The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has asked Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari responsible for any upsurge in Coronavirus cases and deaths.
This comes after a 15-man Chinese medical experts arrived Nigeria on Wednesday.
The PDP said this in a statement by its spokesman, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan on Wednesday 8th April 2020, adding that the deployment will expose Nigerians to further risks.
Ologbondiyan said, “importation of the Chinese doctors despite warnings that bringing in doctors from the hotbed of the plague will expose citizens to further risks.”
”This is even as Nigerians across board have continued to question the status, identity and interest of the Chinese doctors as well as the safety of kits and equipment from China, particularly following scary reports of escalation of the scourge in certain countries reportedly after the arrival of Chinese medical personnel in those countries.
“Moreover, our doctors and nurses have been on top of the situation with records of recoveries and less casualties, thus raising questions about the real intentions of bringing in doctors from China.
“The situation is even more distressing as the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 had been making frantic effort to exonerate itself from the decision to bring in the Chinese doctors into our country.
“Nigerians are aware that since the index case was reported till date, the number of COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 254 confirmed cases, out of which 44 have been successfully treated by our doctors with 6 deaths, which reportedly had other underlining ailments.
”Our party therefore calls on the entire world to hold President Buhari responsible should there be any sudden upsurge in COVID-19 infection and deaths in our country, now that the Chinese doctors have been brought in despite protests by Nigerians.”
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