Ihechi Enyinnaya
Nigeria has lost 20 medical doctors to the COVID-19 pandemic,even as
President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted their sacrifices, noting that no reward is to big for the sacrifices of health workers in the country.
A statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), said the president assured that their welfare is a priority for his government.
The statement said President Buhari has sent his condolence to the Nigerian Medical Association over the death of the doctors.
It said while reacting to the sacrifices made by the frontline medical workers, President Buhari said that “the death of our frontline health workers in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic is particularly sad because these professionals risk their own lives in order to save others.”
Part of the statement read: “Our health workers are making maximum sacrifices for the country in line with their humanitarian calling, and this administration will leave no stone unturned in order to ensure their needs are met.
“Our health workers are operating under severe limitations, but they are undeterred in discharging their duties in saving lives.
“Let me say without any fear of contradiction that no reward is too much for the sacrifices of our health workers in the country, and this administration will give their welfare the priority it deserves.”