It is no longer news to the world and especially to nigerians, the rate and vigour with which corruption in its different forms has invaded every facet of Nigeria's institutions. It seems to have become part of the genetic composition of most nigerians if not all.


An aspect that inevitably affect youth development and empowerment is worth discussing:

1) Collection of mandatory levy from applicants --- this usually happens before the submission of applications for job interview, jobs that the applicant is not sure he/she will get.

While the present government is planning to alleviate poverty by paying the unemployed youth some token for their upkeep, these employers - so called government workers and heads of institutions - set up their own wicked strategies to impoverish the already poor and unemployed youth by collecting huge sums from them b4 allowing them to sit for job interviews.

Just last year, UCTH collected N5000 from newly graduated doctors for their interview. The same yr UNILORIN Teaching Hospital collected the same amount for the same reason of job interview. Many other hospitals did the same. Currently, Ekiti State Teaching Hospital is collecting N5000 (being the price of the application form) from these newly graduated medical doctors. Bear in mind that these fresh doctors have to do their one year mandatory internship programme. They have temporary licences and must do this within a limited time. They are entirely on their own and must compete with one another and with doctors trained abroad for the few placements available in the qualified hospitals.

These graduates will not only pay the mandatory fee, but will also transport themselves to the various venues of these interviews, lodge in hotels etc. Where will they get funding from? They are poor and are not yet working. Why do these MDs and CMDs, want to further impoverish the already poor young graduates before giving them their rightful placements? Is it what the Federal Government asked them to do? These question demand urgent answers!


2) The epidemic of IM (ima mmadu OR to know somebody) in Nigerian employment system:

Merit is no longer recognised in the Nigerian employment system. After paying a heavy application fee, working hard to pass an the interview, you still are not sure of getting the job unless you know somebody or somebody who know somebody within the institution who can secure the job for you. For example, how can the best graduating student of a renown college of medicine go for interview at FMC Asaba & not even one of the best ten graduating students got a place there. You have to know some body b4 u can get a job. those that don't know any body are automatically hopeless.

How can you explain the fact that someone re-sitting his final exams (ie he has not yet graduated, has no license and can't apply for internship) nevertheless participates in the job interview organized by his alma mater and gets a placement ahead of those that have graduated.

The situation is really discouraging hard work among youths, since hard work is no longer recognised. NAUTH has been delaying the list of succesful candidates, presumably because of the same reasons.


3) Buying of placements:

Here, the employer will collect application fees, conduct interviews, cast all the result of the interview into the waste paper basket and then commence the phase of auctioning the placements. Huge sums are unofficially/covertly collected from the employee before employing them. In UNTH and ESUTH, many have had to pay N150,000 and above before they could get house job. Is this part of the Youth Empowerment Programme?


4) Ghost workers in Nigerian employment system:

This particularly refers to a situation where an institution accredited to employ for instance 200 workers, decides to employ about 150. It then takes appropriate measures to secure the salary of the other 50 for the boss' pocket.

Ghost workers exist almost everywhere in Nigerian institutions. Take the case UNTH that is accredited to employ/train 160 house officers, but only employs about 140.

Very accurate position. The health ministry stinks and buhari is too old to know everything

JayJohnson:
Really

Very correct info

which way Nigeria? Meritocracy only meant for the dogs.

Dr. Kene, thanks for bringing to the fore, the plight of medical interns
And mods, thanks for granting us a front page spot

this exposē is quite apt and timely. I have seen this personally.
many of my classmates are yet to get placements.
it is a pity what Nigeria is turning into

I just finished my internship in Eksuth and I can say u don't have to pay anyone money to get a placement ,u pay the 5k form fee n do an interview. the other point I don't like is you have to undergo medical tests of about 8k before resumption

The people who don't even show up for the interview get the job at the end

we can only keep praying and hoping for change its very sad and painful when your effort are not crown with success.................,.....













it will end in Blessing

God help us!

Fg pls help ooo

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totoakins:
I just finished my internship in Eksuth and I can say u don't have to pay anyone money to get a placement ,u pay the 5k form fee n do an interview. the other point I don't like is you have to undergo medical tests of about 8k before resumption

did u finish from eksu?

Sg

I just hope this will get to the appropriate quarters and necessary steps taken. Imagine, even to get placements from ur own school that you finished from still requires bribing someone.

Fact but the most annoying thing is that things like this can never be corrected! This is where corruption starts!

This needs to get to the media house. Mr. Buhari needs to look into our CMDs.

Very true

9ja....

Very true doc. a colleage had to pay 100k to get his and another gave up a month's salary....God help this nation.

Dr. Kene is saying the fact

This kind of write up should be at the front page of national dailies.

Which way nigeria? It is very disheartening[color=#990000][/color]

Nsogbu di in this country

corruption everywhere!

omogin:
Very accurate position. The health ministry stinks and buhari is too old to know everything

I have been screaming this from the moment Buhari / PMB won. ministry of health and the allied parastatals ( training Institutions )deserve same attention and ferocity as cases of corruption against past administration.

I will enjoin every healthcare practitioner to engage the use of social media to expose the ills, rot and maladministration going on in our health sector.

The situation must change for good and it must start this season.

Lizabeth25:
Fact but the most annoying thing is that things like this can never be corrected! This is where corruption starts!

That is where you are wrong and that's why corruption keep festeri g...' This is naija, na so we be'..huh? Who thought the high and mighty untoucheables could be exposed and be tried as is currently on going ?

Just as Obama campaign slogan " Yes WE Can"....believe, support, play your active in exposi g and cleansing the rot in our system ..we shall surely get there.

It always seem impossible, until its done- Late Nelson Mandela.

totoakins:
I just finished my internship in Eksuth and I can say u don't have to pay anyone money to get a placement ,u pay the 5k form fee n do an interview. the other point I don't like is you have to undergo medical tests of about 8k before resumption

Which medical tests will take 8k?

JayJohnson:
The root cause of all these is nothing but corruption! A country that has been misruled for over 16 years by PDP low lifers, kindergarten presidents, etc; these atrocities cannot obviously be ruled out. Nigeria is in a new phase - the rebuilding phase championed by PMB. We are in the process of reversing the misrule of these evil men. Nigeria will be a better place to live. God bless Nigeria, God bless PMB, Amen

The way you people used to emphasise on the past 16years only shows that many of you have very short memory. Were things working in Nigeria before 1999? Why keep talking about the past 16 years as if Nigeria was an El Dorado prior to the era of PDP?

Redfruit:
Which medical tests will take 8k?

HIV,stool,urine MCs,genotype etc