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The rift between striking doctors under the employment of the Lagos state government and their employers seem to be getting even wider. Rather than make efforts to resolve their grievances and return back to work, the Lagos state government is severing the relationship between them and the doctors.

In what can be described as one of the largest layoffs in the state’s public service, the Lagos state government has dismissed the 788 doctors who participated in a three-day warning strike between April 11 and 13, 2012 and further announced the employment of 373 doctors for immediate deployment in the public hospitals while recruitment continues.

The National Chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, has explained why the party decided to support incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in next year’s president polls.

Speaking in Awka, the Anambra state capital on Saturday during the presentation of APGA’s flag to candidates of the party who will contest in Anambra State House of Assembly and National Assembly polls in 2015, Umeh said that APGA’s resolve to support President Goodluck Jonathan at the federal level was for continuity of the transfGov. Obiano.

The governor reiterated his administration’s resolve to fight crime, and urged indigenes of the state to return home for the yuletide, as “criminal elements have been sacked from Anambra.’’

It would be recalled that Umeh had stated few weeks ago at a lecture “Towards a successful 2015 election: The role of the opposition”, that since there was no Igbo contesting for the president, it would be a waste of time aligning with the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He said: “We have been lampooned and condemned because we are supporting President Jonathan – let me tell you quite frankly, until we lead our people on the right track we are wasting our time.”

Umeh explained that in supporting Jonathan the party had to look at the dynamics of politics in Nigeria with total reflection on the journey of the Igbos.

He said: “Jonathan has shown respect for the Igbos even if he has challenges running the affairs of the country, most of which are man-made. APGA has no apologies for supporting President Jonathan – what we offer is constructive criticism.”

APGA’s confirmation of its support for Jonathan in next year’s presidential poll is coming after the National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, warned Nigerians not to choose the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Muhammadu Buhari.ormation agenda.

meforyou1:
berem can't be a lezbo. Remember the cramjones sxx scandal. At worst, she's a bi

berem:
[s]Biafranqueen,you are the only poster on nairaland who does not punctuate her sentences. You can't even hide it from your comments with your new moniker.

Sai Buhari till Biafranqueen learns how to read "Brighter Grammar".[/s]

Question: Why are other Nigerians always persecuting the Igbo?

Answer: I have always tried to know myself. I am one of those who believe that the Igbo are among the most peaceful people on earth. But, because of the fact that they are very hardworking, ambitious, and not afraid to live anywhere, or take up any task, they tend to be resented by their less ambitious and successful neighbors or hosts. When you confront a non-Igbo to say what specific offense the Igbo have committed against them, oftentimes they draw blank, or engage in fabrications, which they insist must stand for a fact. The Igbo believe in live-and-let-live. It is virtually impossible for any Igbo to rise against their guests or hosts. It has never happened in Nigeria, or elsewhere. It is an abomination in Igboland for a host to cause his guest harm. Instead, a guest is considered metaphysically and physically under the protection of the host. All Igbo deities forbid doing harm to a guest. The Igbo are accused of "loving money." I suppose the charge is based on the fact that they work hard and acquire money in the bargain. One would like to believe that the outcome of hardwork is good harvest and hopefully prosperity. If anybody takes offense at the prosperity of a hardworking person, then the Igbo or for that matter any other person or persons, have no apologies to render.

berem:
Biafranqueen, happy new year to you too.

uzolexis:
Kk

berem:
it is left for the court to disqualify or qualify Buhari if his credentials are questionable. it is not in our position to take decisions for the court.
Happy new year to you sir!

Abayomi in a statement yesterday affirmed he was a member of the presidential screening committee who scrutinised Buhari’s qualification for the presidency and found him fit and awarded him a certificate of clearance.

NairalandOP:
Guys this video concerning Buhari's Certificate has gone viral

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKpkgtKDuHw
#BuhariShowYourCertificate

tit:
they want to give buhari time to take ssce exams

Obinoscopy:
Searay please what's your source?

ayukdaboss:
That fake news is not on anywhere else on the internet. It's only on Nairaland.

Obinoscopy please do some research and.take this off front page.

Well, if this is not an "It depends what IS is" moment, I don't know what is. APC sure knows how to parse words and we don't need a soothsayer at this point to tell us GMB's war against corruption is dead on arrival. I can picture Tinubu rubbing his hands as he must know whether GMB has the qualifications he claims to have and only has to wait for the right moment to remind him to play ball or he would go public.

kai, So certificate shall no longer be proof of one having obtained basic education in Nigeria?

So we must close all schools and universities in Nigeria?

Woe to this APC goon who does not see certificate as proof of educational attainment.

Wow, listen to Obafemi Awolowo-s descendants who benefited from the man's free education but now want to join almajiri club.

You must be ready to have another country with the almajiris. This your APC spin is becoming unbearable. Must we all be dragged to the 18th century by this set of people sick with ethnic and religious bigotry?

In a country with millions of people with all classes of professions with provable basic education credentials, why must beneficiaries of Awo's free education drum to queue behind a Buhari who cannot prove that he passed trough basic primary and secondary education before he was corruptly enrolled in the then Nigerian Army and catapulted to the highest rank?

If I were Buhari and APC, instead of giving this explanation which exposes more & more the uncomfortable truth (which is that Pa Buhari has no certificates to prove his academic qualifications), I will insist rather that Jonathan and his Military refused to release my True Certificates. Though this is false, but at least, fools in Nigeria (for there are many for example: APC members, the Northern Almajiri numbering thousands, Boko Haram and their sympathizers, AREWA North, & Muslims all over Nigeria) will believe this to be true!

Buhari's popularity among Illiterates have soared!

Vote up if TRUE!

This so-called Dr Abayomi thinks he's talking to Iponri market women association. His reasoning and grounds for Buhari's seeming qualification saga appears not to have been thoroughly vetted, hasty and with laziness written all over this weak defense. Poor Buhari, the more they talk the more your dragged in the mud. Just quit!

Abayomi in a statement yesterday affirmed he was a member of the presidential screening committee who scrutinised Buhari’s qualification for the presidency and found him fit and awarded him a certificate of clearance.

tit:
Buhari and Dora imported expired drugs under PTF!