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LWGMMP!(laff wan give me muscle pull)
bisi16 u wicked sha!

wat do u expect? d job is so stigmatised that only d dregs of society n d most desperate of men join d police.
this is what happens when d worst people in society r given d job of protecting d rest ,safeguarding law n order and keeping d peace

nice one

@starboard...u r wat? a DUNDERHEAD! whats with this starboard guy? i tried to keep it civil but its obvious u have baboon's balls in ur skull and lack d mental capacity for reasonable discourse.so by your i.d.i.o.t.i.c theory d liverpool of today is stronger than d arsenal of 04-06? i was talking about d 2000s and i said Arsenal n Chelsea were rivals then and u said(in dimwitted fashion)that arsenal was OUR ONLY rival in dt era(backing up ur asinine statement wit d 05-06 table).did i say 2000s or 05-06? So u chose to ignore other seasons in dt era n went for d one dt backs up...can u see why u r a GOLLUM? when did mourinho lead chelsea to back to back titles? was it not in d 2000s? were they not our rivals then? in d country of m.o.r.o.n.s u would be Emperor! ur functional brain mass is less than the mass of a quark!
na by force to support a club? if u r not happy why not jump into d nearest pit latrine?
and you call yourself a fan? you have been negative from the get go! d team got 89 points! this would win d league in most seasons,give them some credit!...but no you have to be tuba blowing on mancini's dick like a fairy! your sort of fan is what blackburn is blessed with.
just cos u r angry/disappointed u sent your quark weighing brain on compulsory leave and are spewing rubbish.
Rily thot u were sensible,didnt know u were senseless.ciao

LOL...no
d title goes to City,it was a valiant fight

JOEY BARTON! et tu Brute! so u havent forgotten ur Man City roots? as intentional a red card as Gerrard's infamous back pass

bros u sef read na before posting!
i was d one who mentioned d 2000s and like i explained ,i meant 2002-2006.arsenal won d league undefeated in dt period and were perennial top 4 finishers....so i think i am right in calling them rivals.so i dont understand how u chose to forget all other years and focus on only 05-06
your theory of liverpool present players living up to their potential is doubtful cos i dont know wt potential u think players like downing,adams,henderson and jonjo shelvey have! also if according to you arsenal of 05-06 who finished 16 points behind us in 4th were not rivals what do u see in liverpool who are currently EIGHT and THIRTY-SIX(36) points below us to call them contenders?
ur judging liverpool based on a single match is strange bros....if blackburn had lived up to the potential shown in their match against United at old trafford they wont b relegated! dis liverpool team is a cup team geared up to play big games...they lack the quality players and strength in depth to do well in d league
AND i am not bashing them(THE LEAGUE TABLE DOES NOT LIE)
meanwhile DDDDJJJJJJJIIIIBBBBRRRRIIIIILLLLL CCCCCIIIIISSSSSEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! worth his weight in gold!

it is true.
Mikel obi,obie trice,oby madugbogu and oby ezekwesili are all LEGENDS

gotze would be quite expensive cos he is actually more highly regarded than kagawa,he is dortmund bred and his contract still has 4yrs to run unlike kagawa who has just 1yr left on his contract.but if he goes for nd gets gotze it wont b bad news at all.however kagawa and modric,switch to 4-2-3-1 and our midfield will hav a new look.my doubt about kagawa is concerning d physicality of d premier league,but if silva n mata can flourish then there is hope for him.
huntelaar to replace berba and owen,and a DM.

sartorius: NMA Press Statement On The Face-Off Between The Lagos State Government And The Medical Guild



Our dear friends in the fourth estate of the realm, on behalf of the Nigerian Medical Association, I most warmly welcome you to this Press Conference designed to update you and the general public on our Association's views on the lingering crisis in the health sector of Lagos state, occasioned by the face-off between the Lagos state government (LASG) and the Medical Guild.

