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Lagos State Government says soon, access to general hospitals may be restricted to referrals to encourage the use of primary health care centres in the state.

Governor Babatunde Fashola said this on Thursday during the inauguration of Eredo Primary Healthcare Centre in Epe Constituency II, as part of its 24-hour comprehensive flagship initiative.

He cited the example of United Kingdom, saying no specialist doctor would attend to any patient without a referral from a general practitioner.

The governor said, “Very soon, no doctor will attend to you in the general hospitals except you have a referral note from a primary health care centre. What you seek in the UK is now here with you, you do not need to travel long distance anymore.”

He urged residents of the state to use PHCs for cases including ante-natal, child delivery, malaria fever, and typhoid fever. He added that the PHC would refer delicate cases to the general hospitals.

He said, “What we seek to achieve is to build a referral healthcare system that moves from a robust and intensive grassroots health care, starting from a 24-hour service delivery at the various local governments, through to the general hospitals, and up to the teaching hospitals.

“This is the only way we can fully integrate, redistribute and optimise our assets. This model has succeeded in every part of the world, we want to replicate it here to make health care a local success.”

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Over 80 percent of primary school teachers in the 19 northern states are unqualified, Director-General, National Teachers Institute, Aminu Sharehu said in Zaria, Kaduna State on Wednesday.

Unqualified teachers have been described as the bane of education in the country.

Last February About 1300 teachers in Kaduna failed tests generally set for primary four pupils, Commissioner for Education Alhaji Usman Mohammed revealed.

He made the shocking disclosure at an education summit tagged “Education for all is responsibility of all”, held at the Hassan Usman Katsina House.

“A total of 1,599 teachers selected from across the state were given primary four tests in mathematics and basic literacy. Only one of them scored 75 percent, 250 scored between 50 to 75 percent and 1,300 scored below 25 percent,” he said.

According to him, the same examination was conducted for 1,800 primary school pupils but that larger percent of them failed woefully.

“We are not surprised about the performance of the pupils because how can they know it, when their teachers don’t know it,” he added.

The commissioner said a large percentage of the head teachers of the primary schools are not competent, and also that majority of the Education Secretaries of local government areas are appointed based on political patronage hence their inability to perform well

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pekelepekele: They don't fence their house in the states because they trust their cops to be around whenever they need them in 2mins . Until that start happening in Nigeria we will keep fencing our houses .

Too many jobless youths walking around on the streets if you let them see your plasma tv through your window because you don't have a fence they are coming with to you with their toys.

Middle Belt Forum declares support for Jonathan for 2015
The forum met with the president on Tuesday.

The Middle Belt Forum has said it will support President Goodluck Jonathan if he decides to declare for a re-election in 2015.

The group stated this after a closed door meeting with the President on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa. Abuja.

The meeting is holding weeks after a joint group of the Middle Belt/ South-South delegation also met with Mr. Jonathan behind closed doors.

Addressing journalists after meeting with the President, the group led by former governor of Plateau State, Solomon Lar, said it was disciplined and will not kick-start any 2015 campaign for Mr. Jonathan but would not hesitate to do so if the need arises. His view was supported by a former Minister of Information and Secretary of the Forum, Jerry Gana; and the Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, who accompanied the delegation.

“South South Forum is the zone of the President; so, if they have started making the noise, it is good because he is their President. Ours is to give support for the good of Nigeria. But you don’t start shouting before the man says this is where I am going. Supposing he says he doesn’t want to go? So, when he talks, if people are supporting, we shall come out to support him,” Mr. Jang said.

Mr. Gana, remarking on the issues discussed with the president, said the session was designed for exchange of ideas with the president.

“The interactive session pointed out a number of problems at stake, particularly the security challenges. So many people have lost their lives, property and suffered tremendously and we are expecting that the government, through the processes already in place, would ensure fair and just compensation where appropriate,” he said.

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berem: A strict and incorruptible old goon is better than an incompetent and clueless freshman. I hope you are enjoying the fresh air our freshman is giving us.

THE Lagos State Government in collaboration with the Federal Government through the Nigerian Ports Authority and a private investor – Lekki Port Lekki Free Trade Zone Enterprise, LPLE, has commenced the development of the Lekki Deep Seaport in Akodo, Ibeju-Lekki Local Council of the state

Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Olusola Oworu when contacted over the level of work said that currently the shareholders' agreement has been executed while preliminary works have started at the site.

The south west is TOO IMPORTANT to be left in the hands of a RASCAL.

Acidosis: Do you know the bad attitude of some of these lecturers is the reason why we operate under the auspices of a failed government..

Give me a name of a corrupt politician and I'll tell you his/her alumni..

HAH: To be frank lecturers are one of the main culprits in the failure of education in Nigeria.

I don't know why they feel so important, for goodness sake a graduate assistant receives about 140k monthly while a level 8 civil sevant receives 60k monthly. And the lecturers have so many other business they indulge in.

