Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by effissyman(m): 4:19pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
An Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari February 8, 2020 Ayodeji Idowu (Ph.D.) His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) President Federal Republic of Nigeria Dear Mr. President, AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI: AN URGENT REQUEST FOR EVACUATION FOR NIGERIANS STRANDED IN WUHAN, CHINA My name is Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu, I am one of the Nigerians currently residing in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic outbreak. I am writing you this open letter to bring to your attention the situation of things with the Nigerians living in Wuhan and to seize this opportunity to convey our express desire to be evacuated out of Wuhan. Currently, there are 72 Nigerians trapped in Wuhan, 62 adults, and children among whom are students, workers, and business persons. Since the outbreak of this virus, 702 people in total have died in Wuhan. It was reported that 86 people died yesterday, Friday, February 07, 2020, and from all the news reports that we monitor daily, its infection rate continues to soar. A city-wide lockdown has been in place since Thursday, January 23, 2020, which implies all residents have to stay indoors. The mood of we, Nigerians caught up in this situation has been of anxiety which is borne out of the fear of getting infected to running out of essential supplies and utilities or being unable to get medical care for other ailments unrelated to the coronavirus. The mood here is fast turning to frustration, helplessness, and despondency because of our failure to receive diplomatic support to be evacuated. The lock-down has led to a closure of all commercial means (rail, road, and air) to leave the city. The Chinese authorities through its various communications to the foreigner community in the city have asked us to contact our embassies if we choose to leave. Your Excellency, when this epidemic started to cause widespread panic in the city, officials at the Embassy in Beijing, and the office of the Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) reached out to our community. Their message to us at that time to encourage us and keep us calm that they and by the extension, the Federal Government was monitoring the situation just as many other countries were doing. However, as the situation began to worsen, we started to see concrete moves from other countries to evacuate their citizens. We immediately communicated our request to also be evacuated to the embassy. Later, we were asked to write to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. All these we have done and our hopes have been high up that we would be evacuated. To provide some sort of relief for us, fellow Nigerians in other cities in China pooled for us some cash and non-cash support, we also received the personal donation from our lead envoy in China, His Excellency, Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidda for the sum of twenty thousand yuan. However, Your Excellency, Mr. President, it saddens us that days and weeks have gone past, following several attempts through official channels and unofficial channels (social media) to get a favorable response from authorities responsible for our evacuation, we are yet to receive any concrete response from the government. I would also like to bring to your attention Mr. President, that, our matter was taken to the House of Representatives, but our lawmakers, probably, out of their ignorance on our travails, laughed and jested over our matter. Eventually, they rejected the bill seeking to demand Nigerians stranded in Wuhan to be evacuated. On that same day, the Egyptian government evacuated its citizens, 350 of them out of Wuhan, three hundred and fifty Mr. President. Upon their arrival in Egypt after a 36 hours direct flight, they were all lodged into a single hotel for a 14-Day observation and quarantine. Do the Egyptian government place more value on the lives of its citizen than the Nigerian government does? Do the Moroccans or the Sudanese or the Algerians who have all evacuated their citizens place more premium on the lives of their citizens than Nigeria does? I am not unmindful of the fears in minds of average Nigerians that all their compatriots currently residing in China particularly Wuhan may have been infected with the coronavirus and should therefore not be brought back to the country at this time. This feeling is understandable but it is based on ignorance. When we had the incidence of Ebola in Nigeria, it did not imply that everyone in the country had been automatically infected with Ebola. For the records Your Excellency, Mr. President, there is no record or case of any Nigerian infected with the virus. However, I fear this clean record may not linger long if the infection rate of this virus continues to soar. It is not our responsibility to allay the fears of our compatriots back home but it is our right to cry out and seek help from our government when we find ourselves in situations as precarious as this. I hope Mr. President that now that you have read directly from a source in the thick of things, you will use the power of your good office to give the directive for our evacuation. Thank you, Your Excellency, Mr. President Yours Sincerely Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu (Ph.D.) A Nigerian citizen resident in Wuhan, China https://www./open-letter-president-muhammadu-buhari-ayodeji-idowu-ph-d-?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0Cc: lalasticlala 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by Righteousness89(m): 4:23pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
ALMIGHTY Father, I ask that you Defend our Brothers and Sisters in that Nation.. Daddy, please Have Mercy on them and Shield them from all infections in JESUS NAME...
