Femi Falana, Lawyer, Activist And Political Analyst Calls For Ban On Foreign Medical Trips By Politician

 

Falana, a famous and popular lawyer in Nigeria during a memorial lecture and Book Presentation in Lagos gives the political class a sound warning in other to better the health sector in Nigeria.

The Activist condemned the consistence seeking of health services in UK,America and other developed part of the World while Nigeria Health facilities are death and gone in the country.

Falana made the call at the first anniversary of the late Mohammed Fawehinmi Lecture and Book Presentation in Lagos on Thursday.

The late Mohammed Fawehinmi, the eldest son of the legal icon and human rights activist, Gani Fawehinmi, died on August 11, 2021, at age 52.

He advocated for a law barring all public office holders from travelling out of the country on health grounds.

“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.

The legal luminary commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for undergoing knee surgery in one of the hospitals in the country and called on the government to pay more attention to developing the health sector.

Speaking on the theme: “Nigerian Masses And The Election”, Falana said that the business of the 2023 general election should not be taken as a joke.