo man which means other tribes are involved too.

We are so divided we have no conscience anymore.


I also read how the parliament voted against evacuating these people unanimously and we all nodded our heads.

Time teaches us good valuable lessons. Both tuhose mocking others, voted against evacuation and the insensitive federal govt, one day, it will be your turn and u will need help but will never get it. Nothing lasts forever.
And yeah, nothing will happen to them as China is progressing in getting the cure for the virus.

On Sunday, they will all troop to church. I wonder what they do there.
Or is it those that knack head on the ground 5 times a day?
Very wicked souls.

J111333:
It's so unfortunate.
Everyone believed that Nigerian communities in diaspora are mostly made up of Igbos so when this evacuation thing came up, they were nonchalant to the extent that they mocked Igbos about it.
Life goes in cycle.

Righteousness89:
ALMIGHTY Father, I ask that you Defend our Brothers and Sisters in that Nation..
Daddy, please Have Mercy on them and Shield them from all infections in JESUS NAME...


My Brother, This is the Best I can do for you guys over there...

I can't guarantee you our Government will do anything...

GamalNasser:
So you want to be evacuated from frying pan to fire ? Please stay there , it's safer to test positive for corona Virus in China than in Nigeria

San60:
Everywhere is shut down and they won't attend to them because they are blacks.

sassysure:
I really hate going tribal but when this coronavirus issue was brought up here, one particular tribe said it's all igbo people.
They mocked and mocked openly here. This is the level of hatred I have seen displayed here day in day out.
I'm happy this was not written by an igbo man which means other tribes are involved too.

We are so divided we have no conscience anymore.


I also read how the parliament voted against evacuating these people unanimously and we all nodded our heads.

Time teaches us good valuable lessons. Both tuhose mocking others, voted against evacuation and the insensitive federal govt, one day, it will be your turn and u will need help but will never get it. Nothing lasts forever.
And yeah, nothing will happen to them as China is progressing in getting the cure for the virus.

On Sunday, they will all troop to church. I wonder what they do there.
Or is it those that knack head on the ground 5 times a day?
Very wicked souls.

GamalNasser:
So you want to be evacuated from frying pan to fire ? Please stay there , it's safer to test positive for corona Virus in China than in Nigeria

effissyman:
An Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari

February 8, 2020

Ayodeji Idowu (Ph.D.)



His Excellency

President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR)

President

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Dear Mr. President,

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI:

AN URGENT REQUEST FOR EVACUATION FOR NIGERIANS STRANDED IN WUHAN, CHINA

My name is Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu, I am one of the Nigerians currently residing in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic outbreak. I am writing you this open letter to bring to your attention the situation of things with the Nigerians living in Wuhan and to seize this opportunity to convey our express desire to be evacuated out of Wuhan. Currently, there are 72 Nigerians trapped in Wuhan, 62 adults, and children among whom are students, workers, and business persons.

Since the outbreak of this virus, 702 people in total have died in Wuhan. It was reported that 86 people died yesterday, Friday, February 07, 2020, and from all the news reports that we monitor daily, its infection rate continues to soar. A city-wide lockdown has been in place since Thursday, January 23, 2020, which implies all residents have to stay indoors.

The mood of we, Nigerians caught up in this situation has been of anxiety which is borne out of the fear of getting infected to running out of essential supplies and utilities or being unable to get medical care for other ailments unrelated to the coronavirus. The mood here is fast turning to frustration, helplessness, and despondency because of our failure to receive diplomatic support to be evacuated. The lock-down has led to a closure of all commercial means (rail, road, and air) to leave the city. The Chinese authorities through its various communications to the foreigner community in the city have asked us to contact our embassies if we choose to leave.

Your Excellency, when this epidemic started to cause widespread panic in the city, officials at the Embassy in Beijing, and the office of the Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) reached out to our community. Their message to us at that time to encourage us and keep us calm that they and by the extension, the Federal Government was monitoring the situation just as many other countries were doing.

