The Federal Government of Nigeria has reacted to the 18-man team of Chinese medical experts visiting Nigeria to support the fight against Coronavirus

Dr. Garba Abari, Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), said;

“The 18-man Chinese medical teams are only coming to share experiences with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), considering that China has already fought the disease. They will be sharing experiences on how the pandemic was handled in China and giving experts suggestions to our medical teams.”

“Whatever information the Chinese medical team makes available to NCDC will be filtered and applied to address the peculiar challenges of the country on handling the COVID-19 scourge.”

“This is a global pandemic and from wherever assistance comes, you cannot reject it.”

“For instance, the United States is opening its doors to all volunteers that will come and assist them because they are also getting overwhelmed.”

“Despite its fine medical facilities and expertise, the US is now saying any form of assistance coming from anywhere that will add value to the fight against COVID-19 is welcome.”

“It is not as if the government of Nigeria is not appreciating the efforts of its medical experts. This is the time when Nigeria is proud and appreciating her own medical experts and showcasing her best.”

“This is the time that Nigeria is mopping all its competent hands, both active and inactive, and bringing them together to ensure that we beef up competent human capacity required to address the issue at hand.”