As you are all aware the current dispute between the Lagos state government (LASG) and the Medical Guild did not start today. It dates back to September 2009 when a new salary structure for medical/dental practitioners (the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure; CONMESS) was circularized by the government. Thereafter, between the months of September and November 2010, several meetings took place between the LASG and the Medical Guild with the aim of securing the implementation of Full CONMESS in Lagos state. These engagements culminated in a signed agreement to implement CONMESS by the Lagos state government, with the effective date of implementation put at January 2011.

Whereas, the public thought that the signed agreement was going to put an end to the face-off, believing that the LASG was going to faithfully implement the signed agreement, later events were to prove them wrong, as the public and members of the Medical Guild waited in vain for the full implementation of the signed agreement.

On account of what was perceived as the reluctance of the LASG to implement what she had signed as well as the introduction of compressed Salary Grade level steps for doctors employed by the LASG, the Medical Guild resumed her industrial action in the month of February, 2011. This was later to be resolved through the intervention of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu (former Executive Governor of Lagos State) who, along with the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Jide Idris, and the Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria in Lagos state, Sir.Henry Ajomale, brokered an agreement on behalf of the Lagos state government on March 24, 2011, with promises that:
1) CONMESS will be paid in FULL to all doctors, with no compression of salary grade level steps; and
2) that allowances will be classified as non-taxable, with further welfare packages developed to improve the working conditions of all healthcare providers in the state.

Though the Medical Guild suspended her industrial action to give room for the implementation of the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), she was disappointed that again the Lagos state government did not keep faith with her own part of the bargain. Sadly, all attempts at convincing the Lagos state government to faithfully implement the signed agreement ended in vain. Having waited for over 12 months with their demands unmet the Medical Guild resumed their earlier suspended strike action.

Since the commencement of the strike action by the Medical Guild, there have been several unsavoury events in the health sector of Lagos state, including the unprovoked intimidation, incessant police harassment and sack of over 700 medical/dental practitioners in the employment of Lagos state government, as well as the recent forceful eviction of the same medical/dental practitioners from their residential quarters.


MEDIATORY ROLE OF THE NATIONAL BODY OF NMA
Exactly a week ago at the 52nd Annual General Conference/Annual Delegates Meeting of the Nigerian Medical Association, the crisis in the health sector of Lagos state was deliberated upon. It was the resolution of the NMA that inspite of the degeneration of the crisis, the National body of the NMA should initiate a genuine dialogue of both parties in the dispute. This informed the constitution of a body of Elders commissioned by the NMA to go into dialogue with the Lagos state government.

Distinguished Men and Women of the fourth estate of the realm, the national leadership of the NMA came into Lagos state yesterday, Thursday, 10th May, 2012, to seek a mediated settlement of all the issues in dispute, with the aim of getting back on track the healthcare system of Lagos state.

Having secured an appointment with His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Lagos state, Barr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, a meeting took place between His Excellency and the President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele. At that meeting, the NMA President impressed on the Governor the need to urgently put the current crisis to bed through genuine dialogue, as it is in the interest of Lagos state government.

The Governor expressed his commitment to the resolution and directed the Head of Service to meet with the NMA to resolve the matter, with a promise to faithfully implement the outcome of our engagement with the Head of Service.

Sadly, after over 4 hours of engagement with the Head of Service of Lagos state, the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Jide Idris, Permanent Secretaries and other officers of the state government, the initiated dialogue ended in a deadlock occasioned by the fixated and vexatious position of the Head of Service that the Lagos state government had resolved to discipline her doctors the way she had done it, and that the matter was beyond him.

Whereas the NMA was resolved to sacrifice all the time to ensure a negotiated settlement of the crisis the mulish posture of a conqueror exhibited by the Head of Service acted as a wet blanket, hence the NMA thought it necessary to brief the general public on our findings and the way forward.


