alphanyx:
Why should the driver be sacked?! Who instructed him to go pick the patient? Why no qualified medical personnel with him after bn instructed to go on "official " duty? Where were the medical people that he was asked to just go and "park" ambulance at a supposed patients place and wait there?! Even as a "common" driver like we choose to call them here, is he not supposed to be provided a modern full kit PPE cos of the nature of his job?! MR GOVERNOR, AFTER SACKING THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE PERSON WHO INSTRUCTED THE DRIVER, SACK YOUR OWN SELF!

I agreed with you to some extent. The only problem I have with the driver was his unkindness to the patient thru the remarks he made. Even at that, he could be cautioned n severely warned. Even most hospital staff ate like that. Death means nothing to them again.

dayleke:
A very funny and sad situation at the same time.

Did you hear one of the "helpers" say the patient will put his head down when his neck starts paining him after being told to lie down.

"Ti orun ba n ro, yoo gbo'ri sile".

Just so sad.
Naija I hail thee.
Where were the professionals whose jobs were to evacuate the patient?

He is not a helper he is a superior officer working for the government i think. He even told the driver to proceed he will join him later.

the poor driver is just trying his best to make sure things are working in his state, sacking him is not the best

quentin06:
driver was only trying to help, least you could have done is quarantine him, the RRS ought to be sacked for their ineptitude.

Wike virus spreading to kwara.

If the driver was someone of influence would the kwara govt sack him?

Such rash action should be discourage d, damn ego trippers.

My thought too.

alphanyx:
Why should the driver be sacked?! Who instructed him to go pick the patient? Why no qualified medical personnel with him after bn instructed to go on "official " duty? Where were the medical people that he was asked to just go and "park" ambulance at a supposed patients place and wait there?! Even as a "common" driver like we choose to call them here, is he not supposed to be provided a modern full kit PPE cos of the nature of his job?! MR GOVERNOR, AFTER SACKING THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE PERSON WHO INSTRUCTED THE DRIVER, SACK YOUR OWN SELF!

I swear you no well

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KingOfAllIgbos:


Nah... lives are at stake. We gotta be objective here.

He messed up and was unfortunate to be captured on video embarrassing the Government....

Someone has to be the sacrificial lamb / scapegoat.

PS - the sad part of the story is that he or a friend of his probably took the video to show off.

This should be a lesson to people who quickly take to social media. It is often evidence to nail yourself. Happened to the security guy in Ekiti who took that video of a man who ejected his son in mockery.

The bank sacked the security guy?

Kdon2:


He is not a helper he is a superior officer working for the government i think. He even told the driver to proceed he will join him later.

Really?
That's very unprofessional imo for him to say that.
Even the patient and the stretcher were not properly secured.
No PPE worn and I think only one of them was wearing gloves.

It is well sha.
Thanks for the enlightenment.

pahoehoe:
The governor did what he is supposed to do. Nothing can be compared with life. Meanwhile, I am very sure that you want to invest in plots of land at Ibeju Lekki. Click on the links on my signature to know how you will go about it.

Someone just lost his means of livelihood due to an innocent mistake,From your above unsympathetic comment , NO!
We ain't clicking no shit!!

overall90:
Unilateral indeed
the driver has just been made a scape goat.
So who gave him the information /directive and where were they so called RRT.
God bless the internet/SM.

Thank you
100% sure the driver CAN NOT act without directive from the boss.

pahoehoe:
The governor did what he is supposed to do. Nothing can be compared with life. Meanwhile, I am very sure that you want to invest in plots of land at Ibeju Lekki. Click on the links on my signature to know how you will go about it.

with this ur irrational thinking.. no thanks I'm not patronising u

Kdon2:
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday directed the sack of a government driver that unilaterally attended to an unkempt person who was evacuated with a COVID-19 ambulance in Ilorin. 

He also directed the issuance of queries to top officials of the state ministry of health for failing to act with necessary caution and expertise in the handling of the incident that was recorded in a video footage that has since gone viral.

