Abba Kyari’s Death Should be a Sober Lesson For Nigerian Politicians Spending Public Funds on Foreign Hospitals – Falana

Human rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that the death of the former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari should serve as a lesson to Nigerian politicians.

Falana in a statement on Sunday said the greatest tribute Buhari could pay to his deceased staff was for government at all levels to fix hospitals in the country. The rights lawyer decried the lack of coordination between the federal and state governments in the fight against the spread of coronavirus.

“From the foregoing, it is indisputable that there is an obvious lack of a coherent COVID-19 policy. This puts to question dangerously the seriousness of the Federal Government in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

“No doubt, President Buhari has paid glowing tribute to the late Mr. Abba Kyari. But the greatest tribute that can be paid to the deceased and the other 18 citizens that have lost their precious lives on account of complications arising from COVID-19 is for the Federal, State and Local Governments to embark on fixing and equipping public hospitals without any further delay.

“Just last week, the British Prime Minister, Mr. Boris Johnson, who was discharged from a public hospital in London after his treatment for COVID-19, was full of adulation for the National Health Service(NHS) of his country”.

“That should be a sober lesson for members of the ruling class in Nigeria who usually spend public funds on medical treatment in foreign medical centres” he said.