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No idea of what to say this time or u booked space? since u always have idea for evry topics...haha

I woke up at about 6am, said my prayers and exited the room only to find a flock of birds flying past the roof.
Amazingly, the hens and cocks were stretching their feathers and feeling awesome neither minding nor even noticing the height of their counterparts.

I logged on to facebook to see if she replied the chats I sent her last night but no, she didn’t. It’s obvious she is sad.

It’s her third year of applying for Medicine and Surgery and this time, she was offered provisional admission to study Food Science and Technology.

I could guess, she felt her dreams have been shattered again.
I care for her a lot but I just couldn’t find a means to pacify her so I kept my cool.

I’ve had the privilege of meeting prospective undergraduates on various occasions and their clamour for Medicine and Surgery is alarming. Sometimes it’s very difficult to ascertain what fuels their desire.

Why do you want to Study Medicine? Most of them don’t seem to have any answer.

They either grew up in an Igbo family where the parents so much believe that the way out of poverty and lack is for their ward to become a medical doctor or while in secondary school, they belonged to a class where 90% of the brilliant ones kept singing Medicine and because they didn’t want to feel less than equal, they joined the bandwagon.

Every year, thousands of students apply for Medicine, yet, very few get admitted.

11,130 candidates applied for Medicine and Surgery in UNN alone and not more than 200 will be admitted.
It’s is already clear that more than 10,000 will be denied admission.

Same with other 24 FULLY accredited Medical schools in Nigeria.
Only about 1.6% of people who apply for Medicine in Nigeria get admitted yearly.
And only 56% of the admitted students end up becoming doctors.

If you successfully scale through the 6years spent in school, getting a placement for housemanship within the stipulated 2years becomes another bridge to cross. If you eventually end up not getting a place, you will have to re-sit your final exams this time conducted by the Medical body not your school and you will have to pay plus the high failure rate involved.

Looking at the stress in the journey to becoming a doctor, one should be able to vow that these guys should be the most successful set of people in the society but unfortunately, the reality is different.

Failure in Marriage:

Whatever business, ministry or profession that takes a toll on your family life has made you a failure and that is the predicament of most Doctors. I read an article where an American Medical Body reacted to a medical divorce research by saying only 23% of Doctors have a failed marriage as against the 27% earlier proven, what difference does it make?
I don’t have a problem with the statistics because in Nigeria, you will rarely find any divorce case but I’ve been to Doctors’ houses and to be sincere, their wives suffer lack of attention and so do their kids. But the Nigerian culture has taught ladies to tolerate till Jesus comes. In the book ‘for men only’, 80% of the women interviewed said they would rather suffer financial insufficiency in their homes than lack of attention from their spouse.
He goes to work even on Sundays, he never thinks of taking his family on a vacation, he comes home by 9pm and is so exhausted to chat with his wife and as he lays to sleep, two hours later, the nurse is on the phone ‘Doctor there is an emergency’ and he rushes out by 11pm and that is the profession that thousands of deceived Nigerian students wants.

Financially:

Doctors are not poor but very few of them are rich. 300k per month, you have a wife and children, you have house rent to settle and have other family members who has a perception that you are rich so they make demands on you. I’ve never seen a Doctor riding a Range Rover, you only see them on Toyota Camry, Corolla, Honda and other 1-2million naira cars.

Business:

If they invest in other businesses, maybe things will be better. I was with a Doctor in the Medical Centre here and he began lamenting that even if he wants to do anything like business, he won’t have time for it and people will end up taking advantage of him. More so, if at the workplace, they realize that you have investments, you will be denied certain financial privileges.

I am not despising the medical profession, as I can’t deny the fact that the society can’t survive without them. I am only worried that an individual spends 7years re-sitting Jamb simply because he wants to study Medicine.

Come to a gathering and introduce yourself as a medical doctor, nobody will bow to you; outside the school setting what speaks is your success in life not your A in Pathology.

How many less privileged kids have you given a reason to smile by sending them to school? How many homes have your existence deleted poverty from their lineage? Therein lays fulfillment.

We need doctors; don’t get me wrong but our quest for the medical profession is not worth it. It has crippled rich minds, buried companies that would have been providing 10,000 jobs today and hidden business potentials and leadership models in the chocking atmosphere of the hospital.
So guys, don’t feel bad if you not admitted to study Medicine, settle for anything. It’s your imagination in life that counts not your IQ.
Make the best out your life wherever you find yourself.

Back to the topic does medicine and surgery worth the admission stress?

Share ur view about that.

Mine: Nigeria students lack orientation.

lawyer is looking for fame to stardom after watching p**n

Nawa ooo...The UK based musician

Some pple ll come thank God on his behalf now


Oh God!!...Ya being ridiculed

stalyf:
It was another test on African’s Preference for democratic tenets but South Africa didn't disappoint. The coastline nation held its parliamentary election on 8th May, 2019 and its outcome have left a relishing experience.


This came amid growing concern on the trajectory of democracy on the continent over rampant manipulations and high level of interference that distort leadership choices. From Algeria to Sudan, the news aren't palatable as relentless protests replaced ballot boxes to effect leadership changes.

Sit-tight leaders are not ready to yield power and have continued to make a serious mess of the democratic process. Even when they tried to conceal their anti-democratic tendency, their actions easily exposed their lust for power, albeit, undermining the process.

But South Africa chose to be different. Many had expected Nigeria to set the template for a transparent election on the continent but it emerged from its general election few weeks ago shrouded in more controversy than it was four years ago.

Issues ranging from voters suppression, inducement, violence, militarisation, among other lapses marred the Nigeria's electoral exercise. There is still contention whether the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collated results on a server or not but that will be answered in court in the coming days.

