Liberia’s deputy finance minister, Sebastian Omar, who cleared Patrick Sawyer to travel, yesterday, defended himself against charges of incompetence for clearing Sawyer to travel to Nigeria for a conference.
In the conversation on Facebook tracked by online publication, Premium Times, Omar stood his ground, and revealed that Sawyer was his friend.
Asked whether Omar saw Sawyer’s blood test results or whether he simply told him it was negative, the minister said, “As his superior, if a man tells you his sister died from Ebola and he could have been exposed do you not think it is your duty to ask the hard questions or maybe you could have reported this to the health officials? Stop making silly excuses as to not being his doctors.
This does not excuse you from asking the questions as a government official that would safeguard the lives of our citizens and your international partners. It is your duty, again as a Government official not wanting to go above and beyond his duty to safe guard our population.
Sebastian Muah Omar Tariq, a friend is dead, I do not owe you any explanation. POS (Patrick Sawyer) was a public health practitioner if you must know. The Ugandan doctor was a medical doctor if you again must know. They are no longer. So the freaking issue is not why he lied or didn’t lie to travel.
But how we address the freaking disease. If you don’t have jack to say in that direction then frankly shut up on the subject. Sebastian Muah doesn’t have time today frankly for your rants.”
Omar Tariq, oh hell yes you do owe Liberians and the international community an explanation Sebastian Muah, this is the complete arrogance of you people in government.
How do you tell us such nonsense. You have through your negligence of not asking the proper questions exposed others to such a horrible Virus and you on here talking bull.
A friend is dead I am sorry but you have some answering to do since you want to brag that you approved his travels.
Sebastian Muah the old people say empty drum can’t make noise. So you will be talking by yourself as I see you don’t know what you are talking about and as a matter of finding solution you do not have any but trying to find blame. Someone must have frustrated the hell out of you in Liberia O…. Take me to the international court since I am guilty of approving a travel.
Culled from Vanguard
Some people are very incompetent and not ready to accept their mistakes. Flies that doen't listened to advice follow dead body to the grave. Moar, wait for your turn
ReplyDeleteNow we know who Liberians are, heartless, and ingrates. This man should be charged for conspiracy of mass murder and putting millions of people under fear.
ReplyDeletetruth be told, this man may be guilty of approving Sawyers travel and should apologize to Liberians for letting out such terror but we can't force this guy to apologize to us for allowing the virus loaded man come into our own country. Rather somebody here in Nigeria should be examined too for gross incompetence. After-all, our own minister here once said the disease was not serious enough at one time to impose restrictions on our borders and he is a doctor who should know what EBOLA is even if he just has to do some reading. Now all we have is medicine after death. No wonder why we can not manage an effective quarantine system- a nurse also broke free under our own very nose. I put all the blame on the poor government that we have as it is the responsibility of government to protect citizens. The same can never happen in some near African countries much less of UK, US etc. We happen to lead in everything bad and too slow to follow those leading in good. I rest my case
ReplyDeleteThis Liberian man is sick..
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