Federal Government Neglects us, Covid-19 Volunteers at LUTH Isolation Centre in Lagos Cry Out
Lagos, Nigeria Hassan Nurudeen Nephrology Nurse Sekinah Folake Jimoh, one of Covid-19 volunteers at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH isolation centre stated that they have been totally neglected by the Federal Government. She said: “To cushion the psychology effect of being a volunteer, the frontline health workers abroad are given allowances to boost their morale. But here, it is a pathetic case. The state has been doing fine while it’s a disheartening case at the federal level.” Also, Nurse Ikemba Janet, another volunteer at LUTH corroborated the allegation. She said: “the government at Federal Level promised to take care of us before we agreed to volunteer. However, the current situation is that we are totally neglected while they tell the media different stories”. The Federal Ministry of Health did not respond to the story when queried via their official email but the special assistant to the Minister on media, Mr Gobir Muhammad spoke to our corr