“The Governor totally condemns the shoddy handling of the gentleman who was clearly going through a hard time," Rafiu Ajakaye, chief press secretary to the Governor, said in a statement on Wednesday. 

“He has directed that the driver be fired immediately. As the investigation revealed, the driver failed to heed clear directive not to take any action until the Rapid Response Team (RRT) arrives the scene. He evacuated the gentleman with the help of members of the public without waiting for the arrival of the RRT."

The Governor further directed that members of the RRT be queried, while other steps are being taken to ensure this incident does not repeat itself. Involving just anybody in the evacuation of a suspected case, as was seen in the footage, was a clear and dangerous violation of COVID-19 safety protocols. The government equally finds it quite distasteful and unacceptable that the driver, who had long been involved in such operations, made unethical comments to somebody in distress.

"That incident was avoidable, and we sincerely apologise to the gentleman and to the people of Kwara State for the embarrassing development. We assure them this will not happen again."


Rafiu Ajakaye
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor 
May 13, 2020.

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y55pnUmKJTY

I am so surprised that people are passing comments ignorantly. The man in that picture is not a COVID-19 patient but a mentally sick person.
He used to live in that building on Taiwo road, Ilorin. The house was sold out and the new owner is demolishing and renovating but the man, instead of looking for other house/apartment decided to turn his car into a house, doing everything there (you know!).
The neighbours were uncomfortable with that nuisance and decided to call on COVID-19 Team (whose contact phone numbers had been well publicised) because of partial lockdown and refusal of few available vehicles to transport him.
The COVID-19 ambulance was sent to take him to hospital for psychological treatment. The driver didn't handle the evacuation well. You could hear him abusing the man. That is what the Governor referred to!
Kwara State has a solid COVID-19 technical committee, rapid response team, isolation centres and excellent medial personnels enviable to other state.

I am so surprised that people are passing comments ignorantly. The man in that picture is not a COVID-19 patient but a mentally sick person.
He used to live in that building on Taiwo road, Ilorin. The house was sold out and the new owner is demolishing and renovating but the man, instead of looking for other house/apartment decided to turn his car into a house, doing everything there (you know!).
The neighbours were uncomfortable with that nuisance and decided to call on COVID-19 Team (whose contact phone numbers had been well publicised) because of partial lockdown and refusal of few available vehicles to transport him.
The COVID-19 ambulance was sent to take him to hospital for psychological treatment. The driver didn't handle the evacuation well. You could hear him abusing the man. That is what the Governor referred to!
Kwara State has a solid COVID-19 technical committee, rapid response team, isolation centres and excellent medial personnels enviable to other state.[b][/b]

He is used to picking passengers. Doesn’t know better

To sack only d driver is unfair. Who gave him permission to work in health environment without necessary kits? How sent him on d Eran? Who gave d policy which allows him to handle patients? Is it even d drivers duty to carry patients or was he there alone without health officials?
This is treating malaria with paracetamol, do the needful from the TOP!

Illiteracy is a killer disease....

MidaserveNG:

Is that a battery powered cam?

overall90:
Unilateral indeed
the driver has just been made a scape goat.
So who gave him the information /directive and where were they so called RRT.
God bless the internet/SM.

Don't mind the fulanini slave governor. From what transpired it has not warranted a sack in such an emergency. Though the driver did not take necessary precautions. Obviously, he is ill informed and cannot do any better than his level. You could see he has not been properly trained. This goes to say that the governor that is pointing accusing fingers must not forget four is pointing at him. Where is government training here, where is adequate human resources, where is proper logistic as the ambulance should only be called after a call is put through for this emergency. Where is leadership from a failing governor, who has not put proper logistics in place like Lagos did despite having few cases in kwara state. A governor that is governing a yoruba state and does not deem it fit to align his state with other south west governors for amotekun for security reassurance in face of insecurity in Nigeria. But his foolish delusion that kwara belong to the north is what he puts in his mind. When chips are down I trust my yoruba brothers they will correct this distasteful expansionism illegally foisted upon the people of south west by northern brainless impostors in the name of politics. Useless leaders like these tries to hog head line by any means to revive their dead selves. People like this governor, Yusuf of Kogi state and wike of Rivers are included in this. They stood for nothing even if people continue to suffer or die they don't care only money and power matters to them.

