Showing posts with label Ebola-Didn’t We Already Have Enough Problems On Our Hands?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ebola-Didn’t We Already Have Enough Problems On Our Hands?. Show all posts

15 Sept 2014

Ebola-Didn’t We Already Have Enough Problems On Our Hands?

Map showing projected spread of the virus
If you ever had an opportunity to turn back the hands of clock, way back before that infamous Liberian forcefully evaded immigration officials and imported the deadly Ebola Virus Disease into our shores; wouldn’t you jump at it?

Prior to July 20, 2014, one of Nigeria’s biggest problems was how to bring an end to insurgency in the northern part of the country. It was all about rescuing nearly 200 school girls kidnapped at a town in Borno, North-East of the country. A group of girls were kidnapped at a government college in a town known as Chibok. This moved the government into ‘action’ as civil society groups, the international community, and every citizen saw this as a collective battle.