REVEALED! Reasons Why Chinese Doctors Came Into Nigeria in the First place

Ever since the ‘Chinese Doctors’ came into the country on the 8th of April, lots of Nigerians have raised several questions concerning their mission and then a few weeks later, lots of Nigerians began wondering their whereabouts in the country.

Read Also:

All of these questions and more were answered when the Managing Director, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nigeria Ltd, Mr. Michael Yigao, revealed that the 15 Chinese medical experts that arrived in the country on April 8 are in the company’s care.

Yigao made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja while reacting to questions raised by the media and opposition parties on May 14, as to the whereabouts of the Chinese medical team.

Recall that the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, had told newsmen last week that the medical experts, who reportedly came into Nigeria to support the fight against COVID-19, were not his guests but those of CCECC.

Ehanire, while responding to questions at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing May 14, said: “the medical personnel are not guests of the Federal Government but that of the construction company”.

Related: Stop Asking Me About Chinese Doctors - Ehanire

Yigao, who corroborated this while speaking with newsmen, confirmed that the experts came into the country to share their experiences in fighting the COVID-19.

He stated that the team came specially to help CCECC fight this pandemic and protect its employees.

He said, “The team had a telecast meeting with the Minister of Health and some doctors around the country and shared their experience in China on how they’re fighting the virus and the meeting was very positive.

Read Also:

“They are here with us and have continued to teach our staff how to protect themselves because protection and prevention are more important than the treatment.

“Most of the workers understand the situation now and they know the risk, so they follow the proper procedures and cooperate with their instructors.’’

The MD also noted that the medical experts would be heading home as soon as there was a commercial flight to China.

“Right now, commercial flight to China is not open, but when flights are open again, we’re considering the team going back to China.”

He also used the opportunity to applaud the Nigerian government for how they had been able to contain the pandemic so far.

Yigao said, “In a big country like Nigeria, it can be a bit difficult to control a pandemic because you will have to make all the people of such a large country understand that it is a serious and real thing.

“I think Nigeria is taking this very seriously and you can see it in the implementation of the lockdown and the suspension of international flights etc.

“And like other companies in Nigeria, we will do whatever we can to help the country, like building treatment centres and training people on how to handle the virus”.

He also mentioned the support the company had given to the nation and noted that the war against coronavirus can be won through unity.

“Upon request from the Nigerian government, we gave necessary support, like building treatment centres and at the same time delivered some health-related equipment.

“We understand the COVID-19 pandemic challenge in Nigeria because we are based here and have a lot of employees and we do believe, that with efforts from the government from the people, we will win this war.

“I hope the people of Nigeria understand that we need the help of all peoples across the world to win this fight against Coronavirus,’’ he added.

Finally, the MD promised that CCECC would continue to give quality support to Nigeria in all areas.

“CCECC is a Nigerian company based here for nearly 40 years, and most of the staff here are Nigerians, so we have a Nigerian voice.

“At CCECC, we have a company standard and we do not compromise, you can see our touch in the airport terminals, Abuja Isolation Centres, Abuja, Kaduna, Lagos rail lines, etc.

“You can see our works at the Airport Terminals, they are one of the finest in Africa, we at CCECC will not compromise standards for any price.