President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday condemned the stigmatisation of Nigerians by some countries over recent cases of Ebola virus in the country.
Jonathan made this known at a meeting with Dr
David Navarro, the Special Representative of the United Nations
Secretary-General on Ebola, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati.
The president, according to the statement,
decried discriminatory actions by some countries against Nigeria,
including the incident which forced Nigeria’s team to the Youth Olympics
in China to abandon its participation.
He said there was no justification for such
stigmatisation of Nigerians since the Ebola Virus had been effectively
contained in the country and never attained epidemic level.
He called for the immediate cessation of
every discriminatory action against Nigerians around the world over the
virus and urged the UN Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-Moon, to support the
call.
Acknowledging the secretary-general’s
commendation of Nigeria’s response to the Ebola outbreak, the president
attributed it to the efforts of the Federal Ministry of Health, Lagos
State Government and citizens
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