The Liberian
government has complained that its citizens are being harassed ever
since the first case of Ebola in Nigeria was recorded by a Liberian.The
Ambassador to Nigeria Martin George told Nigeria's Health Minister,
Onyebuchi Chukwu
“The
attention of our embassy has been brought to several cases of harassment
of Liberians especially in Lagos and other places. This harassment
borders on stereotyping and sometimes expression of collective
guilt.“Just because the ‘index case’ came from Liberia, so ‘all
Liberians in Nigeria have Ebola’.
That is the
message and people are being harassed,” “There are law-abiding Liberians
living here in Nigeria who have been harassed. So I appeal for your
indulgence as you frame the responses especially on the radio talk
shows. People have been making all kind of derogatory remarks that have
been brought to our attention,”
The Liberian
government has also apologized to Nigeria for Patrick Sawyer's trip
which spread Ebola into Nigeria. They acknowledged he was aware of his
status, and was under surveillance but, ignored medical advice and
escaped .
The Liberian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nurudeem Mohammed,told journalists in Abuja.
"The
Liberian President President has personally called to apologise on the
unfortunate development.She specifically said her country had declared a
state of emergency over the Ebola epidermic in Liberia.
She equally apologized that Sawyer ignored medical advice and escaped out of Liberia.”
No comments:
Post a Comment