Hahahahha, when he didn't provide them with PPEs

audio govnpor.is the driver supposed to leave the wheel?.was he employed as care giver?

Mindlog:
Action taken because the incident was recorded and went viral.

exactly!! let's say what if otherwise

AkupeMBANO:

exactly!! let's say what if otherwise

Your username, are you from Mbano?

Alhaji1970:

I am so surprised that people are passing comments ignorantly. The man in that picture is not a COVID-19 patient but a mentally sick person.
He used to live in that building on Taiwo road, Ilorin. The house was sold out and the new owner is demolishing and renovating but the man, instead of looking for other house/apartment decided to turn his car into a house, doing everything there (you know!).
The neighbours were uncomfortable with that nuisance and decided to call on COVID-19 Team (whose contact phone numbers had been well publicised) because of partial lockdown and refusal of few available vehicles to transport him.
The COVID-19 ambulance was sent to take him to hospital for psychological treatment. The driver didn't handle the evacuation well. You could hear him abusing the man. That is what the Governor referred to!
Kwara State has a solid COVID-19 technical committee, rapid response team, isolation centres and excellent medial personnels enviable to other state.[b][/b]

In what universe do you ring covid response team to attend to a psychiatric issue?
And then they show up in a covid response vehicle to take a mental health case into isolation!

Your story is total garbage.
Even the government's response doesn't deny that he's a suspected covid case, but somehow you know more than the government does.

oh

Alhaji1970:

Kwara State has a solid COVID-19 technical committee, rapid response team, isolation centres and excellent medial personnels enviable to other state.

Even if we agree to the other stuffs you said, how do you expect us to agree to this?

We can all see from the video that the Ambulance is rickety and shouldn't even pass road worthiness test, yet it has the "Covid'19 Rapid Response Inscription" on it.

Also, from your write up, you agreed that covid'19 response team were called upon. If they were as solid as you claim they are, Why is it the driver that was sent to the scene? were where the "excellent personnel's"?

You're technically contradicting yourself!!!

No state will envy the rubbish that happened in that video.

The driver wouldn't have gone there without directive from responsible COVID 19 officials.
Kwara govt should probe further; who received the distress call? who authorized / approved evacuation? who should have gone with the driver?

Alhaji1970:





I am so surprised that people are passing comments ignorantly. The man in that picture is not a COVID-19 patient but a mentally sick person.
He used to live in that building on Taiwo road, Ilorin. The house was sold out and the new owner is demolishing and renovating but the man, instead of looking for other house/apartment decided to turn his car into a house, doing everything there (you know!).
The neighbours were uncomfortable with that nuisance and decided to call on COVID-19 Team (whose contact phone numbers had been well publicised) because of partial lockdown and refusal of few available vehicles to transport him.
The COVID-19 ambulance was sent to take him to hospital for psychological treatment. The driver didn't handle the evacuation well. You could hear him abusing the man. That is what the Governor referred to!
Kwara State has a solid COVID-19 technical committee, rapid response team, isolation centres and excellent medial personnels enviable to other state.

My brother that still lives a lot for people to speculate. Its not the duty of covid-19 vehicle to evacuate homeless man. Its the duty of the police to enforce law and order don't you think. That video gave a wrong impression coupled with the government action. Thanks for the info though.

Firing him not the issue now but sending him to isolation center while deciding on what to do,for the safety of citizens,guess you are wrong here.

Please stay safe, all!

StubbornGENIUS:
He fired the driver so that he can go and infect others instead of placing him under isolation. Kudos for a job poorly done

I can tell you for free with all sincerity that the man is not a covid 19 patient.
I know the patient personally in the video

Toyinjones:

I can tell you for free with all sincerity that the man is not a covid 19 patient.
I know the patient personally in the video

Of course i believe you. but still he should be tested or at least quarantined