{"id":4275,"date":"2020-02-19T13:26:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T12:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=4275"},"modified":"2020-02-28T09:27:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T08:27:51","slug":"coronavirus-is-not-a-function-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/coronavirus-is-not-a-function-of-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus is NOT a Function of Corruption!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ibrahim Magu attributed corruption as the reason for Coronavirus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"132\" height=\"55\" data-attachment-id=\"3545\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/minister-of-disinformation\/screenshot-2019-10-04-at-17-25-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot-2019-10-04-at-17.25.12.png?fit=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"132,55\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot-2019-10-04-at-17.25.12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot-2019-10-04-at-17.25.12.png?fit=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot-2019-10-04-at-17.25.12.png?resize=132%2C55\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3545\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-text-align-justify has-vivid-red-background-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coronavirus recently named Covid-19 by the World Health Organisation is a disease. Further, health authorities surmise it emanated from the&nbsp;<em>wet markets<\/em>&nbsp;in China; being a zoonotic disease. And while the jury\u2019s out on the full clinical picture for Covid-19\u2019s, no evidence suggests it to be a function of moral misconduct or the activities of corrupt individuals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO: I strongly believe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#coronavirus<\/a> is caused by corruption, says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Magu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Magu<\/a>, acting chairman of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialEFCC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@officialEFCC<\/a> | TheCable <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ao8mlTOWPa\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ao8mlTOWPa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n2AdORA263\">pic.twitter.com\/n2AdORA263<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TheCable (@thecableng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thecableng\/status\/1229866131088904194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Excerpt from TheCable<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, Ibrahim Magu,&nbsp;the serving chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) said he firmly believes that corruption caused Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_57708\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/se6FGLVi00U?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=1&#038;playlist=se6FGLVi00U&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-vol=\"0\"  title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Excerpt from NTA; 50:48 minute<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The serving EFCC chairman made this statement while giving his speech at the 281 passing out parade of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5, at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cCorruption is the biggest strategy to humankind. Your excellency, corruption is worse than all the diseases now running about&#8230; And I strongly believe, Your Excellency, that even the coronavirus is caused by corruption\u201d<\/p><cite><strong>Mr Ibrahim Magi<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>COVID-19 Vs Corruption<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Coronavirus, which was renamed Covid-19 by the World Health Organisation is a common virus that infects humans, leading to an upper respiratory tract infection. The<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/health-topics\/coronavirus\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;World Health Organisation<\/a>&nbsp;defines it as a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to a severe disease named  Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-COV)  and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ( SARS-CoV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These viruses are zoonotic, that is to say, transmission occurs between animals and humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/01\/countries-confirmed-cases-coronavirus-200125070959786.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Covid-19 first broke<\/a>&nbsp;out in Wuhan Hubei province of China in December 2019. The disease so far has infected over 1700 medical workers in China and 73,000 affected persons in about 25 countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conversely, corruption is the dishonest behaviour of people; with the most impact when said people hold positions of power. It is, therefore, human behaviour and a function of choice and chance. It is also not restricted to any location, ethnicity or race.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Coronavirus which broke out in Wuhan Hubei, while not restricted to location, is not a function of corruption. Health authorities surmise it emanated from the Chinese&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-nCoV\/summary.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>wet markets<\/strong><\/a><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong>Hence, to suggest that the viral outbreak was a function of moral misconduct is a stretch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We surmise the acting  EFCC chairman\u2019s statement to be mere sentiment and not fact! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ibrahim Magu attributed corruption as the reason for Coronavirus. Coronavirus recently named Covid-19 by the World Health Organisation is a disease. Further, health authorities surmise it emanated from the&nbsp;wet markets&nbsp;in China; being a zoonotic disease. And while the jury\u2019s out on the full clinical picture for Covid-19\u2019s, no evidence suggests it to be a function of moral misconduct or the activities of corrupt individuals. Full Text Yesterday, Ibrahim Magu,&nbsp;the serving chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) said he firmly believes that corruption caused Coronavirus. The serving EFCC chairman made this statement while giving his speech at the 281 passing out parade of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5, at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. \u201cCorruption is the biggest strategy to humankind. Your excellency, corruption is worse than all the diseases now running about&#8230; And I strongly believe, Your Excellency, that even the coronavirus is caused by corruption\u201d Mr Ibrahim Magi COVID-19 Vs Corruption Coronavirus, which was renamed Covid-19 by the World Health Organisation is a common virus that infects humans, leading to an upper respiratory tract infection. The&nbsp;World Health Organisation&nbsp;defines it as a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to a severe disease named Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-COV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ( SARS-CoV). These viruses are zoonotic, that is to say, transmission occurs between animals and humans. Covid-19 first broke&nbsp;out in Wuhan Hubei province of China in December 2019. The disease so far has infected over 1700 medical workers in China and 73,000 affected persons in about 25 countries.&nbsp; Conversely, corruption is the dishonest behaviour of people; with the most impact when said people hold positions of power. It is, therefore, human behaviour and a function of choice and chance. It is also not restricted to any location, ethnicity or race.&nbsp; Coronavirus which broke out in Wuhan Hubei, while not restricted to location, is not a function of corruption. Health authorities surmise it emanated from the Chinese&nbsp;wet markets.&nbsp;Hence, to suggest that the viral outbreak was a function of moral misconduct is a stretch.&nbsp; We surmise the acting EFCC chairman\u2019s statement to be mere sentiment and not fact!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[123],"tags":[724,562,723,726,24,347,78,23,725],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[872],"class_list":["post-4275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mainstream","tag-chairman","tag-coronavirus","tag-corruption","tag-covid-19","tag-efcc","tag-featured","tag-kaduna","tag-magu","tag-nigerian-defence-academy"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-16X","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":872,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"temilade-david","display_name":"Temilade Onilede","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d6f9f25c4a1105f1461a19d25d8fa7128cd9c2b7e635218f3771f1e74c82f8c?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":"Temilade Onilede is a researcher and the Programme Assistant for Dubawa, Nigeria. 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