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 vp on the newest public well being challenge opened with a title linking the President’s first title 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 title to Ebola solely dangers turning a severe well being concern right into a automobile 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 usually showing 8 to 10 days after publicity. An contaminated particular person can’t 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 assessments confirmed that the particular person had Ebola.
On accountability, the Atiku camp ought to notice 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 sources.
The companies deserve applause for mounting a strong surveillance at entry factors to avert Ebola unfold every 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 all the time goes for affordable photographs 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’t make such a severe allegation with out verifiable proof, particularly within the thick of electioneering. In any approach, the press convention didn’t elevate this challenge, besides to enchantment 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 each 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
