Stop All Flights from Affected Countries, Atiku Tells Buhari - THISDAYLIVE

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has advised President Muhammadu Buhari o stop all flights from countries facing coronavirus outbreak.

He said in a statement yesterday that since Buhari had been able to shut land borders to protect the economy, it would not be too difficult to stop flights from countries facing the coronavirus scourge. “But above all, Nigeria must not panic, whether at government or individual levels. We have defeated Ebola before, and we can defeat this present predicament.”

Atiku added: “We must call upon our experience with the Wild Ebola Virus, of which we were the first nation in the world to defeat that scourge in 2014. How did Nigeria do it? We achieved it by showing unprecedented unity.

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