₦airaland Forum

nerodenero: I don't know why these thieving polithiefcians can just go and rest and enjoy their loot. Make una give us breathing space now. I tire for Nigeria ooo. For this country to survive, most of these guys need to go. I mean they need to go!!!

Yujin: Homeless and hopeless children abound the world over- from underdeveloped Africa to the superdeveloped Europe & North America.

texazzpete: What happened to you?
A few years ago you were the one pushing for good governance and exhorting people to hold their leaders accountable for their misdeeds. I remember when you used to Rail against the 'hooligans in power'.
Now you're just another government/PDP stooge, lauding any crappy move from the PDP.

You have fallen far, my friend. So close to being a true patriot... Now you're just one more lackey on Nairaland

Rednaxelot: exactly the problem am having with the government.

There are many nigerians detained unjustly in the foreign lands like south africa, usa, and india.
There are many nigerians killed in us, uk, south africa, india et al with no cause.

The FG didn't deem it fit to make an enquiry into these unjust killings and detentions through the nigerian diplomats in these nations, but making it a duty to investigate the detention of a militant that has been disturbing the peace of the nation for long when it should be a matter of good bye, good riddance to him if not for political instrument for the 2015 general election.

Moreover, Mr Asari Dokubo once said it that he is now a Benin nationality and i see no reason he should be fought for.

Muslim Youths attack Osun school over Hijab, beat up principal

The new education policy in Osun State claimed its first casualty on Monday as fierce-looking Muslim youths invaded the Baptist High School, Ejigbo, and beat up the students and teachers.

The principal of the school, Mr. Layi Oguntola, was thoroughly beaten and injured. Oguntola, as of the time of this report, was said to be receiving treatment at the Baptist Medical Centre, Ejigbo.

The attackers said they came because the school authorities stopped some Muslim pupils from wearing the hijab.


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The hijab is a scarf that covers the head and chest, specially worn by a Muslim female.

Our correspondent learnt that the attackers stormed the school while the students were already seated in their classrooms.

They were said to have headed straight for the Principal’s Office and asked Oguntola to apologise for sending the hijab-wearing students away from school but the principal refused to do so.

There have been protests when the Governor Rauf Aregbesola administration recently introduced a new education policy, which entails merger and reclassification of schools in the state.

The Baptist conference specifically said it would not allow hijab-wearing students in its schools.

On Monday, the attacked students and teachers were said to have run for refuge at the palace of the Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Omowonuola Oyesosin. The monarch was also said to have been instrumental to the rescue of the wounded principal from the attackers, made up of mostly youths.

The attack forced the Baptist High School and other schools in the town to close abruptly for the day as police were deployed in the town to forestall reprisal.

Some Muslim students of the school were said to have been turned back last week for wearing hijab on their uniforms and their parents were said to have reported the case to members of an Islamic sect in the town.

Tension started building in the town following the attack and the speculations that the attackers were also planning to set ablaze the United Baptist Church, close to the school.

Some Christian youths were also said to have mobilised to defend the church.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, when contacted, said she would find out the details of the incident and get back to our correspondent.

Commissioner for Information, Mr. Sunday Akere, confirmed the incident, which he described as an unfortunate one.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/hijab-yo...-up-principal/

masonkz: 11. They Don’t Fear Alone Time
Mentally strong people can tolerate being alone and they don’t fear silence. They aren’t afraid to be alone with their thoughts and they can use downtime to be productive. They enjoy their own company and aren’t dependent on others for companionship and entertainment all the time but instead can be happy alone.

Ajayi Ebenezer: This is indeed the truth picture of things in ogun state.All the state hospitals are in comatose stage as the state government just neglect it responsibilty on providing effective health care for the people in the state.Go to General Hospital in Ijebu-ode,you will the agony that Gatewarians are experiencing,

* it's with no doctors as it used to be during OGD led administration,
* no admittance of new doctors as it used to be with OGD led administration,there will only be one nurse in a ward since the state govt don't recruit new nurses.
* Ijaye General Hospital is even bad than of General Hospital in Ijebu-ode,as there is no even bedsheet in Ijaye General Hosiptal,

yet this man promised use efficient health during his electioneering campaign.Instead of rendering efficient health sector,it's unnecessary urban renewal that serves as bottomless pit through which our common patrimony is being siphone that he concentrate on,we need better head in ogun state than this man called Amosun.

funshint: Useless Jolatan... ASUU on strike; Doctors also on strike 4 d past 2months but the Eediot still deems it fit to be gallivanting around the world doing useless birthday abroad till he got drunk... Shameless morons!!!

