Nigerian lawyer cum Human Rights Activist, Deji Adeyanju, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to fix Nigeria’s healthcare sector.
Naijaonpoint reports that this comes in the wake of the death of former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, who died at a clinic in London over an undisclosed illness and frequent travels abroad by Nigerian leaders to receive medical treatment.
In a post via his Facebook page, Adeyanju urged Tinubu to build a world-class hospital in Nigeria, stressing that fixing healthcare should be a national emergency.
According to him, the shame regarding the healthcare sector is becoming too much to bear.
He wrote, “Dear President Tinubu, fix Nigeria health care sector. Build a world-class hospital in Nigeria.
“This should be a national emergency.
“The shame is becoming too much to bear.
“This can be achieved before the end of your tenure. Just give approval and direct that it be funded.”
Meanwhile, former presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said that former President, Muhammadu Buhari, could have been long dead if he had used Nigerian hospitals.
Naijaonpoint reports that Adesina made this known during an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday.
Adesina said that those criticising the death of Buhari in a London hospital should understand that the former president had always used London hospitals before he assumed office in 2015.
According to Adesina, Nigerian hospitals lacked the facilities and expertise needed for Buhari’s treatment, and the former President needed to be alive to effect any change in the country.