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  • Gunmen kidnap two nurses in Rivers

    Gunmen kidnap two nurses in Rivers

    Unknown gunmen Thursday abducted two nurses Mr. Awaji-Owa Ntendeng Hebron and Mrs Nwikina Felicia who were under the employment  Erama General Hospital in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local government area of Rivers State.

    As at the time of filing in this report, a source from Era general hospital said Mrs  Nwikina who was brutalized alongside with the colleague escaped from the hands of the gunmen bleeding seriously.

    The source said Nwikina told them that the gunmen thought that as a woman she will not be a problem to them and they treated her with levity which led to her escape at the forest.

    Narrating how the gunmen abducted the two nurses, Mr. Obi Gentle Welly, a nurse working in the hospital where the incident took place said the gunmen broke into the hospital compound and abducted the two nurses.

    Welly who is the General Secretary, National Association Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) said before the victims were abducted the gunmen descended on them with their safety boots, guns and machetes.

    He said the gunmen have demanded for N5million ransom, adding that the remaining nurse in captivity like other nurses who were engaged the same year with him has not been paid by the State government for more than three years due to issue relating to their employment letter.

    He called on his abductors to unconditionally free the victim considering his financial status.

    Welly said: “About 1:30 am yesterday, a group of armed men numbering about eight broke into the compound of Erama General Hospital. The first thing they said was where is the money. And the next thing they forced the two nurses out and made away with them.

    “Not only that, they also made away with some of our phones, money, laptops and other valuable, that was after beating the two nurses.  We want to thank God that Mrs. Nwikima escaped from the forest where she was taken to. We are also pleading and praying for the return of the other nurse.

    “The gunmen have contacted us demanding for N5million, as a group our hearts are in serious pains as we do not know the state of our abducted colleague. The entire nurses in Erama General Hospital and ONELGA unit of NANNM are weeping helplessly and calling for the immediate release of our colleague.”

    When contacted the Rivers State Police Public Relations, DSP Nnamdi Omoni after   a text message on the issue was forwarded to his phone, said the police is yet to get the detail of the kidnap issue.

     

     

  • Nurses call on doctors to shelve planned strike

    Nurses under the aegis of University Graduates of Nursing Science Association (UGONSA) on Monday appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to shelve its planned nationwide strike.

    The association, in a statement, said the oath of allegiance “to God and humanity by health workers was sacrosanct and that no reason was good enough for anyone to breach it in the name of strike’’.

    In a statement issued in Abakaliki by UGONSA’s National Secretary, Mr Goodluck Nshi, the association decried incessant strikes in the health sector.

    It pointed out that innocent Nigerians were unnecessarily being punished each time care delivery was disrupted by industrial action.

    ”It is, to say the least, inhumanity, for anybody to contemplate visiting more hardship on innocent Nigerians that have been significantly crouched by the economic downturn in the country, by grounding healthcare services.

    ”When the elite have headache, they travel outside the country to get treatment.

    “It is the ordinary Nigerians, who do not have the wherewithal to go abroad for treatment that are unnecessarily punished each time the health sector is grounded by strike.

    ”We appeal passionately to NARD to have a rethink of its position.

    “Strike breaches our oath of allegiance and should in no way be an option at all in the health system that is very critical to the lives and general well-being of the populace.

    “As we cannot re-create or recover any life lost to strike, we should instead, be all preoccupied with how to help lift the country out of its present economic predicament.

    “At a trying period like this, patriotic compatriots think of what they can do to help the country and not how to worsen an already bad situation.

    “Embarking on strike would only add to the woes of ordinary Nigerians,” the nurses said.

    They commended the “Change Begins with Me” drive of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the campaign was apt, timely and most needed in the health sector.

    ”Ethical values have unfortunately been eroded among our healthcare providers such that at the sound of a “strike gong” they throw away their very essence of living, that is, the patient.

    “They trample upon all ethical values and bastardize the oath of allegiance. Such anomalous behaviour is unacceptable and must be stopped.

    ”The change must begin with our abiding by our sacred oath of allegiance to God and humanity. We must develop alternative ways of handling industrial disputes other than embarking on strikes,” the statement said.