My Brother, This is the Best I can do for you guys over there...
I can't guarantee you our Government will do anything... 3 Likes |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by popsy2(m): 4:24pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
Ok |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by Nobody: 4:25pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
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Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by effissyman(m): 4:27pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
Righteousness89: ALMIGHTY Father, I ask that you Defend our Brothers and Sisters in that Nation.. Daddy, please Have Mercy on them and Shield them from all infections in JESUS NAME...
My Brother, This is the Best I can do for you guys over there...
I can't guarantee you our Government will do anything...
Please sir help us push this everywhere on social media so our government can see this.. Our brothers in wuhan really need urgent help.. myself am in another city,not much issues in my city unlike wuhan... 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by overall90: 4:30pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
these ones still think that Nigeria is a country 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by Righteousness89(m): 4:30pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
effissyman: An Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari
February 8, 2020
Ayodeji Idowu (Ph.D.)
His Excellency
President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR)
President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Dear Mr. President,
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI:
AN URGENT REQUEST FOR EVACUATION FOR NIGERIANS STRANDED IN WUHAN, CHINA
My name is Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu, I am one of the Nigerians currently residing in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic outbreak. I am writing you this open letter to bring to your attention the situation of things with the Nigerians living in Wuhan and to seize this opportunity to convey our express desire to be evacuated out of Wuhan. Currently, there are 72 Nigerians trapped in Wuhan, 62 adults, and children among whom are students, workers, and business persons.
Since the outbreak of this virus, 702 people in total have died in Wuhan. It was reported that 86 people died yesterday, Friday, February 07, 2020, and from all the news reports that we monitor daily, its infection rate continues to soar. A city-wide lockdown has been in place since Thursday, January 23, 2020, which implies all residents have to stay indoors.
The mood of we, Nigerians caught up in this situation has been of anxiety which is borne out of the fear of getting infected to running out of essential supplies and utilities or being unable to get medical care for other ailments unrelated to the coronavirus. The mood here is fast turning to frustration, helplessness, and despondency because of our failure to receive diplomatic support to be evacuated. The lock-down has led to a closure of all commercial means (rail, road, and air) to leave the city. The Chinese authorities through its various communications to the foreigner community in the city have asked us to contact our embassies if we choose to leave.
Your Excellency, when this epidemic started to cause widespread panic in the city, officials at the Embassy in Beijing, and the office of the Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) reached out to our community. Their message to us at that time to encourage us and keep us calm that they and by the extension, the Federal Government was monitoring the situation just as many other countries were doing.
However, as the situation began to worsen, we started to see concrete moves from other countries to evacuate their citizens. We immediately communicated our request to also be evacuated to the embassy. Later, we were asked to write to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. All these we have done and our hopes have been high up that we would be evacuated. To provide some sort of relief for us, fellow Nigerians in other cities in China pooled for us some cash and non-cash support, we also received the personal donation from our lead envoy in China, His Excellency, Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidda for the sum of twenty thousand yuan. However, Your Excellency, Mr. President, it saddens us that days and weeks have gone past, following several attempts through official channels and unofficial channels (social media) to get a favorable response from authorities responsible for our evacuation, we are yet to receive any concrete response from the government.
I would also like to bring to your attention Mr. President, that, our matter was taken to the House of Representatives, but our lawmakers, probably, out of their ignorance on our travails, laughed and jested over our matter. Eventually, they rejected the bill seeking to demand Nigerians stranded in Wuhan to be evacuated. On that same day, the Egyptian government evacuated its citizens, 350 of them out of Wuhan, three hundred and fifty Mr. President. Upon their arrival in Egypt after a 36 hours direct flight, they were all lodged into a single hotel for a 14-Day observation and quarantine. Do the Egyptian government place more value on the lives of its citizen than the Nigerian government does? Do the Moroccans or the Sudanese or the Algerians who have all evacuated their citizens place more premium on the lives of their citizens than Nigeria does?
