Why FG Won't Honour Late Doctor

monjola sotubo

September 23, 2014 10:12 AM

President Goodluck Jonathan recently approved the granting of national honours to 305 Nigerians but the name of late Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh was not on the list

However, many Nigerians have questioned why the name of late Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh, who literally saved Nigerians from a devastating Ebola outbreak, is not on the list.

The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe addressed the questions via Twitter (@doyinokupe)saying:

“I hv rcvd enquiries as 2 why dr adadevoh was not included in d honors list. By law establishing it nat.honors cannot be given post humously”

Dr. Adadevoh is credited with stopping infected Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer from walking out of the First Consultant Medical Center and causing a full scale epidemic. Many Nigerians have hailed her as a national heroine hence the calls for the Nigerian government to honour her.

Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh died of Ebola on August 19, 2014. May her soul rest in peace.

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