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adetowubo001: No vex too much my bro. I want to believe they'll pay us that stuff in Abuja. I must confess though that I've been ripped here at Ikeja General Hospital for the medical cert of fitness even though a couple of tests were run on me.

Thank you my brother. How much did it cost you to get the certificate?

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jobgetter: Seconded

Brother you dey feel me? NIMC don try but I still dey vex for this stipend pepper matter.

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Our senior colleagues in Abuja viewing this thread , make una help us beg Director of Finance make em pay us our stipend today or tomorrow na. Guys need to see front oooo. Medical report and transportation to Abuja no be free ooo. Haba!

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Mowin: Congrats oo! To Dafe, seigha, dandutse, danyl, jobgetter & all others, I rejoice with all of u. I wish other roles r called within the week. By Gods special grace, this month will be our month of bounty. I hope I am not the only one that applied 4 organisation str. & workplan on this thread. I just reachd out 2 someone that was in my group on the day of interview. He still has nt receivd any message. My heavenly father, I thank u 4 i know u have done it.

Thank you my brother. God has not finish the job yet. Relax! You re the one next in line to be announce .For God is not a God that abandon a project. He has promise you/every one expecting test message and he will bring it to pass.

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sojiformular: Am so filled wit joy. sleep don comot for my eyes o. All Glory to God Almighty. Trainees still expectin sms will get theirs in d mornin. dat has been NIMC trend.

Same here bros. The sleep don vanish oooo . To God be d glory.

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jobgetter: Who else is going to Abuja on Thurs

Steve is going. Congratulation.

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In the book of NIMC 1 :1. 'And according to his appointed time, all reliable sources in the first/second week of october came to pass'.

Congratulation to all who receive this good message. My prayer is that, God who has done it for me, will do it for those still expecting interview or training/APL text message.

Pls Moderator front page things.

Am ready to offer my service to our great country Nigeria.

God bless us.
God bless NIMC.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Praise God! He has done it again. Abuja here I come.

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pinetulips: Finally the long wait has produce good results oh, my appointment letter is out. i just receive nimc sms ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh oya limpopo, abuja here i come

@ all this dude is fake. Check is profile and post and you will discover his fake posts and comments. He even posted that he receive SMS from immigration inviting him for aptitude test today. We all know immigration recruitment is ongoing. Pls don't take d dude serious.

I know my people and my people know me. (Shiloh, mowin, gullmoon,deprof, aluas,seighbs danyl,faunom, writty, e.t.c)

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Good morning my people. I have a feeling this week is d week we have bn waiting for. Pls what we need to do, Is to intensify prayer for it to come to pass.

May God bring our NIMC APL/interview sms this week in Jesus name.

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shikshark: yeah! lets all brace up for for the long awaited good news coming up next week

Amen my brother.

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deprofo: My man u realy train 4dis ur analysis. We set committee 2investigate why u posted dis kind of information in dis tread. Anyway ppl should laf and reduce tension of mtn msg tinkin dat it is Nimc APL/Stipen alert. ONE LOVE

Bros how far na? Longest time. Na you be this or someone else?

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SirElaw: The only reason why I liked your post was that I was impressed by how stu.pid you were willing to get just to make pple laff.

So you didn't see the comic in d post. I had to roll on my bed and laughed out so loud. That was a very hilarious comment @ecolime.. @ sirElaw pls life is short. Free ur mind and be happy . Abeg read @ ecolime comment and LOL, you need to laugh now.

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fidebona: gbam well said.

@ all good morning this morning. Patient is indeed a virtue. @ gullmoon nice piece above, ,No doubt paucity of fund is d reason for this delay,inability of NIMC to pay our stipend is a pointer to that. All we need now is to continue in drinking from d water of patient. Little wonder why another name for patient is long suffering, indeed we have suffer long as a result of this delay,especially those of us who had to resign our job for the training. we have indeed suffer long. Most of us now live on drinking garri to survive(Lol). I empathise with those who resign their job for d TRN, I fall into that category so I understand the present harsh reality .IT IS WELL. if there is one thing giving me hope, is the possibility that our APLs might be dated back to june/july or august this year.

