The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday condemned the attack on some health workers on duty at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado Ekiti by suspected hoodlums on January 15, 2024.
The Assembly also ordered proper investigation which should be carried out by the House Committee on Security and Special Duties in conjunction with Committee on Health and Human Services for necessary legislative action.
The action followed a matter of urgent public importance raised by Hon. Abimbola Solanke Chairman, House Committee on Health, Human Services and HIV/AIDS and debated at the Assembly's parliamentary session on Tuesday.
The Assembly noted that the Hospital is supposed to be a safe place for the caregivers to carry out their professional roles by making well the ailing and devoid imminent and serious danger to their life or health while on duty.
According to the Rt. Hon. Adeoye Aribasoye, Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, ”It is sad and unfortunate that while these hardworking health workers were performing their lawful and professional duties on the 15th day of January, 2024 as Nigerians were honouring members of the Armed Forces and its veterans, some yet to be identified thugs turned the EKSUTH health facilities into theatre of war, assaulted some health workers physically while others have to look for escape routes for safety after been subjected to physiological and psychological trauma by these men.
“This singular deed and action of these hoodlums on the health workers of EKSUTH is uncivilized, barbaric and should be checked and investigated by relevant Committees of the House. Such unspeakable act is condemnable in its entirety,” Aribasoye said.
The House in its resolutions pointed out that what happened in EKSUTH beats the imagination of all the members as it could happen in any public office. So the House will not look away on such matter.
The House, however, directs its joint Committees on Security and Health to conduct thorough investigation and give a holistic report back to the House on the cause of the attack in seven days.
The House commends the magnanimity of the leadership of the health workers labour unions for puting the strike action occasioned by the incident on hold, saying the action was a demonstration of patriotism and empathy towards ordinary citizens who would have been most impacted by an indefinite strike.
He stated, “We, as the political arm and representatives of the people, empathized with the hospital's trade unions and the management over the assault the health workers suffered in the tertiary health Institution. We can assure you that we shall exercise every legislative power within the ambit of the law to allow health workers to exercise their full rights and privileges while discharging their lawful duties," Aribasoye concluded.
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