Nigeria: Ebola - Honour Adadevoh With Public Holiday, Medical Guild Tells Govt

29 August 2019

Abuja — The Guild of Medical Directors, Abuja Chapter, has called on the federal government to declare August 19 every year a public holiday, in honour of late Dr. Stella Adadevoh, who halted spread of the Ebola Virus in the country.

The Public Relations Officer of the Guild, Dr Biodun Ogungbo who stated this in a statement in Abuja recently, said the woman deserves such honour, saying this would be more lasting and not 'a title, which would soon fall out of use'.

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