FG condemns 22 countries for discriminating against Nigeria

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, on Friday, protested the continued ‘discrimination and profiling’ of Nigerians by some countries over the outbreak of the Ebola disease in West Africa.

At an interactive session with members of the diplomatic corps, Wali named 22 countries that had targeted and discriminated against Nigerians since the index case of Ebola in Nigeria.
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He said it was regrettable that discrimination against Nigerians had persisted, in spite of the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaration that Nigeria was Ebola-free.

He said it was regrettable that some countries had chosen to flout WHO rules and protocols on preventing the spread of the virus through deliberate policies of stigmatisation and discrimination. - Tribune