The U.S warned
(?) Nigerian government that experimental drug Nano silver is a pesticide and
should not be administered to the dying patients. Nigerian Minister of Health,
Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu says the drug, developed by a Nigerian in diaspora, has
failed health requirements and will not be used on Ebola patients in Nigeria.
The minister
said this yesterday August 18th while receiving the US Ambassador, Mr James
Entwistle, in his office in Abuja.
"The
experimental drug, Nano Silver did not meet the requirements of the National
Health Research Ethics Code. Accordingly, the approval was withheld by the
National Health Research Ethics Committee,” Chukwu said.
By now we
are all aware that the same US who initially condemned this Nano Silver has declared
that Nigeria is not on the list for ZMapp at the moment.
Now my
questions:
Are
Nigerians not entitled to such vital information as regards the “code” which
has evidently frustrated the effort of these Nigerian scientists?
If
Nano-Silver is not an option for the teeming epidemic, what alternative have
we?
If (God
forbid), any of the Minister’s child should contract Ebola virus, are we sure
he would not surrender to the mercy of Nano-Silver?
Has it been
tried at all (both on animal and human), and if yes, what was the side effect
on them?
What happens
to the drugs that Canada reportedly donated to Africa? Is Nigeria not in the
distribution list?
If America
can try the ZMapp on her citizen while it was still undergoing preliminary
study and have the effrontery to come down here to condemn ours, it is an
assault and affront not only to the collective intelligence of our fellow
citizen who work hard to put those medication together and brought it down for
trial, but also to Nigeria as a country.
If truly the
Nano Silver does not meet the National Research Ethic code as claimed by the
Minister (after he was visited by US), there are other means of relating this
to dying patient who knows his ailment has no cure.
Meet with
them, let them know what you have that “might cure them has a grave side effect
and let them decide their fate themselves.
How can you
tell a hungry child that that the food available for him will not be given to
him because the food was not cooked on a stove?The truth is that the acceptance of Nano Silver in Nigeria will be tantamount to "bad market" for ZMapp, Shikena..and its sad that our government could be that gullible to swallow the cheap manipulative style of the US.
Let us know
what the implications of Nano Silvers are before we believe you..and even if we
do let Nigerians decide if they can live
by the side-effects (that’s if there any) that to lose their loved ones who are
already oozing away from them in the hand of this incurable disease. US cannot decide for us on our soil. We say no to neo-liberal patron-clientism!!!!!
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