I am not unmindful of the fears in minds of average Nigerians that all their compatriots currently residing in China particularly Wuhan may have been infected with the coronavirus and should therefore not be brought back to the country at this time. This feeling is understandable but it is based on ignorance. When we had the incidence of Ebola in Nigeria, it did not imply that everyone in the country had been automatically infected with Ebola. For the records Your Excellency, Mr. President, there is no record or case of any Nigerian infected with the virus. However, I fear this clean record may not linger long if the infection rate of this virus continues to soar. It is not our responsibility to allay the fears of our compatriots back home but it is our right to cry out and seek help from our government when we find ourselves in situations as precarious as this.
I hope Mr. President that now that you have read directly from a source in the thick of things, you will use the power of your good office to give the directive for our evacuation.
Thank you, Your Excellency, Mr. President
Yours Sincerely
Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu (Ph.D.)
A Nigerian citizen resident in Wuhan, China
https://www./open-letter-president-muhammadu-buhari-ayodeji-idowu-ph-d-?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0
Cc: lalasticlala
Lala, kindly send this Letter to the Permanent site. Our Brothers and Sisters need Help.. |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by blackboy(m): 4:30pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
Sorry I dont believe this story. As educated as he is why couldn't he get at least 5 or 10 other Nigerias in China to sign the letter if he is talking on behalf of other Nigerians to be evacuated. Unless he is speaking for himself. |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by effissyman(m): 4:31pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
Lalasticlala please help us push this to the front page, we might be Lucky it get to the necessary officials to help us handle this. Thanks |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by NaijaDonCast(m): 4:31pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
Its quite unfortunate though that the government is absolutely not reaching out to you guys at this worrisome period, I look at the stories emanating from this virus transmission, and mortality rate, that travel faster or almost equivalent to the speed of light, I am then poise to imagine how it feels to be in the streets of Wuhan, isolating yourself and your family from your neighbours, and free Oxygen, anyone suffering from claustrophobia will have to shift ground on this for his or her own safety, one has to consider the level of economic growth, scientific and technological advancement China has over Nigeria yet still cannot control the meanace of this Death row disease, i will like to tell you Nigeria borrowing money up and down to address internal issues ravaging the country will not want to take the risk of going to WHO or any money merchant organization to salvage a possible outbreak or quarantine facilities....stay strong stay positive the tide might reverse...GOD WILL SEE ALL NIGERIANS THROUGH IN WUHAN 3 Likes |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by effissyman(m): 4:32pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
blackboy: Sorry I dont believe this story. As educated as he is why couldn't he get at least 5 or 10 other Nigerias in China to sign the letter if he is talking on behalf of other Nigerians to be evacuated. Unless he is speaking for himself. I don’t think you read up this letter 4 Likes |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by Jorussia(m): 4:33pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
My fear is if Nigeria has both the capacity and facility to evacuate and quarantine you guys in Nigeria seamlessly.Nigeria is a very complicated nation.The day you enter a "tight corner"(esp abroad) as a Nigerian is when you would realise that when the late colonel muammar Ghadafi described us as big for nothing he was very correct.op I empathize with you and those currently stranded in Wuhan and pray succor/respite come your way. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by jimyjames(m): 4:33pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
Only if they treated Allen onyema well , he could have helped this time too, but Nigeria turned around to attack onyema after saving Nigerians from South Africa 12 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by overall90: 4:35pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
blackboy: Sorry I dont believe this story. As educated as he is why couldn't he get at least 5 or 10 other Nigerias in China to sign the letter if he is talking on behalf of other Nigerians to be evacuated. Unless he is speaking for himself. Mr educated ! the whole city is on lock down and everybody trapped inside his home. where do you want him to get 5 to 10 people. i am sure he is trying to do what he can in a very bad and desperate situation. 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by Iruabua: 4:39pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
People who can't care less about citizens at home..... Is it those in diaspora you want them to show love for?! They have never cared, that's why the country is a mess and you left. When they start caring it will be obvious to all 4 Likes |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by Nobody: 4:45pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
I really hate going tribal but when this coronavirus issue was brought up here, one particular tribe said it's all igbo people. They mocked and mocked openly here. This is the level of hatred I have seen displayed here day in day out. I'm happy this was not written by an igbo man which means other tribes are involved too.
We are so divided we have no conscience anymore.
