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President Buhari pictured with Governor Ortom in Benue state today.

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Ortom: PMB God's know that you're going back to dahura come 2019

PMb: Allah Kwaii. So speechless

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Ortom says

Baba please don't mind those online imbroglios

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Sad and bad day for wailers

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The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has denied making any statement which suggests that he was calling for a military coup in the country.

Ekweremadu spoke at the weekend in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, when Governor Seriake Dickson hosted him and other parliamentarians from African countries to a dinner.

In less than 50 years of nationhood, Nigeria had risen and fallen from three republics due to military incursions in governance. The fourth which started in 1999 is being jealously guided in spite of the observable pitfalls.

In this context, the deputy senate president’s mention of a possible military coup last week in the red chamber could not but create anxiety in all quarters, including the military which immediately denied such tendency among its men and officers.

Ekweremadu maintained that his comments on the floor of the Senate were misconstrued. The lawmaker said he would never make derogatory statements against the military which he described as one of the best fighting forces on the continent.
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He stressed that statements made by lawmakers in the course of their duties should be situated within the proper context before any form of reaction.

The military, through a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Brig-Gen John Agim, had argued that Ekweremadu’s comment “in the true sense, has the capacity to denigrate the Nigerian military in every ramification, including its loyalty to the president, commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the confidence of the public to defend Nigeria’s democracy.”

But the senator maintained that parliamentarians have a duty to continue to defend democracy in the country, arguing that the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is the parliament which should ordinarily provide a direction for the sustenance of democracy.

He added that his remarks on the floor of the Senate chambers were to caution his colleague politicians against making the mistakes of the past which led to the abrupt end of the First Republic.

“Let me just tell you one unfortunate incident that happened last week. We had one of our colleagues from Kogi who was hosting a constituency briefing and empowerment. He alleged that the government-sponsored thugs to come and chase away people and destroy the programme and equipment he bought for his people.

“We condemned such acts, especially where in a particular case, the property of a parliamentarian was destroyed. We condemned a case whereby parliamentarians were stopped from holding meetings and where a parliamentarian was stopped from coming to a state where he was governor for eight years.

“We warned that it was this kind of reckless abuse of power and impunity that scuttled our democracy earlier, especially in the First Republic. I cautioned that politicians should not take things for granted.”

Ekweremadu said some people took it out of context and alleged that he was calling for a military coup.

“I never called for a military coup. I never said the military was planning any coup. If you read some parts of the military statement, they admitted that my statement and contribution were only cautionary and that we were sincere, but they went as far as saying that the international community should ignore me,” he lamented.

According to him, the Nigerian military is currently passing through one of its toughest phases, fighting to keep the peace, which is the more reason they should be supported, rather than denigrated.

“I am not asking for an apology, I am only asking for understanding. I hold the Nigerian army and the armed forces in high regard. They are some of the best in Africa. They have defended our democracy, our people and have acquitted themselves in every assignment.

“ I have no reason why l should degrade our military. If they need anything now, it is encouragement because this is not the best of times for them. So, I call on all Nigerians to give them the necessary encouragement. But we do hope that when parliamentarians make statements, they (military) should be able to know exactly what they said before reacting.

“Sometimes, you react unfavourably and unfairly to the person who made the statement. Our statement is circulating on the internet unedited and I never said the army was planning a coup and I never invited them to plan any coup,” the PDP senator said.

Read More: Keep off politics, PDP warns military

Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has come under attacks for mismanaging the nation’s economy.

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, lamented that the APC allegedly borrowed N11trillion in just three years. He said that throughout the 16 years the PDP governed the country, it borrowed only N6 trillion.

Secondus spoke at a grand reception organised by the Delta State PDP in honour of former Governor James Ibori at Ovwor-Olomu, Ughelli South, Delta State at the weekend.

