ICYMI: Ibadan varsity medical school nearly damaged many of us, Anongo just couldn’t pull through –Ex-classmate
Published 13 March 2021
Dr Olusegun Adeoye, a 2005 graduate of the University of Ibadan medical school and currently a public health specialist with the West African Health Organisation in Burkina Faso, was a classmate of Terhemen Anongo, 43, who ended up as a porter, pushing a wheelbarrow in Benue State after dropping out of the medical school a year before graduation. In this interview with
OLADIMEJI RAMON
What is your name and occupation?
My name is Olusegun Adeoye. I am a medical doctor – a public health specialist. I work in a regional organisation of ECOWAS, called WAHO (West African Health Organisation).
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Published 13 March 2021
Mrs Winnifred Anongo, a retired nurse, is the mother of Terhemen Anongo, a 43-year-old medical school dropout who now works in Gboko town, Benue State as a porter, pushing a wheelbarrow. In this interview with
JOHN CHARLES
, the mother speaks about the nature of his son’s problem and the efforts she has made to get help for him
Tell us about yourself.
I am Mrs Winnifred Anongo Korna, mother of Terhemen. He is my second child but my first male child.
At 43, your son is still a dependant and is unmarried. How do you feel?
Nigerians seek help for UI medical school dropout-turned porter
AFEEZ HANAFI
The moving story of Terhemen Anongo, a former medical student who became a porter after depression forced him out of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, at 500 level, has attracted reactions from different quarters.
While many showed empathy for the 43-year-old man, some blamed his father for forcing the course on him. Others however chided him for failing to rise above the hurdles to complete his study.
Scores of people, who read Anongo’s pathetic experience published in an interview by
Saturday PUNCH, sought medical and financial help for the 43-year-old, urging individuals, government and civil society organisations to urgently come to his aid.
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