A former correspondent of the Radio Nigeria, Ikoyi,
Lagos, and the Daily Times, Wole Falodun,
has urged the Lagos State Government to fulfill the promises made to him after
he became blind in 1995.
Falodun,
who was the writer of a popular column, Waka About, in the defunct Lagos
Weekend in the 1970s,
went blind after a surgeon in the Lagos Island General Hospital made a mistake
while treating him (Falodun) for glaucoma.
Our
correspondent gathered that Falodun, a former secretary of the National Youth
Council of Nigeria and a former Publicity Secretary of the Christian
Association of Nigeria, had gone to the hospital on July 7, 1995, and was
attended to by one Dr. Orekoya.
It was
learnt that Orekoya, who fled the country after the surgery, operated on the
right eye instead of the left eye, resulting in total blindness for the
journalist.
It was
gathered that Falodun, who wrote an appeal letter to the Lagos State Governor,
Bola Tinubu, on May 21, 2001, was invited on February 19, 2002, for a meeting
with the governor.
A copy
of the minutes of the meeting held with Tinubu, which was sighted by our
correspondent, stated that the former governor promised that the state would
take care of the veteran solely on humanitarian grounds.
Tinubu
reportedly added that the government would not accept liability arising from
the negligence of the doctor, but would assist financially with Falodun’s
upkeep and the education of his three children through the “state scholarship
board and other convenient options”.
Our correspondent
gathered that the Waka About columnist, however, had yet to enjoy
any of the government promises.
Has laoreet percipitur ad. Vide interesset in mei, no his legimus verterem. Et nostrum imperdiet appellantur usu, mnesarchum referrentur id vim.
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