“A senator in APC, Dino Melaye told the whole world that in three years, APC borrowed N11 trillion. PDP ruled for 16 years and borrowed only N6 trillion. Where are all the promises they made? No roads, no electricity, rather, across the states of Nigeria, there are killings everywhere; there is national security crisis. The only party that can rescue Nigeria is PDP,” he said.

Similarly, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) said the political immaturity in APC had brought untold hardship, increased sectarian violence and polarised the country into ethnic and religious camps.

The Spokesman of the SDP, Adakole Ijogi, made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja after the maiden national communications strategy meeting of the party at the weekend. The party is planning to hold its non-elective national convention in April.

‘The APC’s three years administration is one with tales of disillusionment, despair and disenchantment,” SDP said.

The opposition political force promised to fashion out a new governance model for Nigeria that would uphold the welfare and the rights of citizens as well as uphold the rule of law.

https://guardian.ng/politics/ike-ekweremadu-denies-calling-for-military-coup/?F

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Please permit me to copy the following notable NGOs/Associations viz;

1. Team Buhari welcome Crowd(TBWC);

2. Association of No Northerner can defeat Buhari(ANNB)

3. National union of See Crowd that received Buhari(NUSCB)

4. National Union of PDP is Dead(NUPD)

5. Team Nairalan BMC Crew: madridguy, Sarrki, Buhariguy, et. al and there Nairaland Coordinator Myd44

See OUR IGP SA Response to His OGA at teh TOP (PMB)

“There May be a misunderstanding of the difference between Makurdi and Benue. IGP Idris did not spend more than 24hrs in Makurdi but spent more time at the flash points of Goma,Logo and Rijiin,all of which are in Benue. (SALEH SHEHU, S.A. TO IGP)

IGP is too slow to Move to action in Benue - BUHARI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qev_zdryU5c

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is not aware that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, left Benue State for Nasarawa State after he was ordered to relocate to the state.

President Buhari said this on Monday during a meeting with some stakeholders at the Government House in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

On January 9, the President had ordered the Inspector General of Police to immediately move to Benue State to restore law and order and prevent further loss of lives and properties, due to attacks by herdsmen in the state.

Although the IGP visited Benue after the President’s directive, the state government accused him of spending only one day in the state and then proceeding to Nasarawa State and spending several days there.

President Buhari who was visiting the state for the first time since suspected herdsmen struck the state on New Year’s Day, killing 73 and reigniting the debate over the herdsmen-farmers clashes, said he was just learning of the alleged noncompliance by the IGP.

“What I did was to call him and give him (a) directive. And I didn’t know he moved here (Benue State) and didn’t spend (time) and then move to Nasarawa. It’s only now that I am knowing that. But I know I dispatched him here,” the President said.

He added that as a loyal leader, he would engage the IGP for inquires upon his return to Abuja.

“At every level, you have to be loyal to people below you. Whether that person is loyal to you or not is totally a different thing,” President Buhari said.

“The easiest thing for me was to go on air and accuse the IGP of being too slow and not using the intelligence and resources available to him to foresee the action of the cattle rearers and so on. People would believe me, but I will be disloyal if I do that.”

The President also assured the people of Benue that he cannot overlook the killings in Benue or any other part of Nigeria. He said he is genuinely worried about the attacks in Benue and doing everything to end them.

Beyond accusing the IGP of disobeying the President’s order, Governor Samuel Ortom accused him of being biased in the implementation of law and order and called on him to resign.

This generated a war of words between the governor and the IGP which got the attention of the Senate, especially after the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Moshood Jimoh, described the governor as a drowning man.

https://www.channelstv.com/2018/03/12/i-never-knew-igp-moved-to-nasarawa-after-i-sent-him-to-benue-buhari/


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Uche secondus the POSITIVE CHANGE PARTY (PDP) Chairman live in dutse jigaea state

PDP Chairman consultative visits to Dutse jigawa state

PDP: President's Visit To Benue, Billboard of APC’s Insensitivity, 


…Says Jigawa Rally Opens a New Vista for PDP


The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s afterthought visit to Benue, several months after the massacre of Nigerians, as needless and serves only as a large billboard of his administration’s gross insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians.