Samuraigirl: I was opportuned to be in the office of one of the legislators in Abuja when I was doing an EIA job and i was suprised at all the facilities my eyes saw not to mention the bunch of men clad in suits all in the name of PA. I asked myself what particular jobs this lot did that they provided these men to assist them and at the end of the month, taxpayers monies will appear in their various accounts.

I think you students deserve better than what you're currently being dished out. I don't see students unanimously revolting in this country. Why is that? We're richly blessed in this country. You and your teachers deserve better learning environment,working environment and working conditions. So if you lot can't stand up for yourselves,let your tutors do that for you while you stop spewing trash fron your gobs.

naptu2: Someone suggested that old buildings in that area should be demolished! I think they need to preserve some of these old buildings as a means of showing the great work done by the saros and particularly the agudas. The agudas were famous for their elegant buildings. They learnt stone masonry and civil engineering in Brazil and Cuba and transformed Lagos with these skills when they returned in the 1800s. Those buildings look absolutely beautiful! All that's needed is a new coat of paint. However, some of those "face me I face you" buildings that were erected in the '80s and '90s should go.

lohvang4: LAWMA has failed woefully, period! It is part of ACN/Fashola failure in his 2nd term. SOme ACN dummy would blame GEJ for the rubbish Lagos state govt is dishing out these days.

Check Alimosho LGA (Lagos state largest local govt), it's worse than some village farm roads. An example is Ipaja-Ayobo Road, Ikotun-Egbe Road, etc. You'll wonder if you are in Lagos state. Yet, they're developing the area where they stay while the real voters are left to hold the can...

Eko Ile: Cassava bread remains OBJ initiative and the topic here is power supply which the worthless and incompetent president can not provide after tons of lies and broken promises,

dayokanu: What is wrong if he supports Manchester United?

Many Nigerians watch foreign football, movies and Music and have favourite clubs, actors and musicians

I am a Bayern Munich fan and I would do the same on my birthday.
I am also the governor of a state in Nigeria and an aspiring leader of NIGERIANs.

omiobo: I was on third mainland bridge this morning around 5am,the sight of the bridge and other areas were beautified with light.
Yeah,Fashola has tried on the environments of Lagos,I think he should concentrate the rest of his tenure on reconstructing primary and secondary,and make them to be mega too.
Honestly,I don't like the state of most primary and secondary schools in Lagos. Eko o ni baje o!

Eko Ile: But common sense should tell you that other people made the cake for as a good sports and soccer fan and it has no bearing on his preference and even sef, he's done more for sports in NIGERIA than any other Nigerian leader.

It's the mans birthday so wish the man happy BD or keep quiet with all your mundane nonsense about cake. Abi cake hunger dey catch you ni?

chaxumu: its a lie can the writer show us the road that he commision, first of all Joseph Dosu way was construct in 2008/2009 while cemetry road was construct in 2010/2011 and the market road is underconstruct. Its a false news am a badagry guy gangan. Iro nla

anonimi: As the scam and fraud that has marked 14 years continuous, unbroken maladministration of Lagos by the Association of Conmen in Nigeria, ACN is being gradually revealed for the sham that it really is, expect to see more similar & regular recycling of old, stale "achievements" to try and befuddle the gullible public into more confusion.

https://www.nairaland.com/1325197/lagos-power-projects-receives-boost#16258230

Aderostock: you are really a chamelon! when FSU was posting some old pictures of primary schools in Lagos claimed they were Fashola's doings, what did you do? nothing. perhaps, you were making irrelevant analogies and mockery. whose role is the provisions of Primary schools?

jassie: Not much houses are built on drainage channels, so fashola shouldn't come here with cockk & bull story as an excuse.

Areas like surulere & co were well planned are are still being flooded. You guys need to check the canal/drainage at ojuelegba road. . . its not been cleared in ages & thats the major problem in Lagos. Canals & Large Drainages are not cleared periodically & its the duty of the govt to do so period!

Capnd143: what ever happened to eko ille?
anyway, this is fantastic, i think the team governing lagos would do excellently well in governing Nigeria, irrespective of tribe and political party, lagos is moving in the right direction, i dnt see why fashola shouldnt be the presidential candidate for ACN

blank: The school is owned by RCCG. I know the place. It is beside White Dove school and Crown Estate.

Aderostock: All these your cheap lies won't work. football clubs are mostly owned all over the world by private entities/bodies. why must Fashola create a football club when he has already provided well equipped stadia all over the state? its now left to the private bodies to make use of them.

gerald09: I blame this on the high rate of unemployment n The ministry of labour.

Eko Ile: Can you show me any productive senator like this woman in Nigeria?

aminho: She also has her seal and emblem but when its was dame patience all acn thugs were insulting her for abuse of power now since its been used by and opposition its not abusive 9ja I hail thee