Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has denied blaming former President, Goodluck Jonathan for the re-emergence of Lassa fever in the country.
It had been widely reported on Sunday, that the minister held the former President responsible for the outbreak latest of the disease.
Adewole was reported to have said that the failure of the Jonathan administration to implement a 2012 roadmap on health, was behind the resurgence of Lassa fever.
While speaking with Punch Newspapers on Monday, Adewole sought to clarify the misrepresentation of his words.
“The report is a mischief. If you watched my interview on Channels TV, I said all of us, including myself, as Nigerians, should be blamed.
“The word or name, (Goodluck) Jonathan, did not even come up in any of my discussions. So, I wonder how and where the news medium came by that report. Please, I beg you; I didn’t indict (ex-President Goodluck) Jonathan and never referred to Jonathan.”