    The association, however, urged the government to always be proactive, equitable and prompt in attending to genuine requests or agitation of groups in the health sector to forestall avoidable scenarios.

    ”Government at different levels should not wait until health workers embark on strike before addressing their issues.

    “They should also lead the “change begins with me” campaign in the health sector, by placing premium on infrastructure upgrade and on the welfare of care providers by handling their genuine demands,’ it said.

  • LUTH, nurses’ executives meet in Abuja over strike

    LUTH, nurses’ executives meet in Abuja over strike

    Management of the 48-year-old Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and the executives of the Nigerian Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) are meeting in Abuja to deliberate with the representatives of the Federal Ministry of Health to end the ongoing strike.

    LUTH’s nurses have been on strike for the past 50 days.

    As at yesterday, The Nation saw no patients in the general wards. But the Spillover Ward (Private Wing) and other diagnostic units were functional.

    The Vice Chairman, NANNM, LUTH Chapter, Mr. Olutola Stephen, affirmed that the contentious issues have been tabled for resolution.

    “We tabled all the issues to the management of LUTH last week. They agreed that we embarked on strike for the right issues that need to be addressed; and not as if our fight is not for a just cause.

    “They are appealing to us to come back to work, but we expect them to meet most of our demands. There is a meeting ongoing in Abuja. The Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Dr. Christopher Bode and the association’s chairperson, Mrs. Yemisi Adelaja and others are present at the meeting.”

    “We want the management to sort out these issues, especially the issue of the 71 nurses that have been denied their salaries. Concerning the teaching allowance, it is a case of robbing Peter to Paul. For some people, the call duty allowance was removed. Some shift duty allowance was removed and the management is paying non-nurses that do not even merit all these.”

    At the Department of Oncology and Radio Therapy (cancer section), patients were seen receiving treatment.

    But there was inadequate manpower. Medical consultants and doctors were seen working without the nurses.

    Also, accessing files and other routine nursing services were tedious.

  • Excitement as nurses relish Afe Babalola’s philanthropy

    Excitement as nurses relish Afe Babalola’s philanthropy

    Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) is the latest institution to benefit from the generosity of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) Aare Afe Babalola, who laid the foundation stone of the nurses’ house he donated to the hospital’s branch of the, National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM). ODUNAYO OGUNMOLA reports.

    In many parts of Nigeria, the legacies of the founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, are evident  in terms of endowments, buildings, donations, scholarships and so on.

    Either in the courts of law, universities, polytechnics or hospitals, he has etched his name in immortality by touching lives through donation of buildings which serve different purposes.

    But now, the Midas touch is being felt the more in his native community of Ado-Ekiti where he is building projects that will continue to make his name relevant.

    At the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, the Administrative building which he built and donated still stands tall above other structures. The Bar Centre of the Ado-Ekiti branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) located inside the High Court premises in the city is another legacy worthy of mention.

    Also worthy of mention is the auditorium which he built for the Faculty of Law, Ekiti State University (EKSU) Ado-Ekiti. He had built structures in places such as the University College Hospital, Ibadan and University of Lagos, among others.

    But the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) is the latest to host another iconic project to be built by, arguably one of the greatest philanthropists.

    The project is the Nurses’ House within the complex and it is being promoted by the hospital’s chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) which will serve as a multi-purpose centre.

    The administration officials and nurses at EKSUTH were excited about the Nurses’ House which will soon be added to some of the solid structures springing up at the premises of the hospital.

    The nurses sang, danced and threw banters. They praised Babalola whom they described as a “father indeed.”

    They performed a cultural dance in honour of the former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) who showed his dexterity in dancing to the music rendered in Ekiti dialect.

    It was no surprise that nurses and midwives in the hospital came out in large numbers to welcome Babalola, principal officers and other officials of ABUAD at the foundation-laying ceremony.

    Babalola was joined by his wife who is also the Chief Executive of ABUAD Ventures, Yeye Aare Modupe Babalola; ABUAD Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Michael Ajisafe; Provost, College of Medicine, Prof. Olurotimi Sanya and the Bursar, Mr. Modupe Babalola, among others.

