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Saturday 1 November 2014
Ebola in Nigeria: FG flays 22 countries for stigmatising Nigerians
The Federal Government has flayed the
stigmatisation of Nigerians by South Africa and 21
other countries over the outbreak of the deadly
Ebola virus disease that was eradicated recently.
The Federal Government said the eradication of
the virus prompted the World Health
Organisation to give Nigeria a clean bill of health
over the disease.
It named the countries that stigmatised Nigerians
as Bahrain, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea,
Cameroon, Cuba, Gabon, China, Egypt and Hong
Kong.
Others are Kuwait, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Turkey,
Zambia, Mauritania, São Tomé & Principle, United
Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Namibia, Seychelles and
South Sudan.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Aminu Wali,
who protested the incident at a meeting with
members of the Diplomatic Corps on Friday in
Abuja, cautioned Heads of Mission for making
what he called inflammatory and reckless
statements against the Federal Government on
matters bordering on domestic policies.
According to him, such act is “unacceptable
interference in Nigeria’s domestic affairs.”
Wali said, “It is disappointing and troubling that in
spite of the decisive measures taken by the
Federal Government of Nigeria and the
subsequent positive declaration by WHO, some
countries have regrettably, chosen to flout the
WHO rules on the Ebola virus by adopting
deliberate policies of stigmatisation and
discrimination against Nigerians simply because
we were unfortunately exposed to the virus.
“I will like to make it categorically clear that the
continued discrimination and profiling of Nigeria
is not acceptable to the government and people
of Nigeria.”
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