The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Toby Okechukwu, in this interview with select journalists, including LEKE BAIYEWU, talks about the COVID-19 pandemic and the options N...
The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Toby Okechukwu, in this interview with select journalists, including, talks about the COVID-19 pandemic and the options Nigerian government should take in the fight against the disease
When you opened your mouth, the thing would steam the hell out of you. By the time you came out, any bacteria that survived it were considered strong. The point is this: why were they effective? If we can refine this and add dosages and all, I don’t think it will be derogatorily called traditional medicine. That is the assessment our people give and that is why it is not getting significant attention.
I was going to get to that, with regard to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The PTF should do an agenda setting and delegate the authorities given to them, to some other groups. Research institutes are academic institutions essentially, because they organise training. When I was going through their websites, they trained people from Burkina Faso and other countries. They should be academic outfits, where universities come to pursue their objectives.
It is even difficult to work with the Nigerian Medical Association, as it is evident from the Minister of Health and the PTF’s attitude. They could not even coordinate the entry of the Chinese people who came here. At a point, it was reported that they came following government’s invitation. At another time, it was said that they were invited by a company . At another time, the minister did not know where they were.
Chairman of the House Committee on Health Services, Dr Paschal Obi, in a recent interview said though it was unfortunate, he was happy that the pandemic exposed the rot in the country’s health system and it levelled the rich and the poor, confining them to the poor health services. Do you agree with him?
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