Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday said neither he nor any governor in the country can claim the credit for winning the war against Ebola.
Rivers and Lagos are the two Nigerian states hit by the Ebola outbreak.
The federal government said the two states are now free of the deadly virus.
According to Mr. Jonathan, the government could not have succeeded in ridding the country of Ebola virus without the cooperation of the Nigerian masses.
The President said these at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, during the launch of Elumelu Nigeria Empowerment Fund, ENEF, to support victims of terrorism in the country’s North-east zone.
He used the occasion to thank Nigerians for buying into the Ebola campaign, saying that no government could have performed magic to rid the county of the deadly virus without the peoples’ support.
Mr. Jonathan, however, commended Nigerians for following the health guidelines set out by government, some of which was a departure from the norm.
He said, “When government said we must be mindful of gatherings, of handshakes and that we should not move corpse unnecessarily,” Nigerians heeded the advice.
He noted that even churches that he thought would resist the directive by still using a single cup to serve the Holy Communion to its members suspended the practice during the Ebola war.
Continuing, he said, “Nigerians became mindful. Friends stopped embracing themselves saying until we get out of Ebola.
“So it (Ebola campaign) had the buy-in of the populace and that is why we succeeded so fast otherwise we couldn’t have.
“There is no magic government could have used to solve that problem. No President or state governor will claim any credit. The credit should go to the ordinary Nigerians for the cooperation and their buy-in,” Mr. Jonathan said.
By his comment, the President appears to be reacting to remarks by top members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, including Governors Babatunde Fasola of Lagos State and Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, who have said the Federal Government did very little to contend the deadly virus and should therefore not claim credit for winning the war.
While speaking at the formal declaration of a former Head of State, Muhamadu Buhari, for the APC’s presidential ticket at the Eagle Square, Abuja, on Wednesday, Mr. Amaechi, said Nigeria’s flaunted success in the fight against Ebola is a fallacy.
He insisted that the Rivers State Government spent a whopping N1.4billion to stop the outbreak of the disease.
He faulted claims by Mr. Jonathan’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the Federal Government successfully contained the outbreak.
He said, “I hear PDP and Mr. President claiming the glory of having fought Ebola. I asked one simple question: Rivers state government spent 1,406 billion to fight Ebola, the Federal Government brought N200m just last week. If we were waiting for that N200m, Ebola would have spread round Rivers State,” he said.
He said his colleague, Mr.Fashola, was also “fully in charge of the Ebola drive in his state”.
Further deriding the Federal Government, Mr. Amaechi said “Apart from announcing the number of patients, what did the Federal Government do for us? So, why did they politicise Ebola.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Jonathan said the Federal Government has made a donation of N250 million to the ENEF, saying that the government will continue ‎its sustained security operations to eliminate insurgency and restore law and order in the country.
Mr. Jonathan noted that the prolonged case of insurgency in the zone has led to the displacement of the population, destruction of infrastructure and the collapse of the economy in the area.
The rehabilitation of communities affected by the crisis, the President said, would require not only government’s intervention but also that of the private sector.
“I have realized over time that government alone cannot solve human problems. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/169630-no-governor-can-take-credit-for-wining-ebola-war-jonathan.html

Noted

Is that not obvious.

Maybe the governor that stopped the spread in Lagos also stopped the spread in Rivers and Abuja

This governor na super governor oh. Fashola government na super government

Jonathan is trying very hard to reap where he did not sow. What a shame. Since there is nothing to support his interest, he is asking for neutrality as if Ebola just walked away on its own.

This Clueless Leadership must be voted out.

egift:
Jonathan is trying very hard to reap where he did not sow. What a shame. Since there is nothing to support his interest, he is asking for neutrality as if Ebola just walked away on its own.

This Clueless Leadership must be voted out.

So it was APC lead government that stopped ebola ?

Are you in Nigeria at all ?

Certainly GEJ cannot take credit for it because it was Nigerians and not Fashola or GEJ that stopped Ebola.

Even conductor dey carry sanitizers, do you think that is Fashola's doing ?

Amaechi there is Godoooo, all this money you are sharing! Na so u take thief 1.4B claiming say na for ebola!

But thanks to those governors for their swift action

Now, this is embarrassing for a President! Rather than drag bragging ryts with small small boys like Amaechi n Fashola, he should find his voice at the World stage among the likes of Putin, Merkel, Obama etc


N/B: What exactly did Rotimi Amaechi do with 1.4 billion naira?
Amaechi is wasteful I swear! Too wasteful for my liking.

Mr. Amaechi said “Apart from announcing the number of patients, what did the Federal Government do for us? So, why did they politicise Ebola.”

Chai, see uppercut! Governor Amaechi using Jonathan to mob the floor since 1755

Someone need to shut up,

ok na

aljharem2:


So it was APC lead government that stopped ebola ?

