Stop Politicising Public Health Issue, N10bn Fund Intact, APC-PCC Tells Atiku

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has suggested former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and his associates to keep away from politicising public well being points within the face of the Ebola disaster.

The council stated a time like this calls for that each one Nigerians, together with the opposition, rally across the well being authorities and professionals, talk responsibly, keep away from rumour-mongering, and observe the protocols suggested by the Task Force to make sure Ebola doesn’t change into a nationwide epidemic.

The spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Alake, gave the admonition in a press release issued in Abuja, yesterday.

It stated opposite to allegations by Atiku, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and different companies concerned in surveillance had been spending different obtainable assets.

According to the council, the companies dealing with the disaster deserve applause for mounting sturdy surveillance at entry factors to avert Ebola unfold every time it lands on the nation’s shores.

The council stated the surveillance community tipped off the federal government concerning the index case and led to contact tracing of the affected person’s 44 contacts.

“A responsible opposition will applaud the Task Force for being responsive. But the Atiku camp always goes for cheap shots at the government,” it stated.

The council stated it thought of Atiku’s allegation {that a} ministerial briefing is meant to discourage attendance at marketing campaign rallies or voting speculative.

“Vice President Atiku can’t make such a severe allegation with out verifiable proof, particularly within the thick of electioneering. In any manner, the press convention didn’t increase this situation, besides to enchantment to the general public to adjust to the Task Force’s introduced protocol.

“We advise Atiku Abubakar and his hirelings to avoid politicising public health issues. A time like this demands that all Nigerians, including the opposition, rally around the health authorities and professionals, communicate responsibly, avoid rumour-mongering, and follow the protocols advised by the Task Force to ensure Ebola does not become a national epidemic,” the council added.

The council decried that Atiku continues to foul up the political enviornment with assertion after assertion dripping with insult and disrespect to the workplace of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

It referenced a press release credited to the previous vice chairman on the newest public well being situation which opened with a title linking the President’s first identify to Ebola and questioning how the Presidential Task Force spent the N10 billion authorised for the emergency.

“We imagine linking and rhyming President Bola Tinubu’s identify to Ebola solely dangers turning a severe well being concern right into a automobile to ridicule the President of the Federal Republic.

“The assertion confirmed patent ignorance concerning the virus and why the traveller from Uganda was not detected on arrival on the Abuja airport.

“For anybody contaminated with the virus, the incubation interval ranges from 2 to 21 days, with signs sometimes showing 8 to 10 days after publicity. An contaminated particular person can’t unfold or transmit Ebola to others till they actively develop signs.

“This is why it took the contaminated Nigerian some days earlier than reporting to the hospital, the place a number of checks confirmed that the particular person had Ebola.

“On accountability, the Atiku camp should note that the N10 billion the President approved for the Ebola emergency in June remains untouched, as the NCDC, FAAN, and other agencies involved in surveillance have been spending other available resources,” the assertion learn in elements.