Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said that all public office holders with health challenges should be treated in government-owned hospitals.
Mr Falana made the call at the first anniversary of the late Mohammed Fawehinmi Lecture and Book Presentation in Lagos on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late Mohammed Fawehinmi, eldest son of the legal icon and human rights activist, Gani Fawehinmi, died on 11th August 2021, at age 52.
He advocated a law barring all public office holders from travelling out of the country on health grounds.
“Enough of health tourism. Anybody who holds public office must be treated in Nigeria for any health challenge. Public office holders must die here,” he said.
Mr Falana commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for undergoing knee surgery in one of the hospitals in the country and called on the government to pay more attention to developing the health sector.
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