FG Not Saying Where The Chinese Doctors Are Is A Betrayal Of Public Trust – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government a 2-day ultimatum to reveal the whereabouts of the Chinese medical team that were brought into the country to help with the spread of the coronavirus.

This is coming after the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said he cannot say where they are.

According to PDP, the situation is suspicious, creepy, and weird and the party is worried that the APC-led Federal Government is being economical with the truth while its officials play politics with the lives of our citizens and health safety of our nation.

PDP added that not being able to account for the Chinese team is a betrayal of public trust and it can expose our citizens to danger.

A recent statement read, “Our party is worried that the APC-led Federal Government is being economical with the truth, with its officials playing politics with the lives of our citizens and health safety of our nation.

The PDP holds that government’s inability to account for the Chinese team amounts to direct betrayal of public trust, which has heightened fears of conspiracies by certain unpatriotic interests in the APC and its administration to compromise the health architecture of our nation and expose our citizens to danger.

Nigerians can recall how the Federal Government had failed to respond to demands by our party and other well-meaning Nigerians for the particulars of the members of the team, their medical status, scope of operation, detailed itinerary within our country as well as the safety of the equipment they brought into our nation.”

“Our party had expressed worry over scary reports of escalation of the scourge in certain countries reportedly after the arrival of Chinese medical personnel in those countries and insisted that the APC administration should be held responsible should there be any sudden upsurge in COVID-19 infection and deaths in our country, with the arrival of the said Chinese medical team.

We invite Nigerians to note that whereas our nation’s COVID-19 data, upon the arrival of the Chinese team in April, stood at 254 confirmed cases with 44 successfully treated by our doctors and 6 deaths, which reportedly had other underlining ailments. Today, the data stands at no less than 5,450 cases and 171 deaths.

“Our party therefore insists that the PTF on COVID-19 should immediately come out with the truth and provide explanations on the whereabouts of the team in the next 48 hours so as to douse the tension in the country.”