OUR FINDINGS/ OBSERVATIONS
1) Whereas the Lagos state government signed an agreement to implement, with effect from January 2011, a mutually agreed salary structure for medical/dental practitioners which will not put them at a comparative disadvantage to their counterparts in other health institutions, the NMA observes that this agreement by the Lagos state government has not been kept as the current operational salary structure for medical/dental practitioners in Lagos state clearly puts them at an obvious disadvantage with the extremely unexplainable and strange compression of salary grade level steps. This development not only amounts to salary losses, but more fundamentally conduces to a forced retrogression of the career paths of medical/dental practitioners employed in Lagos state as between 3 and 7 years of service to Lagos state government was swept away by this action. Additionally, the loss of steps by these doctors will also affect their retirement benefits, and puts them at a disadvantage if they chose to transfer their service to another government.
2) Whereas Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (former Executive Governor of Lagos state), Dr. Jide Idris (Lagos state Commissioner for Health) and Sir Henry Ajomale (Lagos state Chairman of ACN) signed on behalf of the Lagos state government, an MOU with the Medical Guild dated March 24, 2011, to pay CONMESS salary in FULL to all doctors with no compression of grade level steps, there is nothing to show that this agreement has been kept.
3) Whereas His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Lagos state, Barr.Babatunde Fashola, at one time approved and directed the payment of a mutually computed Salary/CONMESS salary structure which needed only an extra N29Million naira monthly, it is sad to note that between His Excellency's Office and the Office of the Head of Service, that promise and directive arcanely disappeared into thin air.
4) Whereas the Medical Guild wrote several letters to the Head of Service requesting for a meeting with the Lagos state government to sort out the outstanding issues, the Head of Service chose to officially ignore the Medical Guild as no official response to their request has been received to date.
5) Whereas, the Medical Guild out of frustration with Government's evasive tactics met and collectively resolved to resume their earlier suspended strike action, the State Government's response through harassment, traumatization of doctors, issuance of mass queries and sack letters, smacks of military dictatorship, totalitarianism and democratic insensateness.
6) Whereas NMA recognizes the right of all citizens to assemble and associate to protect their interest, as guaranteed by section 40 of the 1999 constitution (as amended), the NMA is unhappy with the attempts to fracture and decimate the Medical Guild. NMA totally frowns at this attempt.
7) Whereas the NMA recognizes the right of all citizens to express their fundamental right of freedom of speech, for all those who claim to be members of the Nigerian Medical Association by virtue of their registration with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, the NMA will not tolerate any reckless, unethical and fissiparous action by any of her members that seeks to put the Association or Medical Profession in bad light or into disrepute. Accordingly, all such members are warned to desist from such untoward and opprobrious acts.
Whereas the NMA notes that hitherto the Doctor-Patient population ratio in Lagos state was 1:14,545 (far from the African standard of 1:10,000 and the global standard of 1:1000), the current action of Lagos state will further worsen this ratio with poorer health indices (Maternal Mortality Rate, Infant Mortality Rate, Under-5 Mortality Rate, etc) bound to emerge on account of the reduced medical manpower and poorer access to healthcare.
9) Whereas the NMA recognizes the right of an employer to employ her staff, the NMA frowns at the on-going casualization of the Medical Profession in Lagos state, as exemplified by the purported locum appointment offered by the Lagos state Health Service Commission. While we challenge the Lagos state government to publish the full list of those she claimed to have so far employed, we urge all medical/dental practitioners to be very wary of such appointments aimed at denigrating the Medical Profession.


