Female medical practitioners in Nigeria have charged citizens to end the menace of worrisome security challenges bedeviling the country.
According to them, the consistent bouts of insecurity has had a rippling effect on the healthcare delivery system.
President of the Lagos State Branch of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Dr. Ibironke Sodeinde, made the plea at the 22nd MWAN Lagos Biennial Conference.
In her statement, she recalled last year’s EndSARS protests, terrorism, banditry, farmers-herdsmen clashes, kidnapping, COVID-19 crisis with their attendant problems affected all strata of human endeavours.
Sodeinde said, “we were locked down by COVID-19; locked in, though not locked out. Alas, we are pushed by another plague, a pandemic within a pandemic, which is insecurity.
“The most heartbreaking is its grave level all over, especially in our nation, a place to be called abode of comfort and peace of mind has turned into den of death involving kidnapping, herdsmen attacks, killings, banditry with unending bloodshed of innocent souls, resulting in degraded nation’s integrity ranking in the global circles.”
The conference with the theme: “Health and Insecurity: A Critical Appraisal,” was attended by top government officials and guests including: Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu; Wife of the Lagos State deputy Governor, Mrs Oluremi Hamzat; Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Mrs Folashade Jaji; Special Adviser on Civic Engagement, Princess Aderemi Adebowale; Dr. Leke Pitan; Chief (Mrs) Opral Benson; Mrs Helen Prest-Ajayi and HRH Oba Folarin Ogunsanwo, Alara of Ilara.
The National President of the Association, Dr. Adekemi Otolorin, Dr. Grace Braithwaite, Prof Ibironke Akinsete, Prof Ajesola Majekodunmi, Prof Bomi Ogedengbe and Maj Gen Tilewa Amusu (rtd), were also in attendance.