    EKSUTH Chief Medical Director, Dr. Kolawole Ogundipe, described nurses as the livewire of the hospital whose contributions are vital to health care delivery and smooth running of the complex.

    Ogundipe also praised Babalola for his philanthropy and generosity which have positively affected the lives of millions of people within and outside the country.

    He said: “It’s great having the nurses bring Baba here because there is no reason to fear on the funding of this project. The NBA House solely built by him is gigantic and we believe he will do it again for you here.

    “Without nurses, there will be no hospital. They are the ones that will be here when others have gone home. They are the pillars of the hospital; the management gave them a place to construct their building.

    “Nurses are trailblazers and we should all celebrate them. The hospital’s branches of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) and Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) are contributing money to put up their own buildings too.”

    The Chairman of Ekiti State NANNM, Ezekiel Fatomiluyi, described Babalola as a great man and father of Ekiti who has contributed immensely to the development of the state, and who is always ready to enhance the the lives of the people.

    While praising NANNM, EKSUTH chapter for the milestone, Fatomiluyi noted that this would be the first of its kind in any of the local chapters of the association.

    Fatomiluyi urged the nurses to be committed to their jobs because they are life savers who should not be denied their rights.

    Chairperson of EKSUTH-NANNM, Mrs Olufunke Adetoye said the nurses’ house is being named after Babalola because of his passion for excellence and service to humanity.

    She said: “The proposed building is being named after our Grand Patron. A self-made man endowed with much wisdom to take right decisions, who is a philanthropist and who has committed his all to the service of humankind.

    “I am talking of no other person than the founder of Afe Babalola University, a first-class university in Africa with full accreditation in all courses, including Nursing which is so rare to get accredited.

    “I am also soliciting the assistance of all in the completion of this project for use by EKSUTH community and generations yet unborn.”

    Mrs Adetoye revealed that the building will serve as nurses’ association secretariat and meeting place for congress, seminars and workshops for the advancement of the nursing profession.

    The building, she further said, will have an e-library section to  assist nurses in knowledge acquisition, research purposes, environment conducive to reading and also serve as a link to various academic pursuits.

    According to her, the building will equally house a crèche equipped with modern facilities to give nursing mothers among them confidence and a means of generating funds and a mini-mart where snacks and other provisions will be sold.

    In his remarks, the donor, Babalola noted that nurses deserved to be celebrated for their selfless service to humankind and commitment to health care delivery.

    He described the project as a worthy one that should be supported for the advancement of the nursing profession, acquisition of knowledge and research.

    The ABUAD founder said he would never be tired of giving because he knew what it was to be poor; having tasted poverty while growing up, adding that he is always inspired to assist the less privileged persons.

    Babalola said: “It is a crime not to have a target and it is a pity that most of us don’t set targets.

    “My first salary was one pound and after my school certificate examination, it rose to five pounds and it was from it that I was sponsoring my younger ones. Giving to people makes me happy. It also makes the receiver happy.

    “Do not wait to have N200, 000 before you can give; as nurses, always thank God and know that there are people who are not as privileged as you are.

    “I want you to contribute to this project no matter how small, give the little you have for us to do it together. Come to ABUAD for your degree, it will lead to your Master’s and PhD. Aim high, don’t aim low.

    “Nurses here should be celebrated for coming up with the plan of putting up this building to enhance the nursing profession. I have since discovered that the spirit of giving is lacking among us.

    “We have a situation where people ask government to give everything but you can also contribute the little you have to assist the government because government cannot do everything.”

    Babalola also called on authorities to make the welfare of nurses and other health professionals top priority to prevent crisis in the health sector which leads to strikes.

    He said further: “The nursing profession has maintained a high standard. If other people do what they are doing, our country will not be where it is today.

    “Life is very important. They (nurses) make life; they deserve to be given adequate compensation. I see nurses like priests and doctors; I don’t expect a pastor to go on strike against his flock.

    “Nurses and doctors should not go on strike by virtue of their professions. I want to appeal to government to pay due regards to nurses and doctors. They should not be allowed to go on strike and government should always meet their needs.”