WAY FORWARD/RECOMMENDATIONS
1) While the Nigerian Medical Association appreciates the reception offered the NMA by His Excellency, Barr. Babatunde Fashola, it is the well considered position of the NMA that the current state of affairs in Lagos state demands a movement from Administrative grandiloquence and fantasy to Administrative Realism, by faithfully implementing all promises and signed agreements with the Medical Guild. The true test of a leader is his/her faithfulness to collective agreements, for Machiavellianism is never welcome in a people-led democracy.
2) While the NMA frowns at any attempt to assault the Medical Profession, we totally reject the on-going sack, publication of the salaries of medical/dental practitioners, traumatisation and forced eviction of doctors in the employment of Lagos state government despite the existing Lagos state Tenancy Law. We appeal to all our affected colleagues to remain calm as it is always darkest before dawn.
3) While we direct the state branch of NMA to explore all options she deems fit, the National Body of the NMA will be convening an Emergency Delegates Meeting soon, to review the current situation and take a national position.
4) The NMA restates her willingness to partner with the Lagos state government and other state governments in Nigeria in the task of enthroning quality, accessible and robust healthcare services. In particular, our doors of engagement are still open to the Lagos state government, and we sincerely hope this window is genuinely utilized.


STRIKE ACTION BY OTHER HEALTH WORKERS IN NIGERIA
While the Nigerian Medical Association recognizes the right of any citizen or group to advance individual or collective interest, we note that the current strike action by other health workers under the guise of JOHESU has no bearing on international best practices or professionalism of the health sector in Nigeria, as it is all a calculated attempt to undermine the professional status and position of medical/dental practitioners.

While we urge the Federal Government to do nothing that will further worsen the crisis in the health sector, we note with happiness the quality services being rendered by medical/dental practitioners in hospitals across the country. We wish to encourage them to remain at their duty post to render their best to their patients, despite all encumberances.


APPRECIATION
1) The Nigerian Medical Association sympathizes with the good people of Lagos state and sincerely appreciates all for their patience, support and understanding. We assure them that we shall zestfully work to end the current crisis.
2) We also wish to appreciate all individuals, groups and societies who have so far made effort to end the current crisis.
3) We appreciate all our members nation-wide for their tolerance, patience and understanding. We assure them that we shall always protect their individual and collective rights.

May God help us to rescue Lagos state from her current quagmire.

Dr. Osahon Enabulele, M.B; B.S, FWACP, MHPM
President, Nigerian Medical Association
Friday, 11th May, 2012
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i hope this educates many uninformed people here on NL.salient points are
1)the doctors had meetings with the state govt in previous years aimed at placing them on a pay scale equivalent to dat of their colleagues in other parts of the country
2)this same govt finally had an agreement with the doctors on the FULL IMPLEMENTATION of CONMESS.this was last year
3)for over 12months govt kept postponing the commencement of this implementation until it became clear that govt was reneging on its promises and the written agreement.
4)the medical guild for WEEKS tried to meet with d representatives of government to discus this issues with them but a policy of stonewalling was in place and no govt official responded to the countless letters of the guild not to talk of meeting them.
5)for the aforementioned reasons the guild decided to go on a 3 day warning strike.
6)it was the plan of govt to sack some of the doctors(esp d guild exco) that embarked on the 3 day warning strike that neccesitated the doctors going on strike again.

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@otokkx read his post again! u will see dt he gave UNIPORT figures separately, remember dt UNIPORT is not a state organisation.the average he came to is d average for state employment

this is not 05 Accord.05 Accord has smaller white rear lights.this is most likely 04

interesting article.but not sure how d author came to d conclusion that fergie favoured 4-3-3 this season.
@starboard...i was talking of 2002-2006 and our rivals were arsenal,chelsea and to a lesser extent liverpool.presently our rivals our city and to a lesser city arsenal and chelsea.i dont tink spurs can sustain any serious challenge cos their best players will soon b snapped up and pls u cant b serious abt liverpool being serious rivals NOW.Is there anything u hav seen this season that shows u liverpool will b serious rivals anytime soon? d liverpool team under rafa in d period i was talking about is way way better than this current side,so if u want to mention this side being our rivals you better add d liverpool team of 04-08,d everton teams and d aston villa teams of dt same period cos i dont see any thing in dalglish's present team.
those asking for SAF to go should check wat happened to blackburn and wolves.dont sack a manager wit a record of winning esp when u r not sure of who is to replace him.