Are you in Nigeria at all ?

Certainly GEJ cannot take credit for it because it was Nigerians and not Fashola or GEJ that stopped Ebola.

Even conductor dey carry sanitizers, do you think that is Fashola's doing ?

Something tells me you always have nightmares whenever you see or hear Fashola, Tinubu or APC.

Code213:
Now, this is embarrassing for a President! Rather than drag bragging ryts with small small boys like Amaechi n Fashola, he should find his voice in the World stage among the likes of Putin, Merkel, Obama etc

What exactly did Rotimi Amaechi do with 1.4 billion naira?
Amaechi is wasteful I swear! Too wasteful for my liking.

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Why are you asking Jonathan to embark on a "suicide" mission? There are many Governors far better than Jonathan in Nigeria. He is yet to perform better than them, you are asking for his disgrace.

Look at the picture and see his position at the wold stage

The FG shld not complain becos they started ds matter of takin credit for eradicatin ebola in Nigeria

@ egift: Chai! bros wetin our Jonathan do you now ? Until you forced me to see his position .

[quote
author=elohorayodele post=27203208]Amaechi there is Godoooo, all this
money your are sharing! Na so u take thief 1.4B claiming say na for
ebola! [/quote] Can you imagine ? 1.406b , lets see what America will say the spend

Code213:
Now, this is embarrassing for a President! Rather than drag bragging ryts with small small boys like Amaechi n Fashola, he should find his voice in the World stage among the likes of Putin, Merkel, Obama etc


N/B: What exactly did Rotimi Amaechi do with 1.4 billion naira?
Amaechi is wasteful I swear! Too wasteful for my liking.

You will notice a pattern- that all APC crew will never bother to question what Amaechi did with such amount. Even if he Rote claims 200$ billion he's politically covered as a progressive. I must say that we as a people are not yet ready for the change we needed.

Jonathan would not have said that if Ebola had affected any PDP state.

Chubhie:
You will notice a pattern- that all APC crew will never bother to question what Amaechi did with such amount. Even if he Rote claims 200$ billion he's politically covered as a progressive. I must say that we as a people are not yet ready for the change we needed.

shut up jor...ode...what abt our 20billon?

He should just shut up about this issue, he should just appreciate everyone who played a part and move on. It's not every issue e should try to use to score cheap political points

The president is not even blowing his trumpet and one yèyë governor is whistling away our ears over ebola. If tinubu's púpppèt wants to take credit for fighting-back ebola, then he should also be ready to take KNOCKS for allowing one escape to Portharcourt

soe:
what abt our 20billon?

What about 1 billion for 1 kilometer of road?

Chubhie:
What about 1 billion for 1 kilometer of road?

GBAM well said !

[size=48]credit should be given to the governors of the states that curb Ebola. I disagree with jona. on this.[/size]

This is gonna make front page I can bet the useless 1km monorail built by corrupt and over mouthed amaechi for anything. APC an opposition party filled with bitter and failed politicians. GEJ till A tiv man stops eating rat.

Exactly did this daft and incompetent man did to curb Ebola in Nigeria?

The useless man lied to us back in April that the FG was ready for ebola with ebola vaccine that doesn't exist, they let Sawyer into Nigeria with ebola, Lagos state funded the whole effort in Lagos with Lagos taxpayers money while the clowns were running around lying about releasing N200 million that didn't show us till the whole thing was over.

Ebola entered Nigeria in July and the daft I don't give a damn worthless loser didn't release the money till September, that was months after the Lagos state house of assembly released money for Fashola to build isolation units and fight ebola which he did successfully..

Just like Amaechi said, If we were waiting for that N200 million, Ebola would have spread all over the country.


This worthless and incompetent clown really need to STFU sometimes..

Much as I'm not an APC fan, I think Gov Fashola should be applauded and given credit for the work on #Ebola.

If it was in benue this broke out, the useless governor Suswan, will be lounging with GEJ while the EVD spreads without anyone to contain it.


Fashola should take credit for this Oga GEJ

aguizm:
This is gonna make front page I can bet the useless 1km monorail built by corrupt and over mouthed amaechi for anything. APC an opposition party filled with bitter and failed politicians. GEJ till A tiv man stops eating rat.

Foul-mouthed, lies, violence, do-or-die, character assassination, blackmail, intimidation, poverty distribution, boko haram and hyperactive looting - what else am I missing from the PDP camp?

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Ekiti people don suffer I swear...

I dedicate this to my governor for spending 1.4bn on ebola. surprisingly we had less dan 5 confirmed cases, I wonder if we had .more dan 10 cases. shuu we for go borrow from world bank so amaechi diz is for u

No governor has claimed credit for containing Ebola but we all know who claimed or tried to claim credit for containing the disease before the record was put straight. I am glad the president got the message and has corrected the impression his spin doctors tried to force down our throats.