    He was joined by his wife and other dignitaries present to lay the foundation stone amid songs of praises to God for making the project a reality.

     

  • ‘There’re more Nigerian nurses in Europe’

    Head of European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Michel Arrion has said there are more Nigerian nurses in Europe than there are in Nigeria.

    He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the health professionals would better serve to provide and deliver social services to Nigeria.

    He said a situation where some Nigerians travel to European countries and remained to work was not in the interest of the country.

    “You give visas to students and they study in Europe and they stay in Europe. No, please go back and develop your country. I think it is very important. We must avoid what we call brain drain.

    “I always take the example of the number of Nigerian nurses in European hospitals. There are more Nigerian nurses in European hospitals than in Nigeria. But of course, if they go back (to Europe), if they send back money, that’s very good.

    “They (Nigerians) should be better trained (in Europe) and come back (to Nigeria) and better serve and provide and deliver social services to their compatriots,” he said.

    Earlier, Arrion, in a statement said Nigeria was an important country of origin of regular and irregular migration to the EU and its member-states.

    According to him, many of them risk their lives and perish in the Mediterranean.

    The EU official explained that there were almost 9,000 Nigerian illegal migrants in Europe in 2014.

    “In 2014, Nigerians accounted for an estimated 8,700 out of the 283,532 irregular migrants entering EU borders, many of whom risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean.

    “However, the majority of Nigerians enter and reside in EU legally and millions of Diaspora Nigerians are residing in the EU.

    “As a regional economic power, Nigeria is also on the receiving end of migration, attracting an estimated three million labour workers from neighbouring countries.”

  • Suspected robbers arrested for defiling nurses, patients

    The police said yesterday that they had arrested two persons suspected to have defiled patients and nurses at a hospital in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State after robbing them.

    The suspects, Demola David and Dare Oladunjoye, have also been identified as the suspected killers of Alayande Oladipo, who was shot dead in Ijebu-Ode on August 25.

    Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the suspects were responsible for the robbery and rape at the hospital.

    Eight robbery suspects have been nabbed by the police attached to Igbeba Division, Ijebu-Ode after a gun battle.

    Adejobi said the leader of the eight-man gang, Ayomide Muruf (alias Sucker) was injured.

    Other arrested members of the gang are Kayode (alias Small), Tunde Reuben, Tomiwa Adekoye, Adeyemi Adegoke, Kufe Emmanuel, Moses Udoh and Akeem Adenrele (alias Polo). He said the search for others would continue.

    Adejobi said Police Commissioner Abdulmajid Ali had directed that the suspects be moved to the Special Anti-robbery Squad, Abeokuta for further investigation.

  • Robbers who raped nurses, patients arrested in Ogun

    Two robbers suspected to have raped patients and some hospital staff on duty after robbing them in an Ijebu – Ode based hospital have been arrested by the police in Ogun State.
    The suspects – Demola David and Dare Oladunjoy who were arrested at Olisa Street, Ijebu – Ode, have also been identified as the killers of one Alayande Oladipo that was shot dead in Ijebu Ode last August 25.
    According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the suspects are responsible for the recent robbery and rape cases at the Amazing Grace Hospital in Ijebu – Ode where patients and staff were raped and robbed during the attack at the hospital.
    Similarly, eight other robbery suspects were also arrested by the Police operatives attached to Igbeba Division, Ijebu – Ode after a gun battle with the suspects.
    Adejobi said leader of the eight – man robbery gang, Ayomide Muruf(alias Sucker) sustained bullet wound in the gun battle.
    Other members of the gang arrested are one Kayode(alias Small), Tunde Reuben, Tomiwa Adekoye, Adeyemi Adegoke, Kufe Emmanuel, Moses Udoh and Akeem Adenrele(alias Polo) while manhunt for some
    fleeing members continues.
    According to the Police Image maker in the state, the Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali,has directed that the suspects be moved to the Special Anti Robbery Squad Abeokuta for further Investigation prosecution

  • Nurses take over doctors’ duty at UCH

    Nurses take over doctors’ duty at UCH

    Nurses have taken over doctors’ duties at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, following the five-week strike by the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) and the Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP).

