Dr. Igonoh said:
“It is a day of joy. I want to say that we are here today because of God. It was He that made us to survive. We are privileged to see this day and to be here with everybody, it is an honour. Thank you so much Governor Fashola, we can’t thank you for everything.
Dennis Akagha said: “I really want to appreciate and commend everything you have done.”
The governor is said to have called for a minute of silence to be observed in honour of those who lost their lives to the disease.
He said:
“We sympathize with you for the trauma that you went though. Perhaps it was avoidable. But I am sure that hard lessons have been learnt. Beyond that, I must congratulate you the survivors of the EVD. I felicitate with you and members of your family and friends. But most importantly, I thank you so much for coming forward because you took a great thing and you showed so much courage. And you have helped us to take next step forward. And you have helped us to put an end to the spread of the EVD.”
There have been 19 confirmed cases of Ebola in Nigeria and 8 people, including index case, Patrick Sawyer, have died from the disease.