The recent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak has caused a scare in countries around the world after populous Nigeria became the latest country to suffer from the disease. To prevent the spreading of the dreaded virus, Cameroon has shut it's borders to Nigeria. So many people were left stranded two days ago, especially at the major sea port in Calabar. It is the major route used by businessmen into the country.
Speaking yesterday on Hausa Service of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),the spokesman of Cameroon Foreign Affairs, Chiroumma Boukkari said
“This decision on border closure and suspension of all flights to and from Nigeria was to protect the lives of Cameroonian citizens living within and outside from contracting ebola, as Nigeria, our main trading partner in Africa had been facing since July 20, 2014 when Patrick Sawyer sneaked into the country aboard a flight with the deadly virus.”
“The border closures with our main trading partner will be lifted, as soon as Nigeria contains the spread of the deadly viral disease.We also urge all border security agencies of the two countries to be vigilant by complying with this border closures made on Saturday 16 August by the foreign office in Ngaudore,”