    The NUAHP declared a nationwide strike on May 18, two weeks after the ARD began an industrial action at UCH.

    At UCH yesterday, nurses and non-medical workers were seen attending to patients.

    A nurse, who pleaded for anonymity, said: “We are left with no choice, but to assist these dying patients. As nurses, we have empathy, we are all human beings, so we have to go beyond our duty here to save lives.

    “The pressure has forced us to take up any duty, if that is what we can do to manage the situation and save lives. We just pray that the situation will not go on like this, something urgent must be done by the government to end the suffering of these patients.

    “But for now we are doing everything humanly possible to manage the situation here.”

    Speaking on the situation yesterday, the UCH NUAHP Chairman and National Deputy President (South), Olusegun Sotiloye, said nurses were rendering services within the scope of their professional callings.

    “The nurses are changing dressings, attending to people who come for immunisation, and patients who could not be transferred. The nurses are working within the scope of their professional calling,” he said.

    Sotiloye declared that the strike is still on, but that union leaders and the Federal Ministry of Health officials are meeting on the crisis.

    He said: “There was a meeting last Tuesday called by the permanent secretary, Ministry of Health. We were told that the minister was not well, he is out of the country receiving treatment.”

    “The minister of state is also not around. The permanent secretary and several directors were around.

    “They met with NUAPH and we had a fruitful deliberation, the template was provided and it would be a template for the incoming minister to work on.”

     

  • NMA decries attack on doctors, nurses in Ekiti

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    Worried by what it called “incessant harassment and attacks on doctors and health workers”, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Ekiti State has called on security agencies to save its members.

    The state NMA Chairman, Dr. John Akinbote, who raised the alarm at a briefing yesterday condemned recent attacks on health professionals in some government-owned hospitals.

    Some people believed to be hoodlums and drivers’ unions members last week beat up a doctor in Efon Alaaye in Efon Local Government Area.

    A nurse was beaten and a doctor threatened in Aramoko, Ekiti West Local Government Area.

    Some drivers’ union members beat up the doctor at Efon for allegedly failing to attend to their injured colleague at the town’s general hospital.

    Akinbote, who described doctors and health workers as “endangered species”, warned against further attacks on them.

    The NMA boss lamented that health workers were constantly being abused by families of patients and transport unions members without provocation.

    He said: “Some relatives recently beat a nurse in General Hospital, Aramoko, for not sitting with a patient.

    “They also threatened to beat the doctor on duty who started begging them to spare his life.

    “The doctor is still receiving threat messages for reporting the matter.

    “Also at General Hospital in Aramoko, members of National Union of Road Transport Workers threatened to beat up a doctor.

    “We are fast becoming an endangered species.

    “We, therefore, urgently call on the government and law enforcement agencies to curtail the attack and harassment of our members.”

    The NMA called on the government to expedite action on the implementation of the adjusted revised Consolidated Medical Salary Scale Circular issued by the Federal Government since January 1, last year.

  • Ebola: Nurses honour colleague

    Ebola: Nurses honour colleague

    Dr Ameyo Adadevoh has gained post-mortem national and international accolades for her role in stopping the Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, the first known Ebola carrier in Nigeria. She was unknown before her heroic and sad death, but the arrival of late Patrick Sawyer in Lagos state on July 20, 2014 and the role she played to ensure that the deadly disease did not become a national disaster shot Dr. Adadevoh into the global limelight.

    But it was not just Dr Adadevoh who paid the ultimate price for her profession and country; there were also nurses who died as a result of contact with the ill-fated sojourner, who brought the highly infectious and swift killing virus with no known cure to First Consultant Medical Centre (FCMC). He infested Adedevoh and Nurse Justina Ejelonu among others.

    However, little has been heard about the young nurse after then. It was learnt that it was Nurse Ejelonu’s first day in the employment with the FCMC, and Sawyer was apparently the first and last litmus test of her nursing carrier. Sadly, she did not live to tell the story.

