Pharmacist Lawal Dey Rage Over Ifunanya Death, Ask Tinubu Make Change

Naija, see ehn, this matter wey Pharmacist Adebola Lawal don raise na serious wahala.

For Lagos, this man don write open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, dey shout say healthcare for Naija no dey do well. This gisting no be small thing o! Na because young Ifunanya Nwangene die after snakebite and dem no get antivenom for hospital. How we go talk say dis thing dey happen for 2026? Na wetin we dey call unacceptable?

Lawal talk say na serious failure of our system wey don cost many lives. E write say, ‘No Nigerian suppose die for simple medical emergency wey fit save dem.’ E don raise alarm since January, dey beg for proper reforms in our health sector. Him talk say make dem put pharmacists inside leadership for healthcare matter, make dem no dey send dem to back seat anymore.

Na only one month after him first letter, we still hear say Ifunanya don die. E fit be say na medical science no fi help but our system fail us. Snake antivenom na basic medicine, no be new thing. How come say dem no fit stock am for hospital, especially for place wey snake dey plenty? This one dey show say our procurement and emergency plans dey work anyhow.

Lawal dey ginger us say leading health system no be just about gisting clinical expertise. E require serious thinking, logistics, and proper planning. But pharmacists wey sabi this matter well well dey sit for one corner. E dey vex say as we dey continue with same old system, our people dey die like say we no gree learn.

Him talk say na time for change, no be just words wey fit blow away. Dem suppose put pharmacists for front line as leaders, make dem dey manage supply of medicines well, including antivenoms, like national security matter. Health policy need beta planning and data, not just politics.

Lawal finish say, Nigeria get plenty people wey sabi how healthcare fit work, but wetin we dey lack na political will to place the right people for the right jobs. ‘No be more discursos we want again, make we see action!’ he shout.

Now, we dey wait to see wetin Tinubu go do. If e know fit act, Ifunanya’s case go just be one of the many wey fit happen again if we no change.