Fashola sends dad abroad for medicare
As the crisis rocking the state's health sector worsens
ARTICLE | MAY 13, 2012 - 4:28AM | BY GBENRO ADEOYE

Ademola Fashola, the father of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, has been flown to the United States for medical attention for an undisclosed ailment, as the crisis rocking the health sector in the state continues.

The governor's father was said to be accompanied by two doctors from the state, one of who is the Medical Director of Ebute-Metta Health Centre, F. O. Williams.


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The governor, on Monday, sacked 788 striking doctors following their failure to respond to queries issued to them to defend the strike action.

The doctors had gone on a three-day warning strike to press for the full implementation of an agreement reached with the state government over an improved salary structure called CONMESS.

A senior official of the state government, who did not want his name published, confirmed that the elder Fashola had been evacuated from the country before the strike.

"I also heard about it but it didn't happen during the ongoing crisis," he said. "I heard that his father had been flown out before the strike started at all."

As at the time of this report, Dr Williams could not be reached as calls made to his mobile phone were unsuccessful.

Following the sacking of the doctors and their subsequent forced eviction from their staff quarters, the state government announced that it has employed 373 substitute doctors into its health system.

The state' Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris, also said more applications have been received from doctors interested in working in state-owned hospitals.

However, checks at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) and some other state-owned hospitals revealed that many of the new doctors were yet to resume; thus jeopardising the fate of hundreds of sick residents.

One of the affected doctors, who also did not want his name published, claimed that the governor once stated, during one of their negotiations, "that he has no need for public hospitals".

"Fashola told us that he doesn't use facilities in state hospitals and that whatever project he carries out there is not for himself," he said.

The doctor also claimed that former Lagos State Governor and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chieftain, Bola Tinubu, last year, at a meeting to broker peace between the state government and the doctors, said the state could afford to shut down all its public hospitals.

"Tinubu told us that if his mother fell ill, he could afford to fly her outside the country and even pay the bills if all residents visited private hospitals," he added.

More from: http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/article/fashola-sends-dad-abroad-medicare

The Federal Government has once again debunked Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s recent allegation that the management of the country’s resources is shrouded in secrecy.

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja explained that contrary to the allegation by the governor, the state actually received the sum of N257.6bn within the first 10 months of this year from the federation account.

This, it added, was the second highest amount received by any state government within the 10 months period.

The statement said, “It is obvious that His Excellency, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State wants to engage in a politicised debate on the management of the economy. We prefer to focus on facts.

“But we thank him most sincerely for at least admitting that he received N56.2bn. We also commend him for accepting that there was no intention by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, not to sign the Water Resources loan from the African Development Bank.

“Please recall that these were the only two issues that he previously raised in his well-publicised comments.

“It is a fact that Rivers State received N56.2bn from the Excess Crude Account which His Excellency identified as the Federation Account.”

The statement argued that the governor could not claim ignorance of the money his state received since monies taken from the ECA were first put into the federation account before being shared.

This, it noted, was the standard practice adding that the total amount states received from the federation account was far in excess of what they got from the ECA.

The statement signed by the Special Adviser to the mimister on communication, Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu said, “Of course, the money is taken from the Excess Crude Account and put into the Federation Account before being shared. That is the standard procedure.

“The total amount that the states receive from the Federation Account is far in excess of what they get from the Excess Crude Account.”

To put the issue in perspective, the total amount which Rivers State has received from the Federation Account between January and October 2013 is N257.6bn which is the second highest among the states, of which the N56.2bn from the Excess Crude Account is a part.”

The state government had in statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, on Saaturday insisted that Amaechi and the other governors had only made one request for the sum of $1bn to be shared from the Excess Crude Account.

The statement explained that there had been no other request from the governors that funds from the Excess Crude Account be shared among the states.

It described as mischief the suggestion that Amaechi refused to acknowledge that Rivers State had received the sum of N56.2bn from the Excess Crude Account between January and September 2013.

The statement had said, Contrary to the coordinating minister’s claim that ‘Mr. Amaechi was closely involved and actively participated in making requests to the Presidency for the account to be shared for the purpose of augmenting the regular allocations from the Federation Account whenever there was a shortfall, Governor Chibuike Amaechi and his colleague governors have only attended one meeting where one request was made for the sharing of $1bn from the ECA

“Beyond that one meeting, there has been no other meeting where it was decided that money from the ECA be shared among the three tiers of government. There is a position of the National Executive Council’s on the matter of the Excess Crude Account.

“This position is that the savings in the ECA belonging to all the states is not to be touched. Indeed, this is in tandem with the position of the honourable minister that the ECA is savings for the rainy day and not to be shared in the manner she now seems to suggest.”

