The
Senate Committee on Primary Healthcare, Communicable and Non-Communicable
Diseases on Tuesday urged the National Primary Health Care Development Agency
to authenticate the claim of Prof. Maduike Ezeibe of having a cure
for HIV.
The
Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, made the call during the
agency’s budget defence in Abuja.
Ezeibe, a
researcher in Veterinary Medicine at the Michael Okpara University of
Agriculture, was reported to have discovered cure for HIV/AIDS.
According
to Ohuabunwa, it is not proper to dismiss Ezeibe’s claim without full
verification.
He
therefore urged the agency and other relevant bodies to subject the claim to
scientific analyses in order to arrive at a definite decision.
The
senator expressed reservations at the manner in which the National Agency
for the Control of AIDS and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control dismissed
the Ezeibe’s claim.
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