My father died of poverty, not sickness – Son of former Senate President, Joseph Wayas, says

Joseph Wayas Jr, son of Former Senate President, Joseph Wayas has said his father died of poverty and not sickness.

He said his father would still have been alive if he had had access to good medical care

The Senate president in the Second Republic between 1979 and 1983, died at a London hospital in 2021. He was 83 years old. 

Wayas Jr said in the last three years before his father’s death, his sister in London bore the cost of his treatment and maintaining the corpse since 2021.

He expressed the family’s gratitude to President Muhamudu Buhari, who facilitated his father’s trip to England and provided funds for him to access the best medical care. 

However, he said the support provided by the Federal Government barely lasted four months before totally abandoning them

”My dad did not die of sickness. My dad died of poverty. We can give honour to Buhari because had Buhari not determined that my dad should go out for medical treatment immediately, he would have died sooner,” he said.

”Buhari and the Federal Government gave my dad money to go outside. For that reason he lived three years longer. It got to a point where the Federal Government said they cannot do anything anymore if the National Assembly cannot do something. If my father had received the kind of care that a man his age and personality should have received, Rt. Hon. Dr Wayas would still have been alive today.”