Goodluck Jonathan reveals how ebola was defeated in Nigeria

Goodluck Jonathan gives Nigerians credit over Ebola victory

President Jonathan has refused to take credit for the containment of Ebola in Nigeria.Instead the President said no governor of any state including him should claim credit for containing the deadly Ebola virus in Nigeria. He says the credit should be
given to Nigerians who cooperated while the  ebola epidermic lasted. Jonathan revealed this yesterday in Abuja at a function with heads of charity foundations.President Goodluck Jonathan while addressing them,said that was how ebola was defeated in Nigeria.

"I am quiet pleased with what is happening because I believe that government alone cannot solve human problems and anything done by government when you involve the private sector and civil societies, it is always better. 

There are success cases. The most recent is our ability to manage Ebola. The key thing that made Nigeria a success is the buying by the ordinary Nigerians. 

When government said look we must be mindful of gatherings, we must be mindful of handshakes, we should not move corpse unnecessarily. I was afraid churches would resist because of our practice of holy communion... over 1000 people would share the same cup and so on. Churches stopped that practice within that period. Even the saluting by shaping people across, all that was suspended..even religious organizations within that period.

Nigerians became mindful...even friends stopped embracing themselves saying until we get out of Ebola. So it had the buying of the populace of course that's why we succeeded so fast otherwise we couldn't have...there is no magic government could have used to solve that problem. No President or state government should claim any credit. The credit should go to the ordinary Nigerian for the cooperation and the buying" he said

Very impressed with the president's stance and humility on this Ebola epidemic that is threatening to take over the world.But surely that was not the only way Ebola was defeated in Nigeria.The government must have put in a lot of hard work to contain ebola in Nigeria and see that Nigeria is an Ebola free state.