Kwara state government has terminated the appointment of a driver for attending to a suspected COVID-19 Patient without wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
This is coming after a video circulated on social media showing a man helping a patient into a COVID-19 ambulance in Kwara state.
A hunt was launched for the unidentified man in the video and findings revealed he was a driver who works with the state government.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has since terminated his appointment for directly violating COVID-19 safety protocol, thereby endangering the lives of state residents.
This was contained in a statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.
The statement reads in part;
“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 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.”