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Yoruba Youths honours Omotade with Youth Ambassador Award in the North East Area


The Yoruba Youth Council, (YYC) an umbrella body for all youths in the South West, Nigeria; including Yoruba speaking areas in Kwara, Kogi and diaspora; recently honoured Director, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) North East Area, Omotade Ayodele Folorunso, with “Youth Ambassador Award”.

Omotade had been informed in March by YYC about his nomination for this honour but has just been honored due to his personal principles and quiet disposition to public adulation; while carrying out his duties as a public officer.

Speaking during the conferment of the award in the North East Area Headquarters in Bauchi, the National President, Comrade Ayodele Gbologe, said they had to embark on a distant journey from Abuja to Bauchi to confer this award, because all officials and members of the youth council hold the Director in a very high esteem.

Gbologe said that YYC have followed Omotade’s career trajectory and positive disposition to youths generally regardless of their tribe, religion and social status.

He enumerated Omotade’s facilitation of many policies in the NYSC such as the enrollment of corps members in NHIS, participation in INEC duties among others that have improved on them welfare of corps members.


“We have to come all the way when we learned of your posting out of Abuja and to inform you that youths are indeed appreciative of your contributions to their growth , welfare and national development.

"Even though, we represent the YYC, the general feelings among the youths nationwide is that you have done well for them”, Gbologe said.

In his acceptance speech, Omotade expressed surprise at YYC trailing him to Bauchi when he thought he had escaped from receiving the award.

He thanked the YYC for the honour and for appreciating his modest contributions to nation building.

He said the award would spur him to more hardwork and quality services to humanity.

Omotade had received many commendation letters, notable youth related awards from Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, (NYCN) Nigerian Youth Awareness for Good Governance Initiative, (NYAGGI).

Others are National Association of Delta State Students, (NADETSU) Worldwide, Issele-Uku Development Union, (IDU)Delta State, Nigerian Christian Corpers’ Fellowship, (NCCF) Muslim Corpers’ Association of Nigeria, (MCAN) and National Association of Catholic Corpers, (NACC)

Experts seek improvement in surgical outcomes

Some Surgical experts have called for an improvement in surgical outcomes for patients through increased cross-functional collaboration and partnership in Nigeria.

They made the call at a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Global Surgery Unit Nigeria Hub Network’s Dissemination and Engagement conference, held recently in Lagos.

A statement on Tuesday said the Director of the Nigeria Hub Network, Prof. Adesoji Ademuyiwa, said that the aim of the conference was to disseminate the outcome of the Global Surgery Unit 1 Studies.

It was also aimed at disseminating trials to Nigerian Regulatory Bodies, Government Agencies, as well as Policy Makers and to also engage them in fruitful partnerships.

Ademuyiwa said that the secondary objective of the conference was to introduce the participating centres to rural surgeries.

“It is also to update them on new projects within the NIHR GSU Network and introduce them to Community Engagement and Involvement.”

Mr Ado Danladi, one of the National Health Research Ethics Committee Chairman’s representative, said that Nigeria Network’s engagement with the regulatory body had elicited a sense of partnership.

He also said there was an assurance that subsequent proposals by the institute would be treated with the seriousness and the urgency it needs.

Danlandi assured the researchers that the turnaround time for review, assessment and approval would be closer to 21 days than 90 days.

A representative of the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Kamil Shoretire, commended the ground-breaking research output from the Nigeria Network.

Shoretire urged it to notify the ministry, through the Department of Hospital Services, whenever research was being carried out across federal institutions’ monitoring and evaluation.

Dr Adewale Adisa, a General Surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said it was good for Surgeons to collaborate and work together.

He said: “It would be a great privilege to have surgeons from various backgrounds, specialization and hospitals coming together for the benefits of the patients.

”If you want to go far and achieve a lot, work together.”

NYSC charge corps members to imbibe discipline, good behavior


The Director of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) North-East Area Office(DNEAO), Mr. Folorunso Omotade has charged 2022 Batch B Stream I corps members to imbibe discipline and be of good behavior in their quest for success.

Omotade gave the charge to the corps members while addressing them during his working visit to the NYSC Taraba Camp.

He congratulated the corps members over the successes recorded in their various academic programmes and warmly welcomed them into the NYSC family.

He urged them to accept their posting to the State in good faith and refrain from seeking unnecessary relocation.

"Providence has brought you to Taraba, do not seek unnecessary relocation and thereby alter the course of destiny" the director said.

The DNEAO further urged the corps members to show resilience and acclimatise to the demands of regimented life on camp, noting that such inconveniences were necessary to prepare them for challenges ahead of them.

The Director said that Nigeria needs people with resilience and character, people who show strength and courage.

He also enjoined the corps members to be of integrity at all times and live by the dictates of their oath of allegiance.

Earlier, the State Coordinator NYSC Taraba State Mr Anthony Nzoka had welcomed the DNEAO to the camp.

Nzoka expressed his excitement at the opportunity to work under the superintendence of the DNEAO in the North-East Zone.

The State Coordinator then guided the Area Director of an inspection of camp facilities which was , followed by meeting with members of staffs of the NYSC Taraba Secretariat.

The Child Protection Network (CPN), a UNICEF Initiative Group, has reiterated its commitment towards ensuring the protection of the African Child’s rights and welfare.

