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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 spo...

Nephrology Nurse, Sekinah Jimoh   Just like other parts of the world, Lagos residents were caught unawares with Covid-19 pandemic outbreaks. That was never anticipated in the beginning of year 2020. Ever since the first case was reported on 27 th of February 2020, the number of infected people has been on the rise. As a result, Lagos has become the epicenter of the virus in Nigeria. With almost non-existence of healthcare structure in the country and low wage of her health workers, there was no enough motivation for medical practitioners to volunteer to help combat the novel virus. Nephrology Nurse Sekinah Folake Jimoh who works at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, is however one of the few health workers motivated to serve their people regardless of the awkward conditions in the health sector. Expressing her motivation, she said: “I’m motivated to give back to the society where I grew up. Also, my religious belief encouraged me to lend helping hands wh...