• UK red listing unjust, discriminatory – Lai Mohammed• Africa CDC: Only 7% of Africans fully vaccinated compared to 66% of EU populationThe ban, which came into effect yesterday, meant only UK residents or citizens can enter the UK from Nigeria and they will have to self-isolate in a pre-booked government-approved hotel for 10 days at their own expense.
He said: “All countries have processes that they have put in place to mitigate the effect of the virus, the British government has decided to add Nigeria to their list, we are reviewing that and Nigeria will respond appropriately. We will meet and look at all the issues raised by the British government and a response will come out of that.”
“However, as the spokesman for the Federal Government, I can say without mincing words that the decision by the UK government to put Nigeria on the red list, just because of less than two dozen cases of Omicron, which by the way, did not originate in Nigeria, is unjust, unfair, punitive, indefensible and discriminatory. The decision is also not driven by science.
“This is the real issue to address rather than choosing the easy path of travel bans, which the UN Secretary General called ‘Travel Apartheid’. Let the world know that no one is safe until everyone is safe,” the Minister said. “Global vaccines and travel apartheid against Africa are endangering lives, hurting economies, lives, jobs and livelihoods from a pandemic Africa did not cause. End the apartheid. Respect Africa,” Adesina said.
“Were they people on the entourage of President Ramaphosa? They did not tell. We painfully call the reactions of the UK and Canada racism, inequity. But I say we are paying for condoning our errors of commission and overlooking our errors of omission. The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, first used the term ‘travel apartheid’ on Wednesday, telling reporters in New York that bans “are not only deeply unfair and punitive, they are ineffective.”
The rush to punish Africa suggests that African countries have now become the epicentre of COVID-19, when this is far from reality. This not only draws attention away from Western public health failures and rising numbers of infections, but also erases the efforts of African health authorities and local health systems to contain the spread of the virus.
They will only respect Africa, when Africa starts respecting itself.
Africa is not worthy of respect.
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