Mrs Aderonke Oyelakin, Lagos State Coordinator of the CPN, also a child right group, made this known on Saturday at an event organised by the NGO to celebrate the 2022 International Day of African Child in Lagos.

The International Day of the African Child celebration comes up on every June 16 to commemorate the children killed during the Soweto uprising in South Africa.

The 2022 International Day of the African Child celebration has as its theme: ”Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children: Progress on Policy and Practice since 2013”.

The CPN Lagos is a consortium of Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that focus on the welfare and protection of children across the 20 local government areas in the state.

Oyelakin said that the Day of the African Child was an opportunity to raise awareness on the ongoing need to improve the access to quality and free education to children in Africa.

“We have not overcome the challenges of right to quality education, even in Lagos State.

“Of the 57 million primary school age children currently out of school around the world, over half are from Sub-Saharan Africa.

“Educating children, lifts them out of poverty. Children are active members of society and they need the support of everybody to achieve their potential, “she said.

She noted that the theme for 2022 created an opportunity to take stock of what had been done with regards to the adoption of policies and practices.

According to her, it is also to reflect on what needs to be done to eliminate harmful practices affecting children in Africa and especially Nigeria.

“Nigerian children still experience harmful practices and so also other children in Africa.

“CPN goal is towards the protection and assistance of children who are at risk and victims of harmful practices in Nigeria.

“We use this day to call on all relevant stakeholders who are working in the area of children’s rights on the continent to reinforce their efforts in addressing the obstacles related to harmful practices affecting children.

“The harmful practices include, amongst other forms of abuse, child marriage, forced marriage, breast flattening, hate crimes, child abuse linked to faith or belief and so-called honour-based abuse, discrimination based on sex, gender abuse, among others, “she said.

Earlier, The National Coordinator, CPN Nigeria, Mrs Ngozi Okoro, called for increase in sensitisation efforts to curb harmful practices against children to enable them to grow in a safe environment.

She equally called on government to collaborate with NGOs that focus on child protection so as to jointly build the less privilege children to become great leader of Nigeria in future.

Also speaking, Mrs Ajibola Ijimakinwa, the State Coordinator, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme (RoLAC), said that the NGO, as the CPN sponsor, was keen in safeguarding the rights of children in Nigeria.

She noted that RoLAC, an initiative funded by European Union and implemented by the British Council, had been supporting CPN in the area of training, sensitisation and provision of logistics to achieve its goals.

In her contribution, Mrs Florence Adewale, a legal practitioner and Coordinator, Flourish Initiative, Empowerment and Advocacy, for the less privilege, said children needed to be taught about the proper ways to exercise their rights when they notice a sign of abuse or molestation.

She urged children to be bold, speak up and report any case to their parents, NGOs, Police or a child rights activists to support them in exercising their rights.

School of Health Information Management, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Wednesday, matriculated 52 Higher National Diploma (HND) and National Diploma (ND) students for 2021/2022 academic session.

Chief Medical Director of LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode, described the school of health information management as one of the eight schools in the health facility.

Bode, who was represented by the hospital’s Chief Medical Advisory Chairman (CMAC), Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, said that the tertiary health institution was standing on the tripod of patient care, research and training.

According to him, the school of information management is the training aspect of the hospital.

Bode said that the hospital had fibre optic network for its health information management, adding that in the next few weeks, the use of health information management would be introduced.

This, he said, would comprise such things as medical records, email and school admission, amongst others, stressing that it would be paperless.

Speaking at the occasion, the acting Head of the school, Mr Samson Gidado, said that the matriculating students were made up of 30 ND and 22 HND students.

Gidado explained that health information management had to do with information management relating to health activities.

He said that their function was to collate and process information, and ensure that they are well-preserved and made available to users at any point in time.

Gidado described health information management as a pillar for health care delivery system, noting that the matriculating students would later become health information professionals.

He advised the students to be focused, bearing in mind that anyone desiring to pursue a goal in life should see it accomplished.

The acting head further told them to see themselves graduating at the end of the course in two years’ time.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director of Corps Welfare and Health Services, Ayodele Omotade, has bagged the “Kingdom Partnership Award” for his quality leadership style and philanthropic support to youths movements both in the Church and society at large.

A statement on Monday by the NYSC Director said the award service was given at the 2022 “The Apostolic Church Nigeria, TACN, LAWNA Territory Youth/Witness Movements Convention” in Lagos.

It held at the 100, 000 capacity auditorium National Temple of The Apostolic Church Nigeria, Olorunda, Ketu, Lagos state.

The award was in recognition of the noble gesture and outstanding leadership style of Omotade to youths from all walks of life.

In attendance were youths and leaders of The Apostolic Church Nigeria from across the Federation alongside friends and well wishers.

He was accompanied to the event by some corps members, who as youths, under the mentorship of the Director in the NYSC Scheme, are symbols of National Unity and Integration.

The statement said the congregation commended the organisers and leadership of the Youth Movement for choosing Omotade as a winner.

Omotade, fondly called BAF, is an elder in The Apostolic Church Nigeria having been ordained in October 1998.

Before then, he had served in the position of a Deacon in the same church and has always identified with the church at all stations and locations where he worked as a public servant under the auspices the NYSC Scheme.

Omotade is a recipient of countless awards from different youth organisations from across the country, religious bodies, governments, non-governmental organisations, traditional institutions and communities and the NYSC Scheme.