    She died along with other members of staff of the hospital who also died of the virus which broke out in Lagos and Port Harcourt, Rivers state, killing a total of eight persons, including two doctors.

    But colleagues of the late nurse are not happy that while the tragic event brought fame and whipped up accolades as well awards for the brave Dr. Adadevoh locally and internationally, nothing was said or done about Ejelonu.

    They said though government officials at all levels, corporate bodies, and members of Nigerian society, rightly praised the late doctor for making the supreme sacrifice for her country and for  her rare courage, they lamented that not much was being said about Ms Ejelonu and others who sacrificed their lives.

    It was against the backdrop of this dissatisfaction that members of her professional body, under the aegis of “Nursing World,” Nigeria took it upon themselves to reorganize her sacrifice, celebrate and immortalize her in their own way. They instituted a monthly “Justina Ejelonu Memorial Award” (JEMA), to keep the name of their friend and professional colleague alive and to also tell the world that nursing profession also has its fair share of the Ebola Virus tragedy and should also be reorganised.

    The award meant exclusively for nursing students in Nigerian Nursing Schools, was instituted this year and has had two editions, January and February, 2015. Deserving students from the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) and School of Nursing Agbor  in Rivers and Delta states respectively won the first editions.

    Speaking at the second ceremony in UNPORT recently, spokesman of the group, Nurse Jude Nwobi, said the move was meant to advocate and project nursing profession in the country. He said they are of the view that despite the crucial position of nursing care in health care delivery,  it receives little or no recognition  in Nigerian society. He said there is the need to strike a change and balance.

    Nwobi said, “We instituted Justina Ejelonu scholarship award in memory of a nurse who passed away during the Ebola outbreak at the First Consultant Hospital in Lagos state. Every month we give out N50,000 to a deserving nursing student.

    “Every month a student nurse gets the money, that way we honour our departed colleague for her sacrificial contribution and bravery to nursing profession. She did all her best during the Ebola outbreak, if not for people like her; Nigeria would have slipped into a catastrophic situation.

    “We are doing all of these to honour her memory and keep her alive so that everybody gets to know the story that Justina died doing what she loved to do-keeping best nursing practice.

    “The award was instituted January this year and we hope it to keep it up until the government does the needful. We believe that those that paid the price of this deadly scourge with their lives ought to be honoured without any form of discrimination, they should be immortalised but it look like nothing is happening, nobody is saying anything, particularly about the nurses that died in this. All you hear in the whole lot of professionals that died is Dr. Adadevoh, a nurse like our own Justina died, an auxiliary nurse also died, most members of the team that received the index case died on the line of duty but all you hear about is Dr. Adadevoh.

    “In a hospital setting, everybody knows that there is no way she should have fought the battle of late Patrick Sawyer  alone to save the rest of Nigerians, but the way she is singled out made it look as if she was the only sacrificial victim on the line.

    “We work as a team in hospitals, when one team member is singled out in such a situation, it makes other team member awkward, this is exactly what we are trying to do with this award.

    “Let the world know that the nursing profession also lost their passionate own in that tragedy and that Justina Ejeleonu  was part of the team that gave their lives to save the rest of Nigeria from the catastrophe  and they all deserve to be honoured.” He insisted.

    The nurse who spoke with passion on the award explained how winners emerge: “Every month we have nurses go on our website to apply for the scholarship. Automated system is used to picks the school, names of applicants from the School are sent to the school’s  Head of Department (HOD), if it is a university or the Registrar if it is a college of Nursing or Principal if it is a school of Nursing.

    “It is this school’s authority that now sets up a committee to decide who gets the award, depending on the academic performance of the students, among other factors. The school then notifies us after they have concluded their selection process.”

    The winner of the award 23 year-old Blessing Darlington, 500-level Nursing student of UNIPORT, thanked the organizers of the award for their good thought and promised to make Ms Ejelonu her role model and take nursing profession to a higher level.

    “I love nursing profession that is why I am doing this course, I wish to be a better nurse than Justina to make nursing profession an envious one that people will crave for. I advise my other colleagues to emulate Justina’s bravery and sacrifice by giving their nursing care without reservations.”