I also read how the parliament voted against evacuating these people unanimously and we all nodded our heads.
Time teaches us good valuable lessons. Both tuhose mocking others, voted against evacuation and the insensitive federal govt, one day, it will be your turn and u will need help but will never get it. Nothing lasts forever. And yeah, nothing will happen to them as China is progressing in getting the cure for the virus.
On Sunday, they will all troop to church. I wonder what they do there. Or is it those that knack head on the ground 5 times a day? Very wicked souls. 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by SpyAC(m): 4:51pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
effissyman: An Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari
February 8, 2020
Ayodeji Idowu (Ph.D.)
His Excellency
President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR)
President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Dear Mr. President,
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI:
AN URGENT REQUEST FOR EVACUATION FOR NIGERIANS STRANDED IN WUHAN, CHINA
My name is Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu, I am one of the Nigerians currently residing in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic outbreak. I am writing you this open letter to bring to your attention the situation of things with the Nigerians living in Wuhan and to seize this opportunity to convey our express desire to be evacuated out of Wuhan. Currently, there are 72 Nigerians trapped in Wuhan, 62 adults, and children among whom are students, workers, and business persons.
Since the outbreak of this virus, 702 people in total have died in Wuhan. It was reported that 86 people died yesterday, Friday, February 07, 2020, and from all the news reports that we monitor daily, its infection rate continues to soar. A city-wide lockdown has been in place since Thursday, January 23, 2020, which implies all residents have to stay indoors.
The mood of we, Nigerians caught up in this situation has been of anxiety which is borne out of the fear of getting infected to running out of essential supplies and utilities or being unable to get medical care for other ailments unrelated to the coronavirus. The mood here is fast turning to frustration, helplessness, and despondency because of our failure to receive diplomatic support to be evacuated. The lock-down has led to a closure of all commercial means (rail, road, and air) to leave the city. The Chinese authorities through its various communications to the foreigner community in the city have asked us to contact our embassies if we choose to leave.
Your Excellency, when this epidemic started to cause widespread panic in the city, officials at the Embassy in Beijing, and the office of the Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) reached out to our community. Their message to us at that time to encourage us and keep us calm that they and by the extension, the Federal Government was monitoring the situation just as many other countries were doing.
However, as the situation began to worsen, we started to see concrete moves from other countries to evacuate their citizens. We immediately communicated our request to also be evacuated to the embassy. Later, we were asked to write to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. All these we have done and our hopes have been high up that we would be evacuated. To provide some sort of relief for us, fellow Nigerians in other cities in China pooled for us some cash and non-cash support, we also received the personal donation from our lead envoy in China, His Excellency, Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidda for the sum of twenty thousand yuan. However, Your Excellency, Mr. President, it saddens us that days and weeks have gone past, following several attempts through official channels and unofficial channels (social media) to get a favorable response from authorities responsible for our evacuation, we are yet to receive any concrete response from the government.
I would also like to bring to your attention Mr. President, that, our matter was taken to the House of Representatives, but our lawmakers, probably, out of their ignorance on our travails, laughed and jested over our matter. Eventually, they rejected the bill seeking to demand Nigerians stranded in Wuhan to be evacuated. On that same day, the Egyptian government evacuated its citizens, 350 of them out of Wuhan, three hundred and fifty Mr. President. Upon their arrival in Egypt after a 36 hours direct flight, they were all lodged into a single hotel for a 14-Day observation and quarantine. Do the Egyptian government place more value on the lives of its citizen than the Nigerian government does? Do the Moroccans or the Sudanese or the Algerians who have all evacuated their citizens place more premium on the lives of their citizens than Nigeria does?
I am not unmindful of the fears in minds of average Nigerians that all their compatriots currently residing in China particularly Wuhan may have been infected with the coronavirus and should therefore not be brought back to the country at this time. This feeling is understandable but it is based on ignorance. When we had the incidence of Ebola in Nigeria, it did not imply that everyone in the country had been automatically infected with Ebola. For the records Your Excellency, Mr. President, there is no record or case of any Nigerian infected with the virus. However, I fear this clean record may not linger long if the infection rate of this virus continues to soar. It is not our responsibility to allay the fears of our compatriots back home but it is our right to cry out and seek help from our government when we find ourselves in situations as precarious as this.
