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| Sammie Peters..’Nigeria’s elites need to be humane to ordinary People’ |
Wife of Afro
Juju Music creator, Sir Shina
Akanbi Peters, Mrs. Sammie Ayoka
Peters has expressed her deepest
regret as to why African leaders and Nigerian elites totally neglected the
masses of people to the ruins of cancer, a deadly terminal disease that is
ravaging lives across the world.
Juju Music creator, Sir Shina
Akanbi Peters, Mrs. Sammie Ayoka
Peters has expressed her deepest
regret as to why African leaders and Nigerian elites totally neglected the
masses of people to the ruins of cancer, a deadly terminal disease that is
ravaging lives across the world.
Speaking to Asabeafrika in her first media outing
after she returned from an 18 months cancer treatment regime in the United States of America, Sammie who was looking trim and trendy
in a white top on a black leggies
broke down in tears when she was asked to express her mind on how government
can help cancer patients get free medical care in Nigeria.
after she returned from an 18 months cancer treatment regime in the United States of America, Sammie who was looking trim and trendy
in a white top on a black leggies
broke down in tears when she was asked to express her mind on how government
can help cancer patients get free medical care in Nigeria.
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The educationist and Proprietress of Intellect Stars College, Lagos who clocked 56 on Monday January 11,
2016 and celebrated with friends, family and well wishers in her Iju, Lagos home regretted the attitude
of rich politicians and political leaders who abandoned the ordinary people to
their own fate and often run to London,
America, Germany and other medically expensive countries to seek medical
help in the face of challenges for selves and family.
2016 and celebrated with friends, family and well wishers in her Iju, Lagos home regretted the attitude
of rich politicians and political leaders who abandoned the ordinary people to
their own fate and often run to London,
America, Germany and other medically expensive countries to seek medical
help in the face of challenges for selves and family.
Sammie who confessed that cancer treatment
is very expensive urged African leaders including Nigeria’s President Muhammad Buhari to seek an urgent way out to create a standard Cancer Awareness and Remedy Center that
will help both the poor and the rich treat the deadly disease which she says is
a disease that does not distinguish the rich from the poor.
is very expensive urged African leaders including Nigeria’s President Muhammad Buhari to seek an urgent way out to create a standard Cancer Awareness and Remedy Center that
will help both the poor and the rich treat the deadly disease which she says is
a disease that does not distinguish the rich from the poor.
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| Refreshed Mrs. Sammie Ayoka Peters with the GDA |
When Asabeafrika asked what she feels about
ordinary people who are not as rich and privileged as her who are equally
victims of cancer, the mother of four burst into tears and had to excuse the
interviewer before regaining her composure “This question brings sadness to me
(Sobs). In Africa, we are orphans. That is the sad truth, we are orphans. We
have no parents to carter for us and it is sad, really, really sad because we
have rich people here; for us not to have a good Cancer Center is sad. Terribly
sad, it is horribly sad. The situation is heartbreaking. In America where I had
my treatment, the poor ones are the ones enjoying the government. Do you
believe that? In America, if you are
a poor citizen and you don’t have money for medical treatment, you will go to
the hospital that President Obama
uses and they will give you free medical treatment”.
ordinary people who are not as rich and privileged as her who are equally
victims of cancer, the mother of four burst into tears and had to excuse the
interviewer before regaining her composure “This question brings sadness to me
(Sobs). In Africa, we are orphans. That is the sad truth, we are orphans. We
have no parents to carter for us and it is sad, really, really sad because we
have rich people here; for us not to have a good Cancer Center is sad. Terribly
sad, it is horribly sad. The situation is heartbreaking. In America where I had
my treatment, the poor ones are the ones enjoying the government. Do you
believe that? In America, if you are
a poor citizen and you don’t have money for medical treatment, you will go to
the hospital that President Obama
uses and they will give you free medical treatment”.
Mrs. Peters lamented further “I don’t get it,
you mentioned President Buhari, it
is not just a Nigerian thing it is an African thing. Our politicians travel,
they see things and they know what is going on, they travel a lot and some even
schooled abroad yet they can’t implement what they see happening elsewhere in
their own country. Africa, why? Which way Africa? Why are we callous to
ourselves? Look at Diezani, she got
cancer and ran to London, what about
other unknown people? What happens to them? So, if an average Nigeria got
cancer that should be a death sentence to him or her? No, we must respect our
humanity. We must cherish souls. That is
why I am praying to God to help me because I am starting a foundation where we
can raise money to raise awareness and alleviate the challenges of cancer
through proactive remedy”.
you mentioned President Buhari, it
is not just a Nigerian thing it is an African thing. Our politicians travel,
they see things and they know what is going on, they travel a lot and some even
schooled abroad yet they can’t implement what they see happening elsewhere in
their own country. Africa, why? Which way Africa? Why are we callous to
ourselves? Look at Diezani, she got
cancer and ran to London, what about
other unknown people? What happens to them? So, if an average Nigeria got
cancer that should be a death sentence to him or her? No, we must respect our
humanity. We must cherish souls. That is
why I am praying to God to help me because I am starting a foundation where we
can raise money to raise awareness and alleviate the challenges of cancer
through proactive remedy”.
