A
footage has emerged showing an impoverished man carrying the body of
his dead wife along a road after .
Dana Majhi was filmed with his wife
over his shoulders wrapped in sheets and his heartbroken teenage
daughter by his side as he headed towards his home nearly 50 miles from
the hospital in Bhawanipatna town, India.
By the time an ambulance
arrived, courtesy of local youths who alerted officials, Mr Majhi had
walked over seven miles towards his home in Melghar village. Mr Majhi’s
42-year-old wife died from tuberculosis on Wednesday morning and he said
that he requested a vehicle to transport the body home for the last
rites but the hospital where she died
failed to provide an ambulance.
However,
he claimed that there was no response, that hospital staff insisted
that he move the body and that he couldn't afford a private ambulance.
He told Indian Express: ‘I requested everyone, but no one listened. What option did I have other than carrying her?’ 'Since I am a poor man and could not hire a private vehicle, I had no choice.'
BBC.
Rio Olympics: Senate set to probe Dalung
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– The Senate will probe the role of Solomon Dalung over team Nigeria’s
poor performance at the just concluded Rio Olympic games
– Senator Joe Ogba says only President Buhari can sack Dalung
– Ogba criticizes Nigeria Under 23 team for collecting money from a
Japanese plastic surgeon and football enthusiast, Dr. katsuya Takasu
The Senate has revealed plans to probe the roles of Solomon Dalung and
the Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC), over team Nigeria’s poor
performance at the just concluded Rio Olympic games.
This follows a third place finish by the Nigeria U23 team, which gave
the country’s contingent its only medal at the competition.
According to Senator Joe Obinna Ogba, chairman of the Senate Committee
on Sports, a lot of factors ranging from poor funding to logistics,
contributed to Nigeria’s abysmal performance at the Olympics Games
Speaking to newsmen on Thursday, August 25, in Abuja, Ogba said the
Senate will look into the circumstances when it resumes from recess next
month, The Sun reports.
Ogba, who was part of the official delegation to Brazil, said: “My
committee intends to invite the NOC to come and brief us on the
Olympics. Apart from the late arrival of our athletes’ kits, you can see
even our national anthem at the opening ceremony was the wrong one. So,
all these, we are going to find out what happened when we resume.”
On the donation of $390,000 to the Dream Team VI by a Japanese plastic
surgeon and football enthusiast, Dr. katsuya Takasu, the lawmaker said
it was wrong of the team to receive the money because, its source was
unknown.
“I do not think it was nice for our country to accept such money, given
the happenings around world now. Money is good, but it’s not every money
that comes your way that you collect. So, I associate myself fully with
the President of the Nigeria Football Federation,” he noted.
On the calls for the resignation of Minister Dalung, Ogba said such
calls were not part of Nigeria’s culture, as only the president can hire
and fire a minister.
He therefore urged Nigerians to plead with President Muhammadu Buhari to
release adequate funds to the Ministry of Sports in order for it to
fulfil its obligations.
“So, I associate myself fully with the President of the Nigeria Football
Federation,” he noted.
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