I hope Mr. President that now that you have read directly from a source in the thick of things, you will use the power of your good office to give the directive for our evacuation.
Thank you, Your Excellency, Mr. President
Yours Sincerely
Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu (Ph.D.)
A Nigerian citizen resident in Wuhan, China
https://www./open-letter-president-muhammadu-buhari-ayodeji-idowu-ph-d-?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0
Cc: lalasticlala I feel ur pains bro, if u wait for the federal government, ur life could be terminated, bcs they don't care about us, I suggest u all shoul start introducing ginger and garlics to ur meals daily for preventive measures, Gods willing, u all will come out stronger in all. Thankss
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Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by GamalNasser: 5:01pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
So you want to be evacuated from frying pan to fire ? Please stay there , it's safer to test positive for corona Virus in China than in Nigeria |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by Skengman: 5:17pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
GamalNasser: So you want to be evacuated from frying pan to fire ? Please stay there , it's safer to test positive for corona Virus in China than in Nigeria Smh ![cry](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cry.gif) 2 Likes |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by Nobody: 5:21pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
But I thought they said they've already gotten a cure? ![shocked](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/shocked.gif) Anyway, don't expect any response from the Fulani president. Unless you can show that the majority of you are Hausa/Fulani Moslems. Then he will budge, otherwise, fogerrit. You don't believe me? Ask my sister Leah Sharibu. 3 Likes |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by Nobody: 5:28pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
sassysure: I really hate going tribal but when this coronavirus issue was brought up here, one particular tribe said it's all igbo people. They mocked and mocked openly here. This is the level of hatred I have seen displayed here day in day out. I'm happy this was not written by an igbo man which means other tribes are involved too.
We are so divided we have no conscience anymore.
I also read how the parliament voted against evacuating these people unanimously and we all nodded our heads.
Time teaches us good valuable lessons. Both tuhose mocking others, voted against evacuation and the insensitive federal govt, one day, it will be your turn and u will need help but will never get it. Nothing lasts forever. And yeah, nothing will happen to them as China is progressing in getting the cure for the virus.
On Sunday, they will all troop to church. I wonder what they do there. Or is it those that knack head on the ground 5 times a day? Very wicked souls.
It's so unfortunate. Everyone believed that Nigerian communities in diaspora are mostly made up of Igbos so when this evacuation thing came up, they were nonchalant to the extent that they mocked Igbos about it. Life goes in cycle. 5 Likes |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by Yujin(m): 6:09pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
J111333: It's so unfortunate. Everyone believed that Nigerian communities in diaspora are mostly made up of Igbos so when this evacuation thing came up, they were nonchalant to the extent that they mocked Igbos about it. Life goes in cycle. Truly most people from Nigeria in China are Igbos. However, there are still other ethnic groups too. So if the usual haters plus the fulani government don't care, it's no big deal. Have they even protected the innocent people inside Nigeria from the terrorist herdsmen? The hatred and neglect is expected. 4 Likes |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by BeLookingIDIOT(m): 7:15pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
Righteousness89: ALMIGHTY Father, I ask that you Defend our Brothers and Sisters in that Nation.. Daddy, please Have Mercy on them and Shield them from all infections in JESUS NAME...
My Brother, This is the Best I can do for you guys over there...
I can't guarantee you our Government will do anything...
Only your brothers and sisters ba ![undecided](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/undecided.png) |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by San60: 7:18pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
GamalNasser: So you want to be evacuated from frying pan to fire ? Please stay there , it's safer to test positive for corona Virus in China than in Nigeria Everywhere is shut down and they won't attend to them because they are blacks. |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by GamalNasser: 7:22pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
San60: Everywhere is shut down and they won't attend to them because they are blacks. Hmmmm |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by edoairways: 7:51pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
sassysure: I really hate going tribal but when this coronavirus issue was brought up here, one particular tribe said it's all igbo people. They mocked and mocked openly here. This is the level of hatred I have seen displayed here day in day out. I'm happy this was not written by an igbo man which means other tribes are involved too.
We are so divided we have no conscience anymore.
I also read how the parliament voted against evacuating these people unanimously and we all nodded our heads.