@starboard i already agreed with you dt SAF made mistakes with some of the recent signings but that doesn't detract from d achievement of doing quite well with d squad he saddled himself with.let me do a Rafa here
the City squad is better than United squad,FACT
this difference in squad quality is mainly due to City's spending power,FACT
however if SAF had been more astute in his signings we might have snatched d title dis year,FACT
losing the title this year to an expensively assembled City side is no disgrace,and still believing in SAF despite our dethronement this year is not an indication of acceptance of mediocrity.....all FACTS
you have a right to voice your complaints as a true United fan,FACT
however i think u should mellow in your criticism of Fergie until you see his response to the City challenge.this response shall be judged by the arrivals and departures over the summer.i believe Fergie has achieved enough and seen off enough challenges to deserve some loyalty and PATIENCE from the fans.With his record you have to believe he will respond,lets wait for that response this summer.i remember when in d mid 2000s when United was flooded by djemba djemba,bellion,kleberson,kieran richardson,d inconsistent john oshea n wes brown,the then misfiring diego forlan,the then immature darren fletcher.people(including roy keane) thought SAF and United were finished esp wit d Arsenal invincibles and d Mourinho led Blues.....but he rose to d challenge

walter y u dey laff too na? Dis one na serious matter o

i believe dis is a wake up call for fergie to become very circumspect,analytical and smart in d kind of players he brings into d squad.there is no more room for players dt fulfil only certain roles like JS Park,no more room for deadweights like Michael Owen and certainly no more room for "developmental projects" like Bebe,Phil Jones e.t.c the future is NOW cos the City menace is REAL

@starboard
united dont have d financial means to go toe to toe with city in terms of acquisition of players so pls dont blame SAF for buying tanks instead of nuclear weapons.u can blame him for not buying better tanks though
however i dont expect united fans to be overly critical of fergie.he has seen off several challenges in d past from d likes of Blackburn,Newcastle,Arsenal,Chelsea so i still have confidence in him that if anyone can rise to d City challenge it is Sir Alex.all the criticism about d season should be laid to rest and lets give d club d needed support for d upcoming season.it has been stated repeatedly dt dis is d weakest united squad of d premier league era and yet they have taken d most expensively assembled EPL side ever to d final day of d season and yet u r so disgruntled? my belief is dt success has made you seriously jaded.d EPL is not d birthright of Man Utd or of any other club,ask City,Chelsea,Newcastle and of course Liverpool.against all odds this team fought to d very end against a very good team,but they fell at d last hurdle....that is not d calamity u r painting it to b.
@binghi......most of us will prefer that title (if not coming to old trafford) to be as far away from manchester as possible.infact any other city will b better...wit d exception of liverpool

the truth is d City players are of much better quality than d United players.the only reason we r havin dis 4-2 to 4-4 debate is cos SAF was able to get d best out of an average squad.SAF managing City dis season n City would hv won d league by a country mile.and d reason City has a better squad isnt cos United bought poorly but because City can outbid nearly everyone.consider how much City paid to bring Tevez,Aguero,Dzeko n Balo to d team.then add Silva,Kolarov e.t.c
those askin for fergie to go now when a death struggle is abt to commence in Manchester should consider wt might happen to our squad dt is in transition........it is now dt United needs Fergie more than ever.
as to new players i wont mind Modric, Tiote/Mvila,Sigurdsson/Eriksen,Kagawa(he wont b xpensive n is quite versatile),
BAE(he wants to leave spurs) and Klaas Huntelaar.then Anderson,Park,Owen,Berba,Macheda should go.
6 in and 4 out.plus loan moves for Tunnicliffe(who i tink will come good),Will Keane,Larnell Cole,Zeki fryers,Reece Brown e.t.c
2 or 3 players wont b enuf esp since City will buy more players......Hazard is already saying he loves d EPL n will b wearin blue nxt season

