Nigeria Reacts to Baby Death Increase

In the article, it reports that the contaminated teething syrup, “My Pikin”, that is previously responsible for 34 deaths that occurred in December, has now risen to death toll of 84 and 111 cases ranging between the ages of 2 and 7. “My Pikin” is Nigerian pidgin for the words “my baby” and after children began dying of organ failure, engine coolant was found in the Nigerian-made mixture. The Lagos-based company that was manufacturing the syrup was shut down last year by The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and currently all pharmacies have been ordered to give over their stocks to regulators so the case can be further investigated. In addition, all parents have been advised not to administer their children any form of teething syrup until the remaining stocks can be accounted for. The government and health minister has declared that they will thoroughly inspect the case to find answers for the Nigerian people on how this has happen and to ensure that this will never happen again.

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Government accountability can be related to this article in the sense that the Nigerian government is searching for answers and announcing that they will try to prevent this situation from occurring again. The government has already taken steps to ensure this by shutting down the manufacturer and the main supplier and also by investigating. Also, this article reveals the pandemic occuring throughout Nigeria. In addition, medical care has been hard to provide to the children how have taken the syrup because of the quick kidney and other organ failures, the doctors cannot issue help in time.

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