From: http://www.punchng.com/news/rivers-got-n257-6bn-from-federation-account-says-okonjo-iweala/

‘By the grace of God, when ACN is sworn-in, we would provide FREE education for all primary and secondary students and there would also be FREE medical care for pregnant women and children’- Sen. Ibikunle Amosun (2011)

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For those privileged enough to witness firsthand the glorious administration of Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the Premier of the then Western Region, the memories of pure leadership and true dedication to service by the late sage is indeed impossible to wipe off. Amongst his numerous landmarks, two stands out as historical and unforgettable. While other Regional Premiers were busy placing citizens in the army and public corporations to secure and protect the relevance of their Region, Awo was looking far beyond the moment. He understands the importance of human capital development and ventured into a free education and health care policy that reshaped the status of the western region.

So you could imagine the excitement on March 2011, in the city of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State when the governorship aspirant of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) declared among other things his resolve to make free education and free health service part of his seven-point-agenda. Not that this is a unique promise bearing in mind the decades of abuse and bastardization of the term ‘free’ by all manner of politicians and political jobbers, but this time around the man in the picture sounded genuine and truthful. He wasn’t promising a total free health care but one that concerns expectant mothers and children. He was careful to list primary and secondary school students as the only eligible class for the free education policy. This was fair enough and very realistic or so we thought.

Years after that declaration in Ijebu ode, the health and education sector in Ogun state is in comatose. The people have come to realize that the promise made on that day was nothing but mere charade conceived only to deceive and manipulate the judgment of the electorates while casting their vote. The less privileged citizens who proceeded to the state medical centers in search of free health services were turned back to their dismay. Stories of primary and secondary schools declared to be free for all and sundry are better told by students who attend the state schools and parents who directly feel the burden. Even though tuition fees have been eradicated, the state government through the back door strategically formulated a new policy which requires students to pay for learning equipment such as chairs, tables and Parent Teachers Association (PTA) levies. A cummulative of these payments supersedes the initial tuition fees being paid by the students.
Away from the failed promises one would have expected the state government to ensure adequate and appropriate facilities are available in each of the sectors. The importance of modern equipment in health centres and schools cannot be over emphasised. But it seems the state government is more concerned about urban renewal other than the lives and wellbeing of the citizens.

Few weeks ago the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Ogun state chapter having been pushed to the limits cried out to the world on the putrefied state of the state owned hospitals and health centres and the non payment of 30-month salaries to doctors. Listening to the association President, my initial judgement was that he was a paid antagonist positioned to sore the integrity of the state government. But curiousity got the better part of me and so I decided to see things for myself. Going round the major health centres within the state I must confess that I am deeply ashamed to call Ogun my State of Origin. Permit me to share few of the pictures I took while going round the state owned hospitals and health centres.

If the state of the health centers is alarming then wait till you see the schools. The deplorable condition in which students and pupils are conditioned to receive lectures is unimaginable. Some of the schools are roofless while a vast majority of students are being made to sit on bare floors during lectures.

Recently the state government rolled out free textbooks and note books to students. The event was widely reported in major new and traditional media. This is a laudable venture only that the exercise came with a clause. The receiving students were mandated not to take the text books home as these were the properties of the state government; the books were only available for use during school hours while students are required to ensure names are not also written on the books. One is then left to ask, how does these students work on assignments and further readings?

It is important to appreciate the efforts of the state government on construction of roads and bridges but other key sectors of the state which include but not limited to health and education should be given priority too. If the state government can award road contract for whopping One Billion Naira per kilometre and even go further to access loans of over Two Hundred Billion Naira for bridges and expansion then nothing stops it from working excessively on the germane areas such as health and education. Health they say is wealth, in spite of the road networks and beautiful bridges, if the common man who cannot afford the luxury of private health and educational institutions is made to fall victim of half baked education and environmental disease such as cholera then of what good will these infrastructures be?

The government must take cognisance of the fact that power is a thing held in trust, the people believed in the vision he publicised while seeking for election and so voted for him. If he decides not to live up to his promise then it is nothing short of fraud. Projects that impact directly on the lives of the people should be given priority above those that are seemingly fanciful.

Adekoya Boladale, a political scientist is the Convener, Advocacy for Better Leadership (ABEL) an alumnus of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) wrote via adekoyaboladale@gmail.com. Please engage on twitter @adekoyabee

From: http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/ogun-state-a-tale-of-failed-promises-1.html

Alhaji Faruk Yar-Rimawa, the Chairman, Goronyo Local Government, Sokoto State, said on Monday that the council spent about N37 million to upgrade the 50-bed rural primary health centre at Yar-Rimawa.

