FG Renames Major Abuja Road After Stella Adadevoh
A major thoroughfare in the federal capital territory (FCT) has been named after, Ameyo Adadevoh.
The road was renamed after the late medical doctor – whom many Nigerians, home and abroad, see as a national heroine – based on her role in preventing Ebola epidemic in the country.
The road, located along Ahmadu Bello Way, close to the Nigerian Air Force Conference Centre, was renamed after Adedovah, about six years after she died from the disease in Lagos.
She did on August 19, 2014, while she was tending to a Liberian-American who brought the virus to Nigeria.
She was the most senior doctor who participated in managing Patrick Sawyer at the First Consultant Hospital, Lagos.
The late nurse insisted on keeping Sawyer in the hospital despite pressure from the patient and his country for him to be freed.
‘SHE DESERVES MORE’
When a Twitter user shared a picture of the new road named after her, some lauded the gesture while others called on the relevant authorities immortalise her in a bigger way.
“She deserves more than that, a national holiday, her face on of our naira notes, a place in the national museum, part of our history & civic education textbooks & her children getting their entire education funded by the government for life,” a user tweeted via @CeOdimz.
