Ayodele Olalere
Mr Femi Falana, SAN, on Thursday, carpeted politicians for always travelling abroad for medical treatment, saying any public office holder with health challenges should be treated in government public hospitals.
Falana spoke at the 1st Anniversary of the death of Mohammed Fawehinmi, son of late Gani Fawehinmi, lecture and book presentation held in Ikeja, Lagos.
The rights activist said there should be a law banning all public office holders from travelling out of the country on health grounds.
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He, however, commended the Vice President, Prof. Yomi Osinbajo for undergoing knee surgery in one of the hospitals in Nigeria recently, and called on the government to pay more attention to the development of the health sector.
“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.
Speaking on the theme: “Nigerian Masses And The Election” Falana said the business of the 2023 general election must not be taken as a joke.
He advised the people to challenge their various candidates on salient issues noting that the 2023 general election is beyond religion and ethnicity.
Falana said: “The business of next year is not a joke. The people must challenge their parties to address the various issues the country is facing.
Questions should be asked on health issues, ASUU strike, insecurity, the economy, their position on all these issues and how they plan to end them for good
“I don’t care which party you belong to, what is important is that people should ask questions and reject the high living conditions in the country,” Falana said
Falana also urged the federal government to address the issue of the exchange rate which he described as being worrisome.
Paying tribute to the late Mohammed Fawehinmi, Falana described the deceased as a defender of the masses who despite his physical challenge contributed his quota to the development of the country.
Mohammed Fawehinmi died on August 11, 2021.
