Blood Donation: NMA Calls For Donation, Urges Govts To Go Beyond Condemnation

Following the recent attack on a church in Owo, Ondo State, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) is calling for blood donations and asks for the governments and security agencies to do better in the protection of lives and properties.

Assailants killed scores of people and injured many others at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area, late Sunday, according to a statement issued by Dr. Uche Ojinmah, the President of the NMA.

“The NMA hereby calls for quick intervention by our Governments and security agencies to protect the lives and properties of Nigerians in every part of this nation,” Ojinmah said in the statement.

“The Nigerian Medical Association commiserates with the Government and good people of Ondo State over the loss of lives and prays for the quick recovery of those injured. We appeal to Nigerians in the affected area of Ondo State to kindly go to the hospitals where the injured are being treated to donate blood to save lives.”

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He also called upon the doctors in Ondo state and the surrounding environs to mobilise themselves so as to take part in the treatment of those who were injured following the incident. As they lamented the rising levels of insecurity in Nigeria, the NMA also said that the government must go beyond rhetorics and secure the country.

“The recurrent shedding of innocent blood in our dear country has been going on for far too long and it is the position of the Nigerian Medical Association that explanations, condemnations, and reassurances are no longer comforting.”

“The NMA hereby calls for quick intervention by our Governments and security agencies to protect the lives and properties of Nigerians in every part of this nation.”

As the organisation gave its condolences to the families of the victims, the people and the government of Ondo State, the NMA also said that, “NMA also calls for the release in good health of those abducted.”