@ all do have a lovely weekend and pls don't forget to pray for this recruitment process @ this junction: there is no denying that the spiritual controls the physical.


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deprofo: Wait! Wait!! Wait!!! Nimc we are waiting patiencely for APL. Wenever it come we will grab our copies. Pls lets find sometin and b doing while waiting 4 Nimc. Definitly if there no serious Problem Nimc wil call us one day. ONE LOVE

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Rubbish! One day we go hear say one nigeria die go hell and see SEUN and all those using nairaland in hell and d moderator will allow such trash on FP. Total rubbish.

beejaay: from reliable source also.. more than 90% of those that went for the interview will be getting their APL (i hope am among ).. this further confirm what that bros don dey tell us tey tey.....while u wait please watch comedy and laugh a lot to relief the stress, play with kids and share love.. dont engage in any war with the devil cos devil no even get our time

Nice one! Hope it comes to pass in Jesus name.( Amen)


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bobbydbobo: . All true as stated bro..... Xcept that it won't take as long as U have painted it cos theyld b called in batches, nd so Apls of some mite take longer than others, buh it starts soon...!! God bless u Bro! Nd all that await letters! Good luck..

@ bobbybobo, thanks for giving some of us hope via ur comments thus far. On behalf of all we appreciate ur effort. Pls bring it on as we need hope to continue in the drinking of the rivers of patience. Three things we need this period; God (prayer), Patience, and Hope.

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adetowubo001: As for me, the pay/welfare structure is not what's paramount right now. Priority right now is to get hold of that app letter. All other things will sort themselves out in due course.

bros, ur source said we should take water of patience. In fact me don begin take GP tank of patience today. My brother, don't worry relax ur mind. NIMC is saving ur salary for you. Your name is already there, just make sure u occupy ur mind with other productive things. In God perfect time, the APL will roll in. Bros I dey feel u.

As regard d salary, I know d new increment will not measure up to FIRS, however, I am certain in ten years from now it will measure up. FIRS started small initially. Pls confirm from ur source whether make we began take rivers of patience because na GP tank level we dey na.

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adetowubo001: One thing they said though: a new welfare package is coming (probably with next year's budget)

One bad new from ur source this morni and a good news this nite. Bros this ur welfare package new sweet my belle ohoooo! Eh claer say in the future we go dey compete with FIRS for welfare package matter. One love my brother.


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God is watching NIMC.

DAFE STEVE: Bros God bless u. If the APL will date july, glory be to God. Eh mn say by sept ending NIMC go dey owe us 3 months salary(LOL).

Me own be say, any of una wa go find himself or herself for the communication dept of NIMC, make that person bring about a dramatic change. The dept needs young innovative, effective and efficient young minds. What is the essence of a website without updates of recent events (recruitment update inclusive) ?

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Better soup na money kill am, better Job from NIMC na patience kill am.@ NIMC make una no forget to edict our other names for the APLs . Our various other names don change to PATIENCE.

@ all make una no surprise if una see Patience as your other name on the APL. Make una laugh abeg. devil no reach to steal our joy away. Man devol plan na to steal our joy away by dis delay, but our papa God big and wise par sam. all things work for our Good. Devil go soon cry for our matter in fact e dey crying already. Enough of the rolling on d bed and counting days, make una go out and put d devil into shame. Me go out yesterday came back home with 6k and dey go out now and I know say hand go full today God's grace. He dat goes out sowing shall come back rejoicing.

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@ Belexy 95 we appreciate ur contribution. Pls bring more information. Pls act as our minister for information for now. God bless U.


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Belexy 95: For ur information,d chairman of Nimc board has got notin 2 do wit signing Apl,not even d DG. Signing of Apl is solely d job of Human Capital resources dept. @all,u ll definitely be taken aback wen u c ur Apls dated far back july. I tink all these speculations surrounding Apls re nt necessary,jst exercise sm level of patience. Am nt at d hqts(abuja),odawise i wud hav help give u guys info concerning d delay.

Bros God bless u. If the APL will date july, glory be to God. Eh mn say by sept ending NIMC go dey owe us 3 months salary(LOL).

