Ebola won’t stop Nigeria, Congo DR friendly – Dalung

The Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung on Monday said that arrangement has been put in place to screen the national players of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Leopards, of the Ebola virus before playing the World Cup friendly with the Super Eagles.
Speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Dalung said that the outbreak of the disease will not stop the friendly match.
According to him, the players will be screened before leaving DRC on flight and also screened on landing in Nigeria.
He said that any player that refuses to come to Nigeria through the flight will not be allowed to play the match.
He said “Nigeria is going to play the friendly with DRC, I have discussed with the Federal Ministry of Health with the World Health Organization in participation, we have reviewed the situation and received adequate information about it.
“So we have agreed on major approaches. One, the DRC team is coming through a chartered flight and those coming for the match will be using that chartered flight and they would have been screened from the DRC and they will be screened here in Nigeria.
“No any other person is going to be admitted using any other means of transportation for the match. We also discovered that the Ebola outbreak is limited to a particular place and it has not escalated.
‘So we wouldn’t want to run the risk of setting a precedent which we will later be a victim. Based on that we only introduced strict policies to ensure that the match takes place and the match will take place.” he said.
The match is billed for next week Monday in Portharcourt, the Rivers State capital.