Femi Makinde, Friday Olokor, Bukola Adebayo and Ovie Okpare

The Director of African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, at the Redeemer’s University in Ede, Osun State, Prof. Christian Happi, said on Wednesday that the Federal Government had commissioned the centre to carry out analysis on the monkeypox virus, which has spread to seven states.

Happi, who spoke at the university on Wednesday, also confirmed that the result of the samples sent to the centre would be out on Friday.

He said, “We were commissioned to do the test by the Federal Government and the National Centre for Disease Control is collaborating with us. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, calls me every day to ensure that the analysis is being done.


“We are hoping that by Friday, we should have the report which we will send to the ministry and then they will be able to make an announcement. We are providing the primary result and the laboratory in Senegal will provide the second opinion.”


Happi noted that scientists at the ACEGID had been sent to forests to find the pathogens causing the infectious diseases.

The Director General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Prof. Babatunde Salako, said monkeypox is a rare disease and very few cases had been recorded in Nigeria; hence the need to send samples to countries and laboratories that were already familiar with the disease.

Salako, who spoke at the institute in Lagos on Wednesday, said, “It is a disease that rarely occurs in Nigeria. If samples are collected and taken to a laboratory that is not familiar with it, they will have to start analysing and gathering some facts about the virus and because of the nature of the disease, time is very important.

“It is better to send samples to a centre where they have the expertise and where more work has been done on it.”

The Laboratory Director, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, NIMR, Dr. Rosemary Audu, urged doctors and health workers to wear protective garments when handing such cases to prevent infection.


Audu said, “A doctor has been infected now with monkeypox. Let us not forget that a doctor and a nurse died during the last Lassa fever outbreak. It was the same situation during the Ebola outbreak. We, the experts and stakeholders in the sector need to go back to the drawing board and draw up new protocols on infectious diseases.”

Fear gripped residents of Asaba and its neighbouring communities in Delta State on Wednesday as parents stormed public primary and secondary schools to withdraw their children and wards following rumour that some men were invading schools to vaccinate pupils against monkeypox.

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Lalasticlala TheVictorious

Christian universities are taking over.

nairavsdollars:
Osinbajo connection...Shebi na pastor for Redeemed

Redeemers University has a world bank funded centre of excellence in infectious diseases hence as some of the best facilities to handle such infectious microganisms in the country. You don't need to be divisive MIT is a private university yet handles major US govt defense research. Covenant University as a private school in Nigeria as grants in billions from the US govt. So I don't understand how you people here. I hope you know that the research would benefit every Nigerian

DangotePikin:
Christian universities are taking over.

They have no choice! Universities built on the Christian faith are known for excellence world over. I pray that when the Generals depart though that these Universities won't end up like Princeton, Harvard etc which are totally now alien to the core of their foundation.
Unfortunately, the Church has no mandate in industrialization, if it did I believe we would have some of the best industries in Nigeria.

Osinbajo connection...Shebi na pastor for Redeemed

Why not commission a federal school like UI, ABU, OAU OR UNN? What of our virology centres across the nation?

Osinbajo at work here

Monkey is here with a pox to destroy

If you need any more reason to believe that Adeboye is a fraud that is only after enriching himself and his sprogs here it is. As for those that will quote me to tell me about eternal torment and call me the devil don't bother. I could care less what you low thinking creeps have to say. If this project was given to an Islam university you fools will be jumping around screaming Islamization.

DangotePikin:
Christian universities are taking over.

Everything is now religious in Nigeria, now there will be no scream of Islamization

nairavsdollars:
Osinbajo connection...Shebi na pastor for Redeemed

just imagine how this one is reasoning.

Even the FG acknowledges that the ones they Fund heavily aren't operating at the required level.

We are getting there.........

anochuko01:

just imagine how this one is reasoning.

Na lie before?

Which of those schools you mentioned has a functional laboratory

Sunnycliff:
Why not commission a federal school like UI, ABU, OAU OR UNN? What of our virology centres across the nation?

Osinbajo at work here

Sunnycliff:


Everything is now religious in Nigeria, now there will be no scream of Islamization

There will be. As long as the northern elites bury their heads in sand to deny seeing the damage Islam is bringing.