Me own be say, any of una wa go find himself or herself for the communication dept of NIMC, make that person bring about a dramatic change. The dept needs young innovative, effective and efficient young minds. What is the essence of a website without updates of recent events (recruitment update inclusive) ?

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Better soup na money kill am, better Job from NIMC na patience kill am.@ NIMC make una no forget to edict our other names for the APLs . Our various other names don change to PATIENCE.

@ all make una no surprise if una see Patience as your other name on the APL. Make una laugh abeg. devil no reach to steal our joy away. Man devol plan na to steal our joy away by dis delay, but our papa God big and wise par sam. all things work for our Good. Devil go soon cry for our matter in fact e dey crying already. Enough of the rolling on d bed and counting days, make una go out and put d devil into shame. Me go out yesterday came back home with 6k and dey go out now and I know say hand go full today God's grace. He dat goes out sowing shall come back rejoicing.

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@ NIMC we have taken a lot of the patience water and still drinking it. Abee una want make we start to drink GEJ water?

On a serious note, NIMC should update their website. I wonder what our colleagues in d NIMC communication dept re doing.

@ drawclose u re on point; Guys, we need to activate plan B. Like we use to say in warri "no matter how Long the nite tay, the morni must come" . The bible went further to say "weeping may endure for d nite,but joy comes in the morni" paraphrasing pls.

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bobbydbobo: my bro, I'm nt tryn to raise ur hopes... I'm telling u wasup! That's wasup.. Good luck!

@ bobbydbobo pls keep updating us about NIMC, we need people like u in this waiting period .Pls on d issue of salary, hope is still d figure u quoted sometime ago or any changes? I just want u to know we respect and appreciate ur comments thus far.

God bless us.
God bless the NIMC project
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Is over. Congrat liverpool

I am enjoying this match. Man u is having d best of d 2nd half. But I guess her lovers need goals. May the best side win the day.

am a Chelsea lover just passing by.

Simplejoy: I celebrate u totally.God wil do it as u desire.Hapi birthday in advance.@All Hapi new mnth.we wil soon deliver wht we hv long being pregnant of.September to be Remember...

Amen dear. This month package is a comprehensive one and no doubt ur re inclusive in that package. A king could not sleep because MORDECAI had to be honoured, NIMC management will lose their sleep until they sign and deliver your APL to u dear. Thank you my brother or should I say sister.

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Happy new month my love ones; I have a feeling that we shall all deliver like a pregnant woman this month. I see APL flying in soon for everyone in this wonderful family, this month is unique for me and I also believe it shall be unique for everybody here in Jesus name.

@ all my name is STEVE(S), was born in the month of SEPTEMBER(S) and on the SEVENTH(S) day of september. No wonder my friends call me SSS. 7 is a perfect number and september is the 9th month of d year any woman who took in last year december/january this year is expected to deliver I.e put to bed. There is no denying we all applied for this NIMC job december and I think some early this year, so naturally, we should be expecting our APL this month by God/allah's grace. It is indeed our month of delivery (APL).

I am wishing myself happy birthday in advance and earnestly desire that NIMC give me a birthday present in form of APL that will have a multiplier effect on all my love ones on this trend in Jesus name.

@ calculus pls take the teaching offer now. I have bn in that ur shoe ones. All u need is get so close to d principal during ur few stay there. Don't just be a teacher or colleague to him or her , become an integral part of the system. And believe u me, they will let u go without u paying one naira upon leaving .You can call it mutual understanding if u like. Trust me I am speaking from experience; I didn't have to pay any money, despite an initial harsh offer and acceptance agreement than yours.

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Strongedition: Thanks alot my friend, may the good lord meet ur heart desires.Amin

U re welcome my brother and a big amen to that prayer.

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People get married for different reasons. While some seek companionship in marriage, many go into marriage for procreation. For couples who look forward to having children immediately after marriage, being declared ‘infertile’ by experts is like a death sentence.

While it is generally agreed that it takes two to have a baby and every couple is expected to be in optimum health to have babies, medical experts claim men are having more fertility challenge now. Sperm concentration in men is said to have decreased by a third since 1990s while sperm count is said to have decreased by half over the past 50 years.