Time teaches us good valuable lessons. Both tuhose mocking others, voted against evacuation and the insensitive federal govt, one day, it will be your turn and u will need help but will never get it. Nothing lasts forever. And yeah, nothing will happen to them as China is progressing in getting the cure for the virus.
On Sunday, they will all troop to church. I wonder what they do there. Or is it those that knack head on the ground 5 times a day? Very wicked souls.
Are Christians the only ones involved in tribal issue raised? 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by edoairways: 7:52pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
GamalNasser: So you want to be evacuated from frying pan to fire ? Please stay there , it's safer to test positive for corona Virus in China than in Nigeria Why are you heartless? ![sad](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/sad.png) 1 Like |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by knowledgeable: 7:56pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
effissyman: An Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari
February 8, 2020
Ayodeji Idowu (Ph.D.)
His Excellency
President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR)
President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Dear Mr. President,
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI:
AN URGENT REQUEST FOR EVACUATION FOR NIGERIANS STRANDED IN WUHAN, CHINA
My name is Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu, I am one of the Nigerians currently residing in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic outbreak. I am writing you this open letter to bring to your attention the situation of things with the Nigerians living in Wuhan and to seize this opportunity to convey our express desire to be evacuated out of Wuhan. Currently, there are 72 Nigerians trapped in Wuhan, 62 adults, and children among whom are students, workers, and business persons.
Since the outbreak of this virus, 702 people in total have died in Wuhan. It was reported that 86 people died yesterday, Friday, February 07, 2020, and from all the news reports that we monitor daily, its infection rate continues to soar. A city-wide lockdown has been in place since Thursday, January 23, 2020, which implies all residents have to stay indoors.
The mood of we, Nigerians caught up in this situation has been of anxiety which is borne out of the fear of getting infected to running out of essential supplies and utilities or being unable to get medical care for other ailments unrelated to the coronavirus. The mood here is fast turning to frustration, helplessness, and despondency because of our failure to receive diplomatic support to be evacuated. The lock-down has led to a closure of all commercial means (rail, road, and air) to leave the city. The Chinese authorities through its various communications to the foreigner community in the city have asked us to contact our embassies if we choose to leave.
Your Excellency, when this epidemic started to cause widespread panic in the city, officials at the Embassy in Beijing, and the office of the Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) reached out to our community. Their message to us at that time to encourage us and keep us calm that they and by the extension, the Federal Government was monitoring the situation just as many other countries were doing.
However, as the situation began to worsen, we started to see concrete moves from other countries to evacuate their citizens. We immediately communicated our request to also be evacuated to the embassy. Later, we were asked to write to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. All these we have done and our hopes have been high up that we would be evacuated. To provide some sort of relief for us, fellow Nigerians in other cities in China pooled for us some cash and non-cash support, we also received the personal donation from our lead envoy in China, His Excellency, Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidda for the sum of twenty thousand yuan. However, Your Excellency, Mr. President, it saddens us that days and weeks have gone past, following several attempts through official channels and unofficial channels (social media) to get a favorable response from authorities responsible for our evacuation, we are yet to receive any concrete response from the government.
I would also like to bring to your attention Mr. President, that, our matter was taken to the House of Representatives, but our lawmakers, probably, out of their ignorance on our travails, laughed and jested over our matter. Eventually, they rejected the bill seeking to demand Nigerians stranded in Wuhan to be evacuated. On that same day, the Egyptian government evacuated its citizens, 350 of them out of Wuhan, three hundred and fifty Mr. President. Upon their arrival in Egypt after a 36 hours direct flight, they were all lodged into a single hotel for a 14-Day observation and quarantine. Do the Egyptian government place more value on the lives of its citizen than the Nigerian government does? Do the Moroccans or the Sudanese or the Algerians who have all evacuated their citizens place more premium on the lives of their citizens than Nigeria does?
I am not unmindful of the fears in minds of average Nigerians that all their compatriots currently residing in China particularly Wuhan may have been infected with the coronavirus and should therefore not be brought back to the country at this time. This feeling is understandable but it is based on ignorance. When we had the incidence of Ebola in Nigeria, it did not imply that everyone in the country had been automatically infected with Ebola. For the records Your Excellency, Mr. President, there is no record or case of any Nigerian infected with the virus. However, I fear this clean record may not linger long if the infection rate of this virus continues to soar. It is not our responsibility to allay the fears of our compatriots back home but it is our right to cry out and seek help from our government when we find ourselves in situations as precarious as this.