“In Africa, we are orphans. That is
the sad truth, we are orphans. We have no parents to carter for us and it is
sad, really, really sad because we have rich people here; for us not to have a
good Cancer Center is sad”.
On the cost
of her 18 months challenge in the cancer theatre in the US, Sammie recalled the
experience “Look, if Government does not help people to survive this disease
lot of people will die because the cost of treatment is expensive. Let me tell
you my own experience; there is this drug called Nopogin the drug cost $800 per drip, if I do my Kimo (Chemotherapy) on say Monday, the
second day which is Tuesday, I would have to use 5 drips. I am not talking of Kimo here, which is equally expensive.
I am talking of just one drip, it is $800 per one and I have to take 5
for my various stages of Kimo
(Chemotherapy) because Doctors broke the Kimo
into sessions. So, this kind of illness is expensive and complex in terms of
cure. I just pray you won’t find out. I will take this injection for 5
consecutive days during the Kimo
treatment because the essence of the injection is to help you revive good
cells. In the course of treatment, Kimo does
not know the good cells from the bad cells, so, it kills both the good cells
together with the bad cells. So, this Nopogin wakes your good cells up
again, it is like a revival medicine which goes into your system to re-awaken
your good cells. So, as an ordinary, poor Nigerian victim, if you cannot take
that, what will happen? The Person will simply die”.
of her 18 months challenge in the cancer theatre in the US, Sammie recalled the
experience “Look, if Government does not help people to survive this disease
lot of people will die because the cost of treatment is expensive. Let me tell
you my own experience; there is this drug called Nopogin the drug cost $800 per drip, if I do my Kimo (Chemotherapy) on say Monday, the
second day which is Tuesday, I would have to use 5 drips. I am not talking of Kimo here, which is equally expensive.
I am talking of just one drip, it is $800 per one and I have to take 5
for my various stages of Kimo
(Chemotherapy) because Doctors broke the Kimo
into sessions. So, this kind of illness is expensive and complex in terms of
cure. I just pray you won’t find out. I will take this injection for 5
consecutive days during the Kimo
treatment because the essence of the injection is to help you revive good
cells. In the course of treatment, Kimo does
not know the good cells from the bad cells, so, it kills both the good cells
together with the bad cells. So, this Nopogin wakes your good cells up
again, it is like a revival medicine which goes into your system to re-awaken
your good cells. So, as an ordinary, poor Nigerian victim, if you cannot take
that, what will happen? The Person will simply die”.
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| Mrs. Sammie Ayoka Peters |
“I am
begging that government should intervene in citizen’s health matters. Not just
government alone let me tell you something, actresses over there (America) who
have gone through this challenge put money down for health organizations to do
research. Some hospitals in America are even named after those actresses or
those millionaires that have already contributed to cancer research. But your
wife died of cancer; you put your hands down, what of tomorrow? You don’t know
if it is your child or another family member? Why don’t you support this cause?
That is the big question because cancer is a leveler ‘Ko yo olowo ko yo otoshi”,
Presidents die of it, governors die of it, even if you have the whole money in
the entire universe, you might be a victim. The founder of Apple, Steve Jobs died of cancer. So, our government should make it a priority
to subsidize citizens’ health in this country with priority on cancer”.
begging that government should intervene in citizen’s health matters. Not just
government alone let me tell you something, actresses over there (America) who
have gone through this challenge put money down for health organizations to do
research. Some hospitals in America are even named after those actresses or
those millionaires that have already contributed to cancer research. But your
wife died of cancer; you put your hands down, what of tomorrow? You don’t know
if it is your child or another family member? Why don’t you support this cause?
That is the big question because cancer is a leveler ‘Ko yo olowo ko yo otoshi”,
Presidents die of it, governors die of it, even if you have the whole money in
the entire universe, you might be a victim. The founder of Apple, Steve Jobs died of cancer. So, our government should make it a priority
to subsidize citizens’ health in this country with priority on cancer”.
(Watch out
for the full Interview titled “The Untold Story of My Cancer
Experience” by Sammie Peters on this blog after this time out)
for the full Interview titled “The Untold Story of My Cancer
Experience” by Sammie Peters on this blog after this time out)
