AND THE LORD REVERSED IT FOR CHINONYELUM AND HER HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT GOD CANNOT DO DOES NOT EXIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#NSPPD#7amFirePrayers
A hospital in Lagos was holding a woman hostage.
Not with guns. With a bill she couldn't pay.
She had received treatment. She was well enough to leave. But the hospital wouldn't discharge her until someone settled the balance. So she stayed — trapped in a ward, away from her family, unable to work.
This happens every single day in Nigeria. In a country where 97% of the population has no health insurance, a hospital visit can become a prison sentence.
The Aproko Doctor Foundation exists because we refused to accept that.
Through community-led financing — thousands of everyday Nigerians contributing small amounts monthly — we've built something that looks a lot like insurance, except it belongs to the people:
• ₦50M+ paid to hospitals. 100+ patients freed.
• 1,500 women screened for cancer in one Abuja weekend — 500 more than planned.
• 150 women caught cervical cancer early. Alive today because of a free screening.
• Solar power installed in hospital NICUs so incubators don't go dark.
• ₦3.1M raised in 4 hours — one tweet, one community, one woman's prosthetic leg.
The community is the insurance.
We're not waiting for the system to fix itself. We're proving that when people pool their resources — even ₦500 at a time — they can do what budgets and bureaucracies haven't.
If you believe healthcare should involve everybody, join us.
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@chibuezeGuzoma@Danjay_P7 I stepped in for a man and what I got from him when he go a break was comparison, late nights, pride, he became unavailable and sometimes sleeps in hotels and talks about it with pride. I pray good people should always meet good people. Well done to him and his wife.
Dear @kemakillzz
I am in pain as I write this. Ochanya will forever remind me of my failures as a Nigerian adult. I failed her and many others. As I write this I have a a lump on my chest that hurts so badly. When the issue broke so many years ago we carried it even though we couldn’t save her. We didn’t protect her and prevent the pain her family has had to live with.
Do you know what makes me elated inspite of the harrowing story? It is young Nigerians like you who have their voices and agencies and speaking on the injustices.
I have said in many interviews that many Nigerians especially the youth now own their voices and using their voices and that even without my voice, many issues are heard much louder than I could ever make them.
I remember a time when I had to literally take on issues and spend hours daily to ensure that the issues are put at the front burner. Not anymore with Nigerians like you championing issues. It might sound selfish but it makes me so proud. Like watching your children grow up and be greater than you ever were.
I have not been as vocal not because I don’t want to champion the issue but because I am in awe at how far your voices have gone, your messages have resonated and you all have taken charge of the civic space and I could die today happy. It is no longer just one Aisha Yesufu but thousand Aisha Yesufus and doing so much better.
Just like during #EndSars when I stayed in the background and cheered the youth who took charge of the protest and only came forward when the lives of the protesters were threatened I am here rooting for you and cheering you on and allowing you own the space and take charge. There are new sheriffs in town and they will deliver a new Nigeria for us all.
I am honoured and humbled and I promise you that instead of cheering by the side and being in awe of all you have accomplished in ensuring Ochanya’s case is revived, I will walk with you in demanding #JusticeForOchanya once again!
We failed her once. We cannot fail her again
Regards
Aisha Yesufu
There's a child laying cold in the ground.
A child who could have been anything, could have been everything.
The demonic degeneracy of a father-son duo has snuffed life out of that baby.
The Nigerian Justice system let them walk free. It is not fair.
#JusticeForOchanya