Gbawe:

Such a law will not be made because it patently infringes on the fundamental human rights of some merely because of their Job i.e Politician. That is discrimination.

chucky234: Squandering public funds that would have been channeled into equipping our decaying medical facilities,politicians are animals and heartless beings.

afam4eva: What does it take for these people to fix our hospitals to be up to standard so that our rulers will not shamefully be traveling abroad for very minute ailments. This is embarrassing.

ehie: i dont blame them,our hospitals are callous and hard hearted,if you dont have money,you cant be treated,if you are shot,you will probably die and they wont care,if you are an accident victim,they wonnt treat you,unless they are sure you can pay your bills.
So i sont blame people for turning their noses at Nigerian Health care.Just dont be poor and sick in Nigeria,na death get u be that.Since Nigeria doesnt not owe us healthcare,why should i be loyal and give the hospitals my Money..

Gbawe:

Such a law will not be made because it patently infringes on the fundamental human rights of some merely because of their Job i.e Politician. That is discrimination. We will get what we want when the average Nigerian becomes politically sophisticated enough to insist on effective leadership. The Majority must understand fully that they must refuse to put up with the nauseating excesses of our leaders that makes it impossible for any sector to work well in Nigeria.

Look at the bloated cost of running Governance i.e recurrent expenditure at 72%. Do we need so many Senators, Reps and duplicated positions ,like ministers of State et al, constituting a bloated and ineffective democracy robbing crucial sectors of funds? No is the answer. Who will reduce this waste so that more is available to spend on health, pay medical staff, policemen etc? Certainly not those benefiting from the largesse. It is up to average Nigerians. As long as we are happy to only complain yet never act, nothing will change.

When we realize we are the bosses of these politicians we will make non-negotiable demands on them ,in specific ways, they will not even contemplate saying "No" to because the consequences for them will be dire since we have the numbers. As it is, Nigerians don't understand the concept of 'people power' and are not united either. Sadly, in the absence of the majority rising up to its duty of holding leaders accountable, it is a-looter continua because there is no pressure on our leaders to change their ways. There is no consequence for Ministers owning 6 cars, enjoying stupendous perks and receiving large estacode for foreign trip while Nigerian children die of curable diseases.

fittty:
Why this topic at this moment when I just got a call that my sister's brother-in-law will have to have his leg amputated due to the doctors negligence..... Imagine they left a bullet in his leg for close to 2days, after he got robbed and shot in his leg in front of a bank by an armed robber. He had a police report.... USELESS SET OF PEOPLE WE GRADUATE AS MEDICAL DOCTORS THESE IN THIS COUNTRY#

HNosegbe: Government will continue to pay little or no attention to the state of our health sector until they are required BY LAW to visit only hospitals in the country. Where a public official chooses to travel abroad for treatment, (s)he should be made to pay for it from his/her pocket.

jumpmasta:
I can see you are more naive than a primary school child..you open your rubbish gutter of a mouth to abuse Drs ...i dont blame you..who knows where they took the man to...probably a traditional home or a herbalist before presenting to the hospital.You stand there and abuse people that are obviously better than you. I...d..iot

kingoflag:

Wrong!

If you say that'll amount to "discrimination", what would barring public officials from operating Bank accounts in foreign countries amount to?

eelvismd:

@ bolded and coloured:

Your use of fundamental human right is totally out of place because attaching conditions to certain positions does not translate to any infringement of fundamental human rights. As far as I am concerned, if you don't like the conditions attached to a given position, then forget about the position because it is not compulsory that you must occupy the position. It is as simple as that!

Nobody said you cannot travel overseas for medical treatment; what is being proposed is that if you want to occupy any political position in the country, then the condition is that you won't be allowed to travel overseas for treatment because that is the condition attached to the position. The choice as to whether you are still interested in the position or not, with the attached conditions fully spealt out, is yours to decide.

The public and private sectors have rules and regulations governing employment and positions, some of which we might not be comfortable with personally when seeking employment or when we are being redeployed. My question is do we normally ask them to change the conditions just because we feel it affects our rights when seeking employment? The answer is capital NO. What then makes political positions in Nigeria different, especially when we have irrational fellows as leaders?

My only concern is that these same irrational folks are the ones that can effect such change constitutionally and they wouldn't want to do that because they are irrational and have taken Nigerians forgranted without any consequence arising