Studies are also showing genetic abnormalities in sperm particularly in older men. For men therefore, quantity, quality and motility of spermatozoa are seen as important factors in fertility.

Since the male factor is a prominent cause of infertility in couples, sperm donation has become vital in assisted conception treatment.

A study by the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction stated that “a male factor is solely responsible in about 20 per cent of infertile couples and contributory in another 30 to 40 per cent.”

According to experts, even when sperm numbers are great, a high proportion of men may have DNA damage that significantly impairs the chances of natural conception. Besides, male sperm deteriorates with age the same way it does for women.

Studies have also shown that if a man has poor health, smokes, drinks too much or has a bad diet, it’s very likely his sperms are also going to be unhealthy.

Indeed, investigation by Saturday PUNCH showed that sperm has become a commodity in high demand in Lagos. The Chief Consultant and Head, Obstetrician and Fertility Department, Eko Hospitals, Dr. Adegbite Ogunmokun, said fertility problem, based on recent experience, had tilted more towards the male factor.

He said, “If 10 couples come in, there will be problem with the male in six of them, using our parameter of 20 million sperm per millimetre. But 10 to 15 years ago, maybe about four out of 10 men would have problem.”

Our correspondents, who visited some fertility centres in Lagos, learnt that more men are having low sperm count, thus necessitating the need for more volunteer donors. But because donors are scare, fertility clinics offer as much as N50,000 to men who are interested in selling their sperm.

They also pay more when sellers have special features that the beneficiaries are looking for.

Like blood sellers, investigations show that many people in Lagos, especially students, now sell their sperms anytime they need money.

A student of the University of Lagos, who identified himself as John, said he had sold sperm to a few fertility centres in Lagos. John said he had been funding his education for the past two years with what he earned from selling his sperm.

John said he was introduced to the programme by a friend and that he had in turn brought in two other friends to ‘business’.

“I’ve sold to a number of fertility centres. The money has really helped me to stay in school. It takes care of my tuition and some other personal needs,” John said, with a measure of satisfaction.

“It’s cool money, really and I’m also doing a service to mankind by helping out some people in need. Even friends that I introduced to it have not turned back since then.”

An employee in a Lagos fertility clinic, who identified himself as Olufunsho, told Saturday PUNCH that some women would pay any amount to get a sperm seller with the features they want.

He said, “We pay N50,000 here but there are times when women come in and request that, at all cost, they must get a tall man. The person can earn more when they make such requests, especially if we don’t have any that fits the profile in our bank.

“There was a time a woman came and requested that we get a tall man for her at all cost. I showed her the samples we had, but she did not like the profile. She said she was not satisfied with the heights. And we were unable to get what she wanted from the sellers that came at the time.

“The sellers that came then were either AS, or positive with hepatitis B or had low sperm count. We had up to twelve sellers that came and we were unable to get anybody. In such cases, we could offer a lot more when we find the right person. Sometimes, such people are also in a position to negotiate for what they want.”

However, subsequent drops attract lesser amounts of money for the same seller.

To sell sperm, the person, according to Olufunsho, must stay off sex for five days. He undergoes some tests to confirm that he is not HIV positive and that he also has healthy sperm among others.

He said, “If the same person is still interested and we still need him, he would repeat the screening process again. We pay N10, 000 per ejaculation for other subsequent ones. With my own discretion, if the quality of the sperm is good and we have somebody who needs something that matches perfectly with that seller, we may reduce the probation period, but the sperm must be very good.

“Although that is the protocol, it could always be amended when there is nothing wrong with the person. Even if someone ejaculates the first time and in twenty minutes time, he does the same, it is still going to be good, but not as good as the first one.”

At the various fertility centres where our correspondents posed as potential sperm seller, the clinic workers made keen attempts to have them start the process immediately, by leaving blood samples for tests.

On one occasion, a clinic worker told one of our correspondents that he was willing to waive the two to five days’ probation period of abstinence, after our correspondent said he wished to “sleep over it.”

The worker said, “What is there to think about? After all, you already said you’re not married. You can leave your blood sample for testing while you go ahead and think over it.”

Investigation showed that fertility centres want sellers between 18 and 45 years of age and expect them to abstain from sex, two to five days before giving sperm sample, depending on the centre.

