The federal government has disclosed that Nigeria contributed the highest number of medical personnel to the African Union (AU) Ebola Support Team to some of the West African states ravaged by Ebola. The permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Linus Awute stated this when the remaining seven Nigerians left in Sierra Leone returned to Nigeria after a successful response activity to the Ebola victims of the country. The team arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja yesterday. Their return comes   four months after an initial 185 returned last May. The team comprising of medical doctors, laboratory scientists and other related experts left Nigeria last December.

According to Dr Sani Gwarzo, Director Of Port Health Services at the Ministry of Health, who represented the permanent secretary, the Nigerian support to the AU Ebola support wasn’t just substantial, but catalytic in encouraging other African countries to join the effort. He said: “Nigeria has contributed the highest in terms of personnel deployment to both Sierra Leone   and Liberia. and about 185 of the over 200 deployed personnels had earlier returned to the country, who have all been monitored and certified to be ebola free. “Same process would also be adopted for these final seven who have just returned from sierre leone.