A former President of the defunct Onitsha Markets Amalgamated Traders Association, OMATA, High Chief Gilbert Obi (a.k.a. Bravo) has alleged that Nigerian government shunned the medicine produced by Prof. Maurice Iwu for the treatment of coronavirus because Iwu is Igbo.
He also said that Nigeria does not value anything made by its citizens but prefer foreign made.
“I have said it times without number that Professor Maurice Iwu, a professor of Pharmacology and one time Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who claimed he has drugs that will cure covid-19, should be appreciated but the Federal Government seems to have turned its back against his claim because Iwu’s drug is local or that he is of Igbo extraction,” Chief Gilbert Obi said.
While addressing newsmen in Onitsha Wednesday, he said- “Iwu asked the government to send covid-19 positive patients to him if it is in doubt on the efficacy of his drugs and there is this other one from Irish hospital in Lagos, that said it also has the drugs and even challenged the Federal Government to also send covid-19 positive patients to him for treatment”
Obi who is the CEO of Bravo West Africa limited also recalled what former President Olusegun Obasanjo said about covid-19 that, “it is business,” adding, “I don’t know how true it is but I know Covid-19 is not all that effective in Nigeria and Africa in general”.
“I can recall when my mother bathed me with water heated with lily leaves (dogon yaro) when sick and the malaria disappeared immediately and that is the cure for covid-19 which I believe the government is yet to let us believe”
“Those that were cured of the disease what drug did the government use, let them tell us, is it not chloroquine. I am not satisfied with the way government is handling the issue because they are in control, they know what to do” he stated.
Speaking further, Chief Obi predicted harsh economic recession that will descend on the country during the post covid-19 if proactive measures are not put in place now.
“Majority of our income comes from oil. Oil has from $50, $60, gone down to about $10 now. Nigeria is going to face very serious economic recession as soon as covid-19 is over.
“If much is not done now, it will take 20 years to recover. We are in trouble of herdsmen attack, Boko Haram, armed banditry, among others and government is not doing anything to help out matter” he said.