Other conditions to be met by potential sperm sellers include testing negative to HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and C, sickle cell and some other sexually transmitted diseases. Tests are also carried out to determine the count, morphology (shape) and motility of the sperm cells.

In addition, fertility centres claim to also place a high premium on average intelligence, education and lifestyle. Although, Saturday PUNCH learnt that such claims are not always true as more emphases are actually placed on height and other physical attributes.

“It is not immediately that we pay. We prefer AA genotype because it can be given to anybody, unlike AS that cannot be given to just anybody,” Olufunsho added.

However, an employee in another fertility clinic in Lagos, Akin, said sperm sellers could get paid within a week of starting the process. This is possible only if they satisfy the conditions.

He said, “If the motility is good, the count is good and you’re okay, then, you can produce for us. If everything is okay, within a week, you can get your money.”

A 2012 study into the reproductive health of 26,600 men in France, warned of a sperm crisis worldwide. It said that sperm concentration has decreased by a third since the 1990s. The study found a continuous 32.2 per cent decrease in sperm concentration over a period of 17 years.

During the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology annual conference in London in July 2013, some experts, critical of the study’s validity, said it did not completely represent the situation in certain areas, particularly the developing world.

However, a fertility expert at Mother’s World Care, Ikeja, Lagos, Dr. Margaret Olusegun, said the situation is similar in Nigeria.

She said, “A man should have a good count, up to 40 to 50 million sperm per millimetre of semen upward. But you find that these days, men have more challenges with fertility than women.

“Although, I don’t have the statistics, men are the ones with more challenges now, even though they are the ones who drive out their wives if they can’t bear children.”

Olusegun explained that good sperm should have “at least 50 per cent motility (activeness) because sperm cells can be active, sluggish or dead.”

“For morphology (shape) too, which could be normal or abnormal, sperm should have upward of 50 per cent normal cells. And there should not be bacteria growth,” she added.

Ogunmokun described low concentration of sperm as “Oligospermia.” He, however, said a sperm count with a minimum lower limit of 20 million sperm per millimetre of semen would still be considered normal. But he added that any sperm concentration of less than 20 million per millimetre of semen could be categorised as mild, moderate or severe oligospermia, depending on the count.

Ogunmokun said fertility problems could be with the man, the woman or the two of them.

Saturday PUNCH learnt that the demand for sperm has made the fertility business a lucrative one. Many of the fertility centres in Lagos have facilities for sperm preservation, where it’s freezing costs about N50, 000 per quarter.

Ogunmokun said, “After collection, the semen is processed and seminal fluid and all other things are removed. The sperm is put in little bottles and placed in special containers called dewars, connected to a power source. It is stored at very low temperature and there must be an indicator for monitoring should there be a change in the condition.”

He, however, added that there must be a standby generator in a place like Nigeria, where power supply is unstable, as sperm can be frozen for decades.

“Although, there are many other reasons why people freeze sperm, someone living far away from his wife can decide to freeze his sperm for the wife’s use while he’s away. Also, someone going for cancer treatment can freeze his sperm before starting the treatment since such treatments affect sperm production,” he added.

Ogunmokun said fertility centres focus more on university undergraduates to ensure that sperm donors have a certain degree of intelligence.

He said, “The current practice is to actually recruit sperm donors and the focus is on undergraduates. The focus is on students because they should be able to provide their ID cards so that background checks can be done.”

According to Ogunmokun, the perceived increase in the number of men with low sperm count is as a result of infection and lifestyle habits like sitting for too long and wearing of tight underwear.

He said, “The testes are not supposed to be too close to the body because of the higher body temperature. The testes are naturally colder, so people who travel long distances or sit in traffic for long can be prone to infertility.”

Ogunmokun advised that men should “exercise appropriately, take good nutrition, avoid tight underwear, premarital sex, cigarette and alcohol to try to prevent low sperm count.”

However, Olusegun identified good hygiene as key to the prevention of low sperm count, saying, “Our environment is too contaminated.”

Additional report by Gbenro Adeoye

SOURCE: http://www.punchng.com/news/fertility-clinics-lagosians-make-money-selling-sperm-for-N50000