Why We Omitted Dr. Adadevoh's Name from National Honours List - Presidency

The Presidency has stated that the reason it did not include Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh's name in the National Honours Award list was because of the restrictions by establishing laws which make it impossible to grant the award posthumously.

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.

The marked absence of her name ion the list has since drawn public criticism, as many Nigerians believe Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, the Senior Consultant/Physician and Endocrinologist at First Consultant Hospital in Lagos, who technically sacrificed her life in a bid to curb the Ebola virus brought into the country by the Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, deserved the award 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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Source: #Vanguard