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It's obvious a lot of Abians were disappointed in the supreme Court judgement. This can be seen on the wee silence on various threads regarding Okezie's court victory. Nevertheless the fact remains that Otti overwhelmingly won the election but was rigged out....

This is serious. It seems Mr Metuh isn't shakened after his inceration at kuje prison. For him, to have the mental and emotional stability to be part of the meeting shows he's strong willed.

This is serious, what's happening to our economy?

Ponponkon:
Darkness cannot cover light.I thankGod that Nigerians of different ethinc groups are speaking out against this miscarriage of justice by the appeal court. Supreme court will not allow evil to reign

Mr man can't you see nobody is interested in this your sycophancy. Stop disturbing yourself. The judgement appeal court gave was a very sound one and I pray supreme court will affirm that. No doubt majority of Abians voted for Alex Otti, hence their spontaneous jubilation and excitement immediately the news filtered around.

Alex Otti clearly won Abia gubernatorial election, I have no doubt these are paid sycophants trying to fulfil their payment. #Alexisthegovernor

This is just a good piece of statement from the Governor-Elect. Watch out for Abia State in the next couple of years!

nwadiuko1:
thanks but you better believe me

Stop making a fool of yourself abeg! If you think supreme court will reverse this great judgement I'm sorry for you!

This is the most cheering news coming from Abia State this year! Thank God!

I think a lot of Abians on this forum doesn't fancy the present administration hence their continuous silence on any issue relating to the government.

Our health sector needs a total re branding and restructuring in other to at least handle some basic medical conditions. Little wonder our politicians fly abroad for just medical check up! A lot is expected from the current minister of health. Good enough, the minister of health for state is from Edo.

http://punchng.com/we-operate-patients-in-reptile-infested-theatres-ubth-doctors/. Resident doctors working at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, have decried the state of facilities such as operating theatres, radiotherapy machine, laboratory equipment and lecture rooms in the hospital.

They accused the authorities of the hospital of mismanaging facilities in the According to the President of the UBTH ARD, Dr. Omorogbe Owen, the conditions in which the physicians operate on patients is terrible.

He said, “The theatres are in the worst conditions as surgeries are carried out by doctors who are sweating on patients. Insects and reptiles come in freely into the theatres and wards because of the dilapidated state of facilities.

“Consumables and other tools for work are not sufficient or non-existent, forcing patients to buy materials for wound dressing across the road. The laboratories, pharmacy and x-rays units are not functioning optimally.

“The discrepancy has now made it a norm for patients to go outside the hospital to do diagnostic investigations and also buy drugs. Despite the Federal Government’s huge investment in procuring CT scan and radiotherapy machine for the hospital, the equipment is constantly malfunctioning.”

Owen, who made this known in a statement, also alleged that some departments had lost their accreditation due to lack of facilities and manpower.

The doctors also raised the alarm over what it described as “extortion of patients”, adding that the high cost of treatment at the hospital had forced many patients to seek treatment elsewhere.

The ARD boss added that patients were forced to pay N3, 900 general wards’ fees daily after paying an initial admission deposit of N20, 000.

He stated, “For instance, the bed fee for specialist ward is N15,000 daily after an admission deposit of N50, 000, compared to what is obtainable elsewhere such as the Irrua Specialist Hospital, Edo State and the University College, Ibadan, Oyo State, were bed fee is N1,500 and N1,000 per day respectively. The same is applicable at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State where bed fee is N1,000 daily.”

Owen also accused the management of being insensitive to present economic realities of its patients.

He added, “Many patients have been forced to seek alternative care elsewhere and this is grossly affecting the training of medical students and doctors. Patients, especially those in and around Edo State, are now forced to travel to other parts of the country for medical care where services are affordable.”

Decrying the shortage of medical workers, he recalled that the hospital had not in the last four years employed new members of staff despite the mass exit of professionals from the hospital.

He added that the exit of workers had resulted in the loss of some departments in the hospital.

Owen said, “This obviously affects the quality of service being rendered to patients. It is shocking to reveal that the last time resident doctors were employed in UBTH was in 2011 and in the intervening four- year period, over 400 resident doctors have exited without any replacement.”

“The hospital that was manned by over 150 house officers is currently covered by 60 house officers while a ward of over 50 patients is being run by three nurses. One can then imagine the kind of care patients get from this shortage of staff.

“Consumables and other tools for work are not sufficient or non-existent forcing patients to procuring materials for wound dressing across the road. The laboratories, pharmacy and x-rays units are usually down due to lack of power supply.

“The discrepancy has now made it a norm for patients to go outside the hospital to get investigations and drugs. Despite the Federal Government’s huge investment in CT scan and radiotherapy machine for the hospital, the equipment is constantly malfunctioning.”

The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Michael Ibadin, could not be reached by one of our correspondents, as calls to his telephone line did not go through.

When contacted on Sunday, the Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Kehinde Ibitoye, declined comments on the matter, adding that she was not aware of the statement by the resident doctors.