Yar-Rimawa told the News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) in Sokoto that the project was part of the council’s commitment to an effective and qualitative health care delivery in the area.

He said that the upgraded primary health centre had been equipped with the necessary medical facilities.

Yar-Rimawa said the council was partnering with the Sultan Abdulrahaman School of Health Technology, Gwadabawa, for the re-training of its health personnel.

“We want them to acquire more knowledge, to enable them to manage our health institutions for the common good of our people,” he said.

He reiterated the determination of the council to continue to provide basic working tools for the sector in addressing the health care needs of the people.
Yar-Rimawa also called on the people not to hesitate to report any outbreak of epidemic to the nearest health centers across the local government for prompt action.

From: http://www.punchng.com/news/lg-spends-n37m-to-upgrade-health-centre-in-sokoto/

logica: Jezuz...where do these backward things come from? For the 3rd time I have to update you: several South Western states HAVE oil. Hello, say it after me "SEVERAL SOUTH WESTERN STATES HAVE OIL". Repeat that daily for the next 6 months and hopefully it will finally sink into your empty skull.

ba7man: Why didn't he just apply properly for a Nafdac permit, give it a unique branding and prepare it in a sanitary environment??

At least he has an idea, skill nd knowledge to achieve it.

Why ruin it.

Nigerian Killer Syrup: Court convicts ‘My Pikin’ killer syrup makers, winds-up company

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Friday convicted and setenced to seven years imprisonment, two employees of Barewa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, Adeyemo Abiodun and Ebele Eromosele.The company and its employees were charged on an amended six-count charged of the production of a killer syrup, “my pikin.”

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mu2sa2: Gas is cheaper and cleaner alternative to kerosene. If we had a serious govt now is time to introduce a scheme for people to dump kerosene for gas.

Tommybob: Why is GEJ doing this to we Nigerians now??... Geez!! He just wish to make to poor poorer and the rich richer.... Petrol price increased... Kerosine price increased.... Diesel price increased... And all this things are gotten from our precious country Nigeria... He should just bring it down back to the normal price coz it is what the masses use daily

Eko Ile: https://www.nairaland.com/1321563/fashola-launches-eko-gas-lpg

On safety concerns that are raised frequently by potential users of cooking gas, Tijani stated that the product was designed and fabricated with distinguishing qualities such as safety, affordability, portability and environmental friendliness. According to him, about 20 per cent of the cost of cylinder would be eased by the government, in other to encourage Lagosians to the use LPG.

- See more at: http://leadership.ng/news/100613/lagos-state-launch-eko-gas-initiative#sthash.eIqriQfl.dpuf

ednut1: Looking for one to blame, d pple buying it knw exactly wat dey are doing, dey knw d fake but buy because its cheaper, demand begets supply abeg , person go open eye buy block wit little cement, do decking wit mostly sand nd small granite, use poor quality or second hand iron , I blame d buyers because dey are foolish

Ogbeche77: Everyone who served in public schools are paid, the only reason some are not paid, is what I stated early.. They didn't file in their doc early at the teaching commission.. Getting money from the government involves lots of bureaucratic bottlenecks. Only those who file in early are considered.. You for sure know the attitude of Nigeria youths regarding procrastination..
Then at the final days, they start running helter,skelter.. When they could have done the right thing before hand.. So don't join the band wagon to criticize when you don't know the story behind.

What evidence do you have that Ogun state doesn't recruit qualified teachers? You made that up.
The issue of using corpers as cheap labour depends on the angle you at it from, the corpers have been called to serve their fatherland, which they obeyed.. The allowance is just a mere compensation, it is not for service rendered.. Teacher to student ration in Ogun state is even fair, I know of schools in the North, and some south south states that don't have permanent teachers.. They rely on services of corpers all round the year.
Batch B 2010, a friend of mine who served in Jigawa was made the VP of his school

Esin iwaju ohun ni t'eyin nwo sare - the lagging horse is inspired to be better by the leading horse

Ogbeche77: Ogun state pays corpers who served in public schools 55,000 at the end of their service year, though not all, stop spreading false information... You ll not get paid because you are either serving in a private school or you didn't submit your credentials to the teaching service commission early enough

ignis: Must Nigerians bring in politics into every little thing?

Amoda84: You are even lucky to get 10k, my sis served at Ideato LG in Imo for 1year and never got a dime from the state yet okoracha is paying corpers 10k only on media. Infact, seeing the long list of projects he claimed he has executed within his few years in office, you will honestly believe that state has been completely transformed. So much for naija politrick-ians!

Temptee101: Am sure he is ontop of the situation.

Psychedelia: Very progressive conman.