Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has been conducting COVID-19 tests on high profiled Nigerians, who demanded for it, but asked ‘ordinary’ citizens who also requested for same to strictly follow its case-definition rule for testing; a situation that has left many unattended to, THISDAY can confirm.
Revealing this to THISDAY, an epidemiologist with NCDC in Lagos State, who preferred to remain anonymous, said NCDC does not have enough reagents to go round, hence he advised people to adhere strictly to the case-definition before being qualified for testing. He also emphasized that in an ideal situation, what NCDC does is that when Nigerians call the toll free lines, they are asked whether they have travelled to high-risk areas; if they say ‘yes’, they are asked if they are having symptoms.
Recently, social media has been awash with complaints of Nigerians who have requested for tests k home to her family. Sharing his thoughts, another staff of NCDC in Abuja, who also preferred to remain anonymous, told THISDAY that a lot of top persons in the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja do not bother calling public lines, as they have their way of calling in for tests.
This is a country where the lives of the people been governed by her leaders are neglected. God is watching. . .
It's called the Nigerian factor. We know😏
anayojeff1 As with everything NIGERIA. No surprises here.
Is like d director general is a SCAM o
That’s Nigeria for you , everything is for the political elite,
This is serious.. it means many non-high profile Nigerians may be spreading the virus without knowing it
henryshield The same high profiled people that should have built hospitals?, COVID-19 take them all away
henryshield Not even the idiots defending Buhari here would get. Let them not receive sense.
henryshield Imagine if it was a situation like shortage of oxygen in the entire world as a result of a pandemic, and NCDC becomes the agency saddled with rationing it to every Nigerian. You think you and I would get?
Too bad. God will fight for the poor.
This is the problem and this is why we're not getting the truth
The virus should stop at the top , we the masses are free and good.
As usual, Nigerian politicians will always hijack any process. Always want everything to be done their way....COVID19Nigeria
This is rather unfortunate. Nigerians must rise up to the challenge....
U see am
Who or what does it take to be a high profiled Nigerian? The poor masses are sitting quietly on their own, some thieves went and brought a virus that is ravaging, now you're giving priority to test those carriers. Where is our sense of equality? It is well!
They are busy testing the wrong people/class
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