National Honours 4 Dr. Adadevoh - Honours not for the Dead --Presidency

The presidency has stated that it cannot bestow the National Honours Award posthumously on Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, the Senior Consultant/Physician and Endocrinologist at First Consultant Hospital in Lagos, who many noted 'sacrificed' her life to curb the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) by restraining Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, who was the index case of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country to his bed.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, last week, approved the award of National Honours to deserving individuals in various categories. The omission of Dr. Adadevoh drew criticism from commentators who argued that she should have been honoured posthumously.

Responding to the allegation, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe explained that the establishing laws of the National Honours make it impossible for the president to include her in the list. His tweet via his handle, @doyinokupe reads, " I hv (have) rcvd (received) enquiries as 2(to) why dr adadevoh was not included in d (the) honors list. By law establishing it, nat.honors ( National Honours) cannot be given posthumously".

In response to questioning by some of his followers, he hinted that the late doctor will receive a befitting honour and recognition in no distant time, stressing that there is no need to break the law in her favour. He tweets, "At d (the) appropiate (appropriate) time dr adadevoh will rcv (receive) a befitting honor", the other reads, "no need to break d (the) law when we can still achieve same result without violation of our own law".

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