Ebola Virus Disease Control: PDP Warns On Judicious Use Of Funds

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the State government and all relevant authorities charged with the control of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease in the State to be cautious and see this call to duty as an assignment that requires total commitment devoid of personal interest and extraneous influences.

While praying for a very successful fight and God's guidance in the early control of the killer disease, the PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah,in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Jerry Needam, warned against the attempt to use the Ebola disease to loot the State treasury by those in charge.

The Party said the charge becomes necessary in view of the alarming sum of N300m claimed by Gov Chibuike Amaechi to have already spent on containing the spread of the disease in the State only in one week.

This to us, the party notes, appears gravely bloated against the backdrop of the information from the Rivers State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) that the State presently lacks the requisite facilities to put the Ebola scourge under check which is a direct contrast to the claim of Gov Amaechi.

“This is a very serious issue because it has to do with life. The earlier the better and does not call for politicking. The killer disease is not a member of any political party and spares, none based on political affiliation. So all hands must be on deck to ensure that our generation is saved from total annihilation”, the PDP remarked.

The Party however enjoins all Rivers people, residents in the State and indeed, all Nigerians to pray with faith, believing that God does not abandon His people not even in the fight against Ebola.

Signed:

Jerry Needam
Special Adviser, on Media to
State PDP Chairman, Bro. Felix Obuah
Tuesday, September 2, 2014.