Ebola :How Committee of Past NBA Chairmen Kicked Against Enugu Conference

By Danlami Nmodu
Fresh facts have emerged that past chairmen of Nigerian Bar Association ,NBA ,Owerri Branch also kicked against the Annual Conference on the grounds of Ebola Virus Disease,EVD.
Chief NBE Nwigwe,chairman and Ama Akalonu,esq,secretary of Committee of Past chairmen had in a letter to Chairman NBA Owerri branch drawn attention to Ebola disease, the fact that the World Health Organization,WHO had declared Ebola andinternational health emergency and just as the federal government had also declared a national health emergency over the disease.
The committee also noted the fact that schools’ resumption has been deferred among other measures.In the light of the above, the committee joined the call for the suspension of the NBA conference.
The Committee’s appeal tallied with an earlier call by Professor Chid Anselm Odinkalu,chairman Board of National Human Rights Commission,NHRC to defer the conference .He drew attention to the danger of holding the conference now.Odinkalu also publicly announced that he too was under Ebola Observation.
Read the Committee of Past NBA Chairmen’s letter below