I hope Mr. President that now that you have read directly from a source in the thick of things, you will use the power of your good office to give the directive for our evacuation.
Thank you, Your Excellency, Mr. President
Yours Sincerely
Ayodeji Adetunji Idowu (Ph.D.)
A Nigerian citizen resident in Wuhan, China
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My prayers goes out to all you brothers and sisters out there in Wuhan provenance. I believe, your open letter to President Buhari will attract the needed urgency from the fedral government to evacuate all our people, now there are no Nigerian infected. Now haven said that, I must also make a comment. Air peace owner Mr Onyema, living up to the Logo on his air line "Peace to all or Air peace" brought out the humility inside him and evacuated Nigerians of all tribes & religion from South Africa during the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, only to be mocked and trashed all over social media by mostly... you know...our SW brothers on charges of money laundering. |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by GamalNasser: 8:16pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
edoairways:
Why are you heartless? ![sad](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/sad.png) Be realistic and stop being emotional ...does Nigeria have the capacity to handle any Corona virus case? Even common malaria is still killing 100s daily and you want this useless govt to bring back potential carriers of the virus ? Does the govt have the capacity to quarantine them to prevent spread incase any of them have it ? Please get realistic |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by effissyman(m): 8:33pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
GamalNasser:
Be realistic and stop being emotional ...does Nigeria have the capacity to handle any Corona virus case? Even common malaria is still killing 100s daily and you want this useless govt to bring back potential carriers of the virus ? Does the govt have the capacity to quarantine them to prevent spread incase any of them have it ? Please get realistic Your comment right here shows the level of your stupidity sir. Sorry to say.. if you don’t understand something about a situation, the first thing is to ask questions before disgracing yourself with silly comments. Now let me enlighten you, Non of our Nigerian brothers has this virus neither is there any carrier amongst them. Now that been said. If they are been evacuated from Wuhan which happen to be the main city the corona virus broke out, they are asking to be quarantined for 14 days or more by the government if that will be ok for them to know their conditions and to prove they don’t have it.. with this been put into place no one in Nigeria will be put into any risk..that is just the preventive measure.. now you are talking Government does not have the capacity to guarantine them, do Algeria , Egypt or Morocco that have evacuated their citizens has the capacity that Nigeria Has? Please do your finding and reason good as possible before you disgrace yourself in a public community.. Thanks 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by GamalNasser: 8:56pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
effissyman:
Your comment right here shows the level of your stupidity sir. Sorry to say.. if you don’t understand something about a situation, the first thing is to ask questions before disgracing yourself with silly comments. Now let me enlighten you, Non of our Nigerian brothers has this virus neither is there any carrier amongst them. Now that been said. If they are been evacuated from Wuhan which happen to be the main city the corona virus broke out, they are asking to be quarantined for 14 days or more by the government if that will be ok for them to know their conditions and to prove they don’t have it.. with this been put into place no one in Nigeria will be put into any risk..that is just the preventive measure.. now you are talking Government does not have the capacity to guarantine them, do Algeria , Egypt or Morocco that have evacuated their citizens has the capacity that Nigeria Has? Please do your finding and reason good as possible before you disgrace yourself in a public community.. Thanks It's not you to say if they have it or not , any traveller out of that region must be quarantined and tested before being allowed to reintegrate into a new population ..I am realist not an emoticon so I will tell you the truth .. Nigeria doesnt have the capacity to receive people from Corona Virus endemic areas for now ..please bear with us |
Re: Open Letter To Nigeria President By A Nigerian Citizen Resident In Wuhan, China by effissyman(m): 9:01pm On Feb 08, 2020 |
GamalNasser:
It's not you to say if they have it or not , any traveller out of that region must be quarantined and tested before being allowed to reintegrate into a new population ..I am realist not an emoticon so I will tell you the truth .. Nigeria doesnt have the capacity to receive people from Corona Virus endemic areas for now ..please bear with us What exactly do you mean by capacity?? Kindly explain |