APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar continues to foul up the political area, with assertion after assertion dripping with insult and disrespect to the workplace of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
A press release credited to the previous vice chairman on the most recent public well being subject opened with a title linking the President’s first identify to Ebola and questioning how the Presidential Task Force spent the N10 billion authorized for the emergency.
We imagine linking and rhyming President Bola Tinubu’s identify to Ebola solely dangers turning a critical well being concern right into a car 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 individual can not 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 individual had Ebola.
On accountability, the Atiku camp ought to observe that the N10 billion the President authorized for the Ebola emergency in June stays untouched, whereas the NCDC, FAAN, and different surveillance companies have spent different obtainable assets.
The companies deserve applause for mounting a strong surveillance at entry factors to avert Ebola unfold each time it lands on our shores.
This surveillance community tipped off the federal government concerning the index case and led to contact tracing of the affected person’s 44 contacts.
A accountable opposition will applaud the Task Force for being responsive. But the Atiku camp at all times goes for affordable pictures on the authorities.
In this vein, we contemplate his allegation {that a} ministerial briefing is meant to discourage attendance at marketing campaign rallies or voting speculative. Vice President Atiku can not make such a critical allegation with out verifiable proof, particularly within the thick of electioneering. In any manner, the press convention didn’t elevate this subject, besides to attraction to the general public to adjust to the Task Force’s introduced protocol.
We advise Atiku Abubakar and his hirelings to keep away from politicising public well being points. A time like this calls for that every one Nigerians, together with the opposition, rally across the well being authorities and professionals, talk responsibly, keep away from rumour-mongering, and comply with the protocols suggested by the Task Force to make sure Ebola doesn’t turn into a nationwide epidemic.
Nigerians deserve, initially, safety from the lethal illness.
Dele Alake
Spokesperson
APC Presidential Campaign Council
October 22, 2026