Ibitoye said, “I have not seen the press release. Until I see it, I will not react. You are a journalist; can you react to what you have not seen?

“I am not even aware. It has not come to my management. When it does, we will say our own.”

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Finished the numerical test about 15 minutes ago, and I just got a feedback that my application would now be given careful consideration hence, notification in due course.

I pray the verdict goes Otti's side. Abia needs a man like him to achieve the needed transformation and reformation. #TeamAlex#

FG needs to get to work asap.

So people do sit down to watch these guys? This is funny!

This thread is just to confirm whether other cities across the country are experiencing the same horrible scarcity of fuel like PHC has witnessed since Monday. I heard tanker drivers has refused to load fuel products because of some issues here and there.

It's understandable the banks want to still trade on those funds!

This resume is rich. I remember that year I wanted to work in ACA...

Good news

I just heard on family love fm news at noon, of a blast in Yola IDP camp, Adamawa State. Can anyone confirm this?

Seriously this issue of high CRR and liquidity ratio should be reviewed because it's having a toll in our banking sector.

@ op, your write-up is just on point. In addition, you can easily get to the top of your career as a sales man...For instance in the banking sector it's much easier to to get to top management position (SM,PM, AGM, DGM and GM) as a sales man...Such cannot be said as an operations staff

A lawyer, Marcel Dim-Udebuani, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify all the the 25 major appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly being in breach of principle of federal character enshrined in the nation’s Constitution.
The plaintiff filed his suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/732/2015, in which joined the Chairman, Federal Character Commission as the second defendant, on Monday.
He contended that the 25 appointments made so far by the President were in breach of the spirit of federal character enshrined in section 14 (3) of 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Buhari’s last set of appointments announced last week has drawn strong criticism from many Nigerians who accused the President of making lopsided appointments, skewed in favour of people from the Northern part of the country like himself.
Buhari had on August 27 approved the appointment of Babachir David Lawal from Adamawa State as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
He also named Mr. Abba Kyari from Borno state as his Chief of Staff.
Other appointments approved by the President, according to the statement, are those of Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (retd.) as the new Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service; Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi, Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service; Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate); and Suleiman Kawu as SSA on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives).
Both Ali and Kawu are from Kano State and Abeshi is from Nasarawa. Enang from Akwa Ibom State is the only one from the South-South geo-political zone.
So far, not person from the South-East zone had been appointed into any position by the Buhari administration.
The plaintiff in the fresh suit prayed the court to reverse all the appointments the President had made so far.
Part of his questions submitted to the court for determination reads, “Whether the total of the twenty-five (25) appointments made so far by the 1st defendant (Buhari) is not against the spirit of Section 14 (3) of 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Whether the exclusion of South-East geo-political zone in the twenty-five appointments made so far by the 1st defendant is unconstitutional and divisive among others.”
He sought the following reliefs.
Dim-Udebuani prayed the court for “an order compelling the 1st defendant (President Buhari) to reverse the appointments so far made to observe and comply with the principle of Federal Character as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).”
His other prayers also read in part, “An order of this court compelling the 2nd defendant (FCC) to invoke paragraph 8 (1) (C) of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
“An order of court declaring all the appointments so far made null and void for violation of the principle of Federal Character enshrined in our constitution aforesaid.”
Dim-Udebuani, anchored his prayers on the grounds “that the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a country for all the citizens, South-East inclusive.”
He also contended as part of the grounds for the suit that the 2nd defendant (FCC) was a creation of constitution of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria and that “the entire five states that make up South-East geo-political zone has no appointment yet.”
He contended that the North-East, North-West, North-Central, South-West and South-South had had representations in the appointments made so far.
In affidavit in support of the originating summons, the plaintiff said the President swore to defend and protect the nation’s constitution and that the Constitution ought to be obeyed by all appointments which he said were lopsided in the recent appointments that were made.
He argued that it would be “in the best interest of justice and promotion of rule of law that the lopsided appointments should be discouraged by granting all the prayers before the court.”
No date has been fixed for the hearing.

http://www.punchng.com/news/lawyer-sues-buhari-over-appointments/

I got my present job last year through gatecrashing. What you need is composure and confidence...
NB...It's a well structured organization.

Op, your write-up is filled with so many wrong information. Pls mod, look into this thread to avoid mis-informing the public.

You guys should just relax. During my time, a lot of candidates did well and they still chose only a few. They'll definitely inform you guys either through mail or phone call. Always keep your mobile phone close to you. All the best guys!

Is this some kind of joke or what? #150 as salary for someone that's supposed to earn #150,000. The state government should kindly look into it.

I'm particularly impressed with their low NPL ratio. That shows they have quite a strong CRM system.

This couple are indeed intellectuals

How authentic is this news?

This is interesting!

Sales job can be challenging no doubt. But if you can breakthrough, you'll be a hot cake, particularly in the banking sector.