The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Edo State Branch, has raised a red flag over the alarming trend of kidnappings in the country, particularly in the medical sector, including medical students.
The Chairman, Dr Eustace Oseghale, in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin, said it is worrisome that Medical practitioners and medical students are targets.
“A resident doctor at the National Eye Care Center Kaduna, Dr Ganiyat Poopola has been in the kidnappers den for over 8 months with untold physical and psychological harm to her and her family.” He lamented.
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According to him, Twenty medical students on their way to a convention were a few days ago also kidnapped in Benue State.
“All these calls for a lot of concern for the safety of medical personnel in Nigeria, especially at a time the war against brain drain in the health sector in order to improve our health systems is being waged. We wonder how we can win the war if we do not tackle insecurity and kidnappings in the country. “Oseghale said.
Oseghale urgently appealed to the Federal Government and security operatives to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of Dr Ganiyat Poopola and the kidnapped medical students.
He stressed the need for robust, scalable, and sustainable measures to prevent such incidents in the future and to reassure all Nigerians, especially doctors, of their safety as they continue to contribute to national development.
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