Nigerians and complains are like 5&6. When govt dont act Nigerians will complain now they are acting to solve a problem institute is what some people are complaining about.. The most important thing should be getting a positive result regardless of the institute.

nairavsdollars:
Osinbajo connection...Shebi na pastor for Redeemed

RUN was the only university that diagnosed EBOLA as well. Whether you'll accept it or not, the private institutions are taking over research.

No body will scream Christianization now.. let the media jst tag FG with Islam dy will b crying up and down

Good, people crying about religion if this was taking to ABU Zaria people would cry Northernization, look beyond it all if every state, religion, leader were giving good results we won’t bother about tribalism, ethnicity or religious backgrounds. Do your best for The Nation that’s all

spongeisback:
If you need any more reason to believe that Adeboye is a fraud that is only after enriching himself and his sprogs here it is. As for those that will quote me to tell me about eternal torment and call me the devil don't bother. I could care less what you low thinking creeps have to say. If this project was given to an Islam university you fools will be jumping around screaming Islamization.

I don't like people like you. During GEJ regime, EBOLA virus was ragging, RUN was the only institution that invested on isolation of the virus. In fact, the school developed 5 minutes kit to diagnosed EBOLA virus.

Don't be surprise that RUN and CU are ahead of UI, Ife and other public institutions in research

With what equipments pls? Abi you want them to create an additional virus with their obsolete labs? Find out what Redeemers University did during ebola and gain knowledge.[ author=seunny4lif post=62145284]We said it before
Religion is the problem of Africa
So, FG no see OAU, ABU and UI
Africa is still in bondage
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nairavsdollars:
Osinbajo connection...Shebi na pastor for Redeemed

Not at all.

Redeemer's University is in fact offering humanitarian services to the country.

Was Osinbajo in power during the reign of Ebola and Lassa fever when RUN was at the fore front of research findings?

And between, I thought he's a mere commissioner who has no power to influence anything positive.

DangotePikin:
Christian universities are taking over.

You had to reduce this to a christian thing? Of everything that was said about Monkeypox, this was the only thing you could come up with?

Alonu:
With what equipments pls? Abi you want them to create an additional virus with their obsolete labs? Find out what Redeemers University did during ebola and gain knowledge.[ author=seunny4lif post=62145284]We said it before
Religion is the problem of Africa
So, FG no see OAU, ABU and UI
Africa is still in bondage

All our leaders stole money and drop it inside church

good development
but why do people always look at negative parts rather than the positive aspects

So, what's the outcome?

nairavsdollars:
Osinbajo connection...Shebi na pastor for Redeemed

This has nothing to do with Osinbajo. Don't forget that one of the foremost researchers on yellow fever in the world in the person of Prof. Tomori was the immediate past Vice Chancellor of Redeemer's University. It was he who ensured that the university procured a PCR machine and an electron microscope for its use at a time when no university in Nigeria could boast of one functional one of the two. Prof. Tomori also brought Prof. Hapi from the UK to head the research arm.

The Ebola outbreak came after Prof Tomori left but he had prepared the university for the national challenge of handling the samples of suspected Ebola cases at the time.

Once again this has nothing to do with Osinbajo but with a visioner like Prof Tomori.

nairavsdollars:
Osinbajo connection...Shebi na pastor for Redeemed

This is addressing the likes of you babies, nitwits and those commenting like you that are suffering from cerebral thrombosis.

Where was Osinbajo when president gej took the Ebola virus to the Redeemer's University for testing. Why can't you deliver yourself from self imposed delusion and malady and recognize that the Redeemer's University is the about the first institution with such medical facility.

You should crying why your aged universities do not possess such and that it's the Church's that are blazing the trail. You have criticised the fees and you are so blind to any achievement.

But where are the cheap, caring Al majiris universities sef?

Sunnycliff:
Why not commission a federal school like UI, ABU, OAU OR UNN? What of our virology centres across the nation?

Osinbajo at work here

My VP is not a typical Nigeria politician.

Dr Adewole is not a novice in medical field. He knew exactly the best place to have it done.