However, as the situation began to worsen, we started to see concrete moves from other countries to evacuate their citizens. We immediately communicated our request to also be evacuated to the embassy. Later, we were asked to write to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. All these we have done and our hopes have been high up that we would be evacuated. To provide some sort of relief for us, fellow Nigerians in other cities in China pooled for us some cash and non-cash support, we also received the personal donation from our lead envoy in China, His Excellency, Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidda for the sum of twenty thousand yuan. However, Your Excellency, Mr. President, it saddens us that days and weeks have gone past, following several attempts through official channels and unofficial channels (social media) to get a favorable response from authorities responsible for our evacuation, we are yet to receive any concrete response from the government.

I would also like to bring to your attention Mr. President, that, our matter was taken to the House of Representatives, but our lawmakers, probably, out of their ignorance on our travails, laughed and jested over our matter. Eventually, they rejected the bill seeking to demand Nigerians stranded in Wuhan to be evacuated. On that same day, the Egyptian government evacuated its citizens, 350 of them out of Wuhan, three hundred and fifty Mr. President. Upon their arrival in Egypt after a 36 hours direct flight, they were all lodged into a single hotel for a 14-Day observation and quarantine. Do the Egyptian government place more value on the lives of its citizen than the Nigerian government does? Do the Moroccans or the Sudanese or the Algerians who have all evacuated their citizens place more premium on the lives of their citizens than Nigeria does?

I am not unmindful of the fears in minds of average Nigerians that all their compatriots currently residing in China particularly Wuhan may have been infected with the coronavirus and should therefore not be brought back to the country at this time. This feeling is understandable but it is based on ignorance. When we had the incidence of Ebola in Nigeria, it did not imply that everyone in the country had been automatically infected with Ebola. For the records Your Excellency, Mr. President, there is no record or case of any Nigerian infected with the virus. However, I fear this clean record may not linger long if the infection rate of this virus continues to soar. It is not our responsibility to allay the fears of our compatriots back home but it is our right to cry out and seek help from our government when we find ourselves in situations as precarious as this.

I hope Mr. President that now that you have read directly from a source in the thick of things, you will use the power of your good office to give the directive for our evacuation.

Thank you, Your Excellency, Mr. President

Yours Sincerely

Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu (Ph.D.)

A Nigerian citizen resident in Wuhan, China

https://www./open-letter-president-muhammadu-buhari-ayodeji-idowu-ph-d-?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0

Cc: lalasticlala

edoairways:

Why are you heartless?

GamalNasser:


Be realistic and stop being emotional ...does Nigeria have the capacity to handle any Corona virus case? Even common malaria is still killing 100s daily and you want this useless govt to bring back potential carriers of the virus ? Does the govt have the capacity to quarantine them to prevent spread incase any of them have it ? Please get realistic

effissyman:


Your comment right here shows the level of your stupidity sir. Sorry to say.. if you don’t understand something about a situation, the first thing is to ask questions before disgracing yourself with silly comments.
Now let me enlighten you, Non of our Nigerian brothers has this virus neither is there any carrier amongst them. Now that been said. If they are been evacuated from Wuhan which happen to be the main city the corona virus broke out, they are asking to be quarantined for 14 days or more by the government if that will be ok for them to know their conditions and to prove they don’t have it.. with this been put into place no one in Nigeria will be put into any risk..that is just the preventive measure.. now you are talking Government does not have the capacity to guarantine them, do Algeria , Egypt or Morocco that have evacuated their citizens has the capacity that Nigeria Has? Please do your finding and reason good as possible before you disgrace yourself in a public community..
Thanks

GamalNasser:


It's not you to say if they have it or not , any traveller out of that region must be quarantined and tested before being allowed to reintegrate into a new population ..I am realist not an emoticon so I will tell you the truth .. Nigeria doesnt have the capacity to receive people from Corona Virus endemic areas for now ..please bear with us