Lady who went viral on cost of dialysis after #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest sacked by employers

Nasiba Bawa, a young lady who went viral as a result of backlashing the high cost of dialysis during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest has been sacked by her private employers.

Nasiba during the third day of the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest on September 23, aggressively and sorrowfully shared a story of how she lost her 24-year-old kidney patient male friend whose father is a teacher and couldn’t afford his dialysis.

In a video that went viral, Nasiba could be seen speaking belligerently to the police officers on the ground who tried to interfere and stop them on the first day of the protest for “unlawful assembly” and violation of the Public Order Act.

“I am very angry, very angry, people cannot afford transplants, people cannot afford dialysis. There are people dying every day. I have a male friend, 24 years old who died because the father is a teacher and couldn’t afford his dialysis”.

“Do you know know how much taxes people pay each day?”, she quizzed

“Living condition is high, people are suffering every day” Nasiba added in her quest for a better system for Ghanaians.

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The young lady who has vowed to protest the poor health system in the country, in an interview monitored by theghanareport with Joy News revealed that she was sacked 48 hours after the video of herself protesting the high cost of dialysis in Ghana went viral.

According to Nasiba, she wasn’t aware the company was a partisan company and no one informed her to stay away from protests against any government.

“There is always a price to pay for speaking out”.

“I work there and don’t know it’s partisan. I never knew it was partisan. So it is really hard to know. I wasn’t told not to participate in the protest. I got to work on Monday and they asked, are you OK but I didn’t understand what was going on”.

“They said when I was sick and took leave with permission they hired someone to replace me”

“I returned from my leave and was working for the past three weeks but was sacked 48 hours after the protest”, Nasiba noted.

Nasiba pledged to continue to fight for a better health system since most Ghanaians cannot afford medical treatment, especially the cost of dialysis in the country.