The kuje community has been on war path with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Bala Mohammed over the alleged plans of building an Ebola Isolation centre in the community.
The Kuje community, led by the Chairman, Ishaku Shaban Tete is battling Bala Mohammed, the minister of Federal Capital Territory over the designation of the general hospital in the area as treatment centre for potential Ebola victims.
Investigations by the Complete News indicate that a structure that will house the Ebola victims is already being constructed by the federal ministry of Health in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) inside Kuje General Hospital.
But the largely rural community which is about 40 kilometres from the Abuja city centre has been protesting the citing of the Ebola treatment centre in the hospital since the intention of the FCT administration was made public about two weeks ago.
To justify the apprehension of the community about the Ebola ward, he had pointed out to the minister that the general hospital is located in a high density area, adding that, the health facility is also patronised by loads of people made up of pregnant women and children among others.
“Bringing Ebola centre to such crowded hospital will amount to mass murder because if it catches one person, be rest assured that it will spread rapidly to all the residents,” said Tete who instead advised that the Ebola centre should be relocated to Tete then appealed that the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Zuba which is currently being under utilised and is located in an isolated area should be used.