LOL
d truth is he is not d first guy to have a long term injury.he is taking TOO LONG to regain his form n show his qualities.dis is coupled wit d fact dt unlike wilshere he didnt have a long enough run in d team PRE-INJURY to convince fans abt his quality.dt is why so many pple r on his case,they werent converts in d first place.dt is why wilshere will b given ample time by d fans to regain form on his comeback.
And for those saying wilshere will surely comeback on form injuries have derailed nd even killed d careers of players better than wilshere so........better pray for him

d first question fergie has to ask himself is do we continue in d increasingly outdated 4-4-2 or do we switch to a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3.when we have decided on d formation for d immediate future we can start making plans on who we should buy and also who should go.otherwise we risk being like d spurs of old n present day liverpool who buy all sorts of players and start struggling for a style to fit them all.
for me i think its about time we switched to a true 4-2-3-1 and not d phony one we play at times wit rooney dropping deep

RDM was sensible in comparing the probability of his team beating liverpool and all of arsenal,newcastle n spurs losing at d same time to d probability of his side winning a single match over 90mins against a gud bayern side.
seeing dt d odds were against d 1st event occuring he decided to rest crucial players cos any further injuries would emasculate his side.
d crucial players for chelsea dt MUST start dt game in munich r cech,lampard,cole n drogba.not only cos of their big game experience but cos of their ability to dig deep n perform under pressure.

be greedy and take the 2.cavani supporting falcao.i think its similar to demba ba n demba cisse.
cavani(demba ba) is a better footballer but falcao(demba cisse) is a better finisher

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nice one inspired
congrats akyns...so what was d cost of this lil beauty?

ALL men(at least d lucky ones) end up in a graveyard.it doesn't matter whether you see yourself as indispensable or not!
these doctors are fighting for what they think is their right,its not a matter of indispensability or not.......having said that replacing 1,000 experienced doctors who are used to seeing dozens of patients daily with a few hundred green horn doctors not used to handling such patient load is likely to have repercussions in the short term

unfortunate that most people coming here to post are very ignorant of the issues on ground.a good example is OK/2/NV whose brain (by his own admission) has been trying (and failing) to boot for sometime now
their services were crap? and the services of doctors in other states paying CONMESS were non-crap? these same lagos state doctors a good number of whom leave the country and have good careers outside the country?
ask urselves what made d services crap? d quality of d doctors themselves or the quality of equipment,drugs e.t.c made available by the state government?

i would like to highlight some points
1)many states pay their doctors more than lagos state doctors and this because these states are already IMPLEMENTING CONMESS.
2)lagos state doctors because of the government's promises of good health care to the electorate and because of the population of the state are some of the most overworked in the country
3)the strike is for the lagos state government to IMPLEMENT d CONMESS and other issues which they have already AGREED to in the past.
to b clear the lagos state government has already agreed to pay CONMESS for some time now but they have refused to fully implement it and have instead used funny means to increase the taxes their doctors pay
the strikes of the last 2 years have been on the same thing IMPLEMEMT CONMESS! whenever d docs go on strike the govt meets with them and agrees to implement CONMESS but the govt never keeps to its word.that is d reason d strikes have been a recurring issue,not because d doctors want increment every year.
now doctors are not slaves and also have families to take care of and last i heard a strike called by a union is legal.the unions(in any profession) are there to prosecute the needs of their members and defend their interests.the guild had to act in the face of the fact that its members were working more than their counterparts in other states and getting less pay.when u factor in the high cost of living in lagos compared to these states u might understand their grievances.
ALL THESE in d backdrop of the government AGREEING to the terms of CONMESS on paper but NOT IMPLEMENTING them.
why should other states pay their doctors on CONMESS but Lagos State (the center of excellence) refuse to?

yes o.
so many names been mentioned.,,,.....gaitan,hazard,modric,sigurdsson,kagawa e.t.c

lol efemena chill for d poor guy na
meanwhile "doctor" okwus are you a doctor of statistics or a doctor of philosophy? cos wit this your "theory of probability" of pregnancy and infection you sure ain't a medical doctor!