by Olorunwa Lawal
Ahead of the September 6 African Cup of Nations qualifying match between the Super Eagles and Red Devils of Congo, officials have said that spectators will be screened for the Ebola Virus Disease.
“We are aware of the deadly effect of Ebola and because of this, we have mapped out strategies to ensure that all spectators who come to watch the Eagles are tested for the virus before they are allowed into the stadium,” said the Cross River State sports commissioner, Patrick Ugbe.
The UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar, where the match will be played, has a capacity for about 15,000 spectators.
Ebola Virus outbreak in Nigeria has accounted for seven deaths so far and visiting Congo have expressed concerns about the disease in the country.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has banned other West African countries (Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia) hit by the virus outbreak from hosting football matches till further notice. All Nations Cup qualifying matches to be former played in those countries have been moved to other safer venues.
thats good enough
football lovers , if your love yourself just watch it from ur tv. the screening ting, i dont support. bikonu
well, its possibe that they screen everybody but they need to strategic about it else the worse might happen..
the rate at which they screen people at banks nowadays ehn, wetin ebola go cause for nigeria
They should screen the whole nigeria na. lol
okay. we af hear. we will come.
dear peopele, avoid such gathering ooo. its not safe. screening doesnt gurantee anything.
gloria gloria
But come to think of it, how many people dem wan screen for stadium, lets stop being unrealistic with ourselves.
it will, if the proper measure is taken. but just nigeria. i dont trust them on security issues.
This is just another strategic means of bringing this virus into nigeria again. but it seems we are so blind to see it rather we are talking about screening.
@efe, hahaha, you no well ooooo. naso our corruption reach?
i wont go for such event, nigerians are careless with everything, they fit collect bribe on top ebola screening now
Calabar people , here comes the ebola virus. una go hear am
Nice one calabar. thats a good way to start.
i see it as as bad way to start sef. cant it be shifted? we shouldnt add to our problems we have too many on ground
@tude dosunmu, if you dont have faith , its beta u dont near there else you catch am because you too dey fear fear
That a good way to start the game but hmmmmmmmm, am really scared of meting people especially from other nations. dia ris god sha
my advise is that they should cancel the event, must it be done now that the ehole world is not safe fron the ebola virus
okay. let the games begin
Lets just hope the screening excercise will be safe enough to let people in.
screening or no screening, i wouldnt advise anyone to try it