The scenario in the South African poll was far different as the process was more open and transparent. From the campaigning process to the collation of results, South Africa demonstrated that things can work if people are willing to let a process run its course. African National Congress (ANC) refused to tow the pattern of most African ruling party and allowed the process to reflect the wishes of the electorates.

For the entire time that the election process lasted, electorates enjoyed relative freedom in exercising their franchise and that was obvious in the eventual outcome of the contest. Pictures from polling units showed orderliness and hardly are any disruption by political thugs reported. Voters were able to make their choice without any form of suppression or intimidation.

Surprising enough, their streets and polling centres were free of huge security presence. As against the negative perceptions on holding elections in an African country, South Africa showed that things can be done the right way without rancour.

This was possible because of an honest and transparent process that removed doubts of manipulation and courageously implement monitoring and evaluation strategy for votes secured by the participating parties. Unlike the practice in most African countries, the country's top electoral body deployed technologies that not only ease the process of voting but ensured that those votes counted.

Counting of votes and collation were done electronically while party and their agents have access to real time results. This was the same proposition that the amended Nigeria electoral act made but it was turned down, stirring confusion on whether the manually collated announced results were the true reflection of the will of Nigerian voters.

In South Africa, a giant screen displayed results in real-time while citizens have unfettered access to monitor how well or otherwise their preferred candidates have performed. With this transparency, South Africa IEC have removed doubts that could ignite uncertainty and left parties and indeed, electorates with little or no concerns for manipulations.

A similar initiative would have saved Nigeria the question of integrity thrown at the election held few weeks back. Infact, Nigeria would have been a perfect reference for transparent and open poll for Africa and would not be taking INEC so long to give a breakdown of results it announced on its official website for public scrutiny.

Oke Umurhohwo is a Political Analyst and Strategist. He tweets via @OkeStalyf and can be reached via oke.umu@gmail.com

https://oke.com.ng/blog/2019/05/20/elections-nigeria-learn-south-africa/

EPISTLE

How dd Nairaland stay ahead of its biggest competitors

rentAcock:
While growing up, we were told the legendary story of Samuel Okwaraji the Nigerian player who lost his life after scoring our only goal in the 99-1 match against India. You see, India was beating us 99-0 simply because they used jazz that turned the ball into lions whenever the Nigerian players tried to score. Nigeria needed to score just one goal to win the match and Samuel Okwaraji was the only one to courageous enough to put the ball behind their net but he died instantly as a result. I know doctors will always conjure some fancy diagnosis to explain his sudden death but in the hearts of many Nigerians, Samuel Okwaraji died a legend.

I love stories like this, infact they give me an erection. In 1994, another legend made history by scoring against Bulgaria in the 20th minute at cotton bowl stadium Dallas. Rashidi Yekini became the first Nigerian player to score in the World Cup.

Is this sarcasm or u believed that moonlight tales?
Omg!! Is google banned in ur area?

Who else tot it's Alexis Sanchez...OP it's well...wish ur Sanchez quick recovery

Nothing beats being successful in ur country

Showbiz

Looks like iwobi

Ijawwomaninoyo:
This one no play ball again? Posting of twins is what he and Paul okoye are only known for now. Psquare that IBB flew down to play at his daughter's first birthday. It is a pity what they decided to turn themselves into Fine kids

He does...he even scored his first goal for his new club recently

ennon92:
Abeg shay na Onyekuru score for Burnley

No it's Eddie nketiah

Fulani herdsmen...buhari ll say they aren't Fulani but Niger....9ja!!!...which way?

And they are quick to blaming the govt.

ReeLoaDead:
Ok good. Who are our strikers anyway?

Qualifier highest goal scorer ighalo and that new guy that scored that single goal against Egypt in d last Friendly

ReeLoaDead:
Can you imagine him as our striker in AFCON this June ... chai!!

lies... he might not be called up sev...even for the last friendly match he wasn't a squad player

ihenacho still dey play nih?...he's on anyway

Nbote:
If Emery sign Ndidi come Arsenal na bad thing? Ndidi is Champions league material

He z better than guendouzi and xhaka
He z better than torreira according to stats

ThothHermes:
Fernandinho, Rueben Neves, Sissoko, Gundogan, even Jorginho

Check stats man...don't judge with big names

donbachi:
Look at how she rubbed his back.as a way of saying "baby happy you're back"...if na nigerian girl.wetin u go hear na "if u like go back to ur goalkeeping,na ur eye go clear soon"

haha...Enyeama as case study

As if he's not getting paid for it

fineboynl:
pogba and rashfold must leave it. that are trash.

man u should buy iwobe that guys is good with passes.

I laughed to ur iwobi comment.. rashford na English media product always shooting wide...he Neva scored from freekick but keeping taking it

toyinjimoh:
no tekno and infinix...overrated phones in Nigeria

Esp infinix

Misplaced priority...

maybe after Ramadan cos oloyede is busy checking moon... misplaced priority

Watford to win

Club I can never support CHELSHIT

0ppa:
I wonder what MicroSoft will do when they are fully aware that one of their packages (Yahoo Mail) is used conversely to mean a fraudulent activity, and the Nigerian media are not thinking of starting to stop.

Ya ignorant... sorry to say...check the dictionary for the meaning of yahoo

OlujobaSamuel:
Hmmmmmmm, If the report is true according to disclosed facts, then the 250k job loss is more of a blackmail than reality.
For those that will quote without reading;
1 the company was given a waiver as sole manufacturer with access to fx
2 they found importation cheaper and used the free fx access to import then stopped manufacturing
3 fg discovered and cancelled the waiver
4 buyers see no sense in buying from middle men as the company is now one, so they import directly
NB
No 250k job loss as most are already into the importation

The 250k job loss is real....I can boost of knowing 500...

Buchi....enene tinene ne ne neo..enene tinene