Assessing The State Of Emergency Services In Nigeria

Countless Nigerians are dying needlessly due to the failure of basic services like ambulances, fire response, and the national 112 helpline, despite repeated government assurances and billions allocated to emergency response infrastructure.

A recent study published in the Journal of Public Health and Emergency indicates that only 21% of Nigerians involved in road crashes used emergency services, with an average response time of 30 minutes.

In this story, Gist Nigeria's Ayuba Illiya examines the depth of the crisis, focusing on real cases where lives were lost because help arrived too late or never at all.

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