NANS Declares 7-day Protest Against Deplorable Health Sector
Following the death of its former president, Mr Dauda Mohammed, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has declared a seven-day protest against the poor state of health facilities in Nigeria.
Making this known in a statement issued by NANS’s President, Comrade Chinonso Obasi, on Wednesday in Abuja, te group disclosed that the seven days protest would commence once Mohammed’s remains arrived in Nigeria.
Mohammed departed Abuja for India on Sept. 30 to receive treatment for liver cirrhosis but died on Oct. 1 shortly before landing at Delhi Airport.
According to the statement, “As preparations begins for the final arrival of the corpse of Comrade Mohammed -former National President of NANS 2011/2012-the association wishes to call at government at all levels and corporate bodies to begin conscious efforts at fixing the health sector..
“Mohammed died as a result of liver cirrhosis requiring transplant which cannot be performed in any hospital in Nigeria.
“NANS secretariat hereby directs all students to commence a nationwide seven days peaceful protest beginning from the moment the corpse of our late leader touches down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja,’’ he said.
