Redeem your COVID-19 promise to scientists, Prof. Ezeibe tells FG

By IJENDU IHEAKA

Prof. Maduike Ezeibe, a lecturer at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia, on Friday in Aba called on the Federal Government to redeem its promise to scientists on finding a cure for COVID-19.

The Federal Government had in February 2020 promised a reward of N36 million for any scientist or group of scientists who find cure for COVID-19.

Ezeibe spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on his first prize-winning entry for the university at the 2022 Nigerian tertiary institutions Science, Technology and Innovation Expo held in Abuja on March 14.

Ezeibe’s entry at the expo organised by the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation is Medicinal synthetic Aluminium Magnesium Silicate (MSAMS).

Ezeibe’s MSAMS claims of cure for HIV and COVID-19 was disputed by some researchers in Nigeria, however, some American researchers and scientists attested to its efficacy.

Ezeibe, a professor of Clinical Virology, said his formulation, the Medicinal synthetic Aluminium Magnesium Silicate (MSAMS), is an Antiviral, Anti-tumor medicine that cures HIV and COVID-19.

He said the medicine is also an Adjuvant, a substance that potentiates other medicines and also prevents and even cures Antimicrobial resistant infections.

Ezeibe said he had won the competition for the third time consecutively by showing how his medical formulation could quickly cure COVID-19.

“My entry was proof that the Medicinal synthetic Aluminium magnesium silicate is an Antiviral medicine.

“It is also an Anti-tumor medicine and an Adjuvant that potentiates other medicines so prevents and even cures Antimicrobial resistant infections. As an update I added “Plus Quick cure for COVID-19”, he told NAN.

He also said that the formulation had been peer-reviewed in 32 scientific worldwide, saying that the reviews showed the formulation’s capacity to cure different diseases.

He said MSAMS research and formulation had received seven patents, discussed in seven international conferences across Africa and America and had supported by eight postgraduate degree projects verifying the claims.

“Government said any Nigerian who invents a medicine that can cure COVID-19 would be given a cash reward of N36 million.

“Now that I have discovered a quick cure, the Federal Government should keep its promise to motivate researchers.

“Government should not renege but should also announce to the world that we have got the cure and go ahead to commercialise it”, he told NAN. (NAN)