Grapevine

Health Matters Across Nigeria (August Edition)

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world in August to fight against the rampaging Mpox disease and other infectious diseases such as Cholera and Diphtheria, medical doctors called public attention to the insecurity in their workplaces, particularly the whereabouts of their colleague, Ganiyat Popoola, for more than eight months.

Mrs Popoola, a resident doctor at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna, north-west Nigeria, was abducted on 27 December 2023 alongside her husband and nephew.

While her husband was released after a ransom was reportedly paid, Mrs Popoola and her nephew have remained in captivity.

Apart from staging a peaceful walk across its branches nationwide, the medical practitioners under the umbrella of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) also embarked on a weeklong warning strike to press home their demand for the release of their abducted colleague.