The party however said its mega rally, which held in Dutse, Jigawa State, today, has opened a new vista for the party as the true hope for Nigerians.


The PDP said President Buhari’s visits to troubled states, particularly Benue, serve no sincere purpose since they did not come from the heart but evidently orchestrated for political reasons.


The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday said it is appalling and highly disheartening that a President can only visit his distressed citizens after a widespread outcry over his aloofness and not out of any genuine concern for their wellbeing. 


What is the purpose of condolence visit when it does not come from the heart but orchestrated to deceive and beguile the people ahead of the 2019 general elections?


Indeed, we agree no less with Nigerians that this cosmetic and politically motivated visit is nothing but a direct mockery of the dead and a heavy slap on the faces of the bereaved.


This is the same president, who at the wake of the massacre, summoned the leaders and the bereaved to Abuja, rather than complying with the age-long tradition of Africans by immediately visiting the bereaved. 


Months after their tears have dried and they are painfully gathering their broken pieces, the Presidency is now trying to use them for a political posturing by staging a cosmetic condolence visit just to score a political point. 


More off-putting is the fact that following the public criticisms that trailed the President’s glaring aloofness and failure to visit the direct victims during his whistle stops in Taraba and Plateau states, his handlers has now arranged a put-on visit to some Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Benue, which is nothing but a posturing stunt to further deceive the people.


If the Buhari administration is genuinely concerned about the wellbeing of the people of Benue and other trouble states, what decisive step has been taken to apprehend those behind the carnage and bring them to book?

What steps have been taken to ensure adequate protection for the people and to end the daily bloodletting in the land?

Instead the government has engaged in making reproachful comments and dishing out false information to the people. 


The PDP therefore charges the Presidency to end the unnecessary roadshow and take decisive steps to ensure the security of the people. Furthermore, those organizing the road shows must understand that Nigerians can no longer be deceived by cosmetic and pretentious posturing from this grossly insensitive and incompetent administration, which has brought them so much pain.

Signed:

Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary.

madridguy:
News like this is part of the reason the useless umbrella party want to return back to Aso Rock at all cost.

Thank you Sai Baba

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The Nigeria Customs Service said it had given the importer of the military wares which allegedly belong to the government of Kogi State, a 30-day ultimatum, to produce the End-User Certificate from the Office of the National Security Adviser.

The Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Mr. Joseph Attah, confirmed this during a telephone interview with one of our correspondents on Saturday.

The Service had confiscated the items at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.

The imported items include 100 pieces of military camouflage, 26 pieces of military camouflage jungle boots, 20 pieces of plastic knives, 24 pieces of black bullet proof vests, and 28 black boxing gloves.

Others are 26 pieces of arctic hunter bags, 40 pieces of training mats, 20 pieces of black batons, 100 pieces of black T-shirts, 31 pieces of protective glasses, 25 pieces of black sunglasses and 29 pieces of black uniform belts

Attah told one of our correspondents that the agent, who imported the items, had been identified.


He said when contacted, the agent claimed that he was in possession of the End-User certificate, which is usually issued by the National Security Adviser.

Attah said based on the claim of the agent, he had yet to be arrested as the service was still conducting investigations.

He explained that the agent had been asked to produce the End-User Certificate within 30 days and that if he fails to do so, after the ultimatum, the items would be forfeited to the Federal Government.

He said, “We have identified the agent who imported the items and he claimed that he had the End-User Certificate.

“We have asked him to produce it. He has 30 days to do that. If after the expiration of the 30 days period, then the imported items would be forfeited to the Federal Government.”

Senator Dino Melaye had, on Thursday, raised the alarm that the Kogi State government was behind the military items illegally imported into the country.


A source within the Kogi State Government, however, described the entire incident as ‘bad politics’.

The source, who wished to remain anonymous because he wasn’t authorised to speak on the matter, admitted that some military items and security gadgets were imported for Kogi State Government’s use.

He, however, denied reports that military uniforms were brought in.

The source said, “We planned to buy vehicles and lace them with security gadgets, GSM security jamming system, bulletproof etc. So, we engaged a security firm, which helped us to procure the gadgets for the Kogi State Government and they required an end-user certificate to bring them in.

“The governor wrote to the National Security Adviser over three weeks ago for the end-user certificate and we have evidence. The NSA is working on it even though it hasn’t been issued.

“However, the consignment came in before the end-user certificate was ready. So, when the gadgets came in, the Customs challenged us and asked the owner of the equipment to come forward and the governor has sent his officials to the airport to claim the goods.
“We didn’t import any uniform. We have the letter of the contract award.”

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party has described the linking of the alleged illegal importation of military items to the All Progressive Congress interests, particularly in Kogi State, as revealing.

The PDP said Nigerians had been wondering how weapons and other military equipment got into the hands of marauders, who had been ravaging the nation, adding that the discovery could be an unfolding development, into which an open investigation must be conducted.

It also expressed fears that the development could be part of the alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress to compromise the nation’s security system and set the stage for the intimidation of Nigerians during the 2019 general election.

The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Saturday, also asked the Presidency and military high command to immediately come out with explanations to Nigerians on how Governor Yayaha Bello of Kogi State allegedly secured the permission to import military items, a function exclusively under the purview of the Presidency and the military.

He said, “From the reports so far, it appears that we are now having a clue into how weapons and other military equipment being used by marauders and criminals to ravage and murder our citizens are illegally sneaked into the country and by which interest.”

https://www.punchng.com/kogi-military-items-customs-issue-ultimatum-to-importer/amp/

SOFTENGR:
Lala why

U don add 's'

FarahAideed:
Na true oo

So the name is now An Official Coded name

I was so surprised this evening at the comment of a Nairalander that [b]dullard in ho [/b]without the space now turn to President Buhari.


So decide to try ot out, low and behold its Real.


1. Does it mean that The Presidency has finally accepted that's an official name.

stephleena:
hehehe,Dino,is Bello's night mare,soonest,the blind governor on black shades,would be led back he..same with President Buhari in aso rock..for whatsoever is agreed by Nigerians is also agreed on heaven

so nairaland has automatically changed"dullard in ho to president buhari?
thanks for accepting he's a dullard

President Buhari

When will Lai Mohammed respect his age and stop lying? – Reno

My attention has been drawn to fallacious comments made by the notoriously dishonest Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to the effect that the Jonathan administration did not act on time when the Chibok Girls were kidnapped whereas the Buhari government acted promptly when the Dapchi Girls were kidnapped. Speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of the Editors’ Plaza by the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Lai Mohammed said: “Now, don’t compare orange with apple.

When Chibok girls were kidnapped, it took the PDP government 18 full days to admit that the girls were kidnapped. This time we swung into action within 24 hours”. Lai’s comments are reminiscent of the statement made by Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, justifying President Buhari’s inaction on killer Fulani herdsmen because the herdsmen also killed during Jonathan’s tenure.

When will Lai Mohammed respect his old age and stop lying? Is he not ashamed at the storm he is currently facing on social media after he lied that 100 planes are searching for the Dapchi Girls, a statement that was promptly denounced as a lie by the Nigerian Air Force? Even members of his own government know Lai Mohammed is a liar. For the avoidance of doubt, it is not true that the Jonathan government took 18 days to admit that the Chibok Girls were kidnapped.

The Chibok Girls were kidnapped on April 14, 2014. Exactly three days later, on April 17, 2014, then President Goodluck Jonathan called an emergency National Security Council meeting at Aso Rock Presidential Villa. If the Jonathan administration did not admit that the Chibok Girls were kidnapped, why would the President summon a Nation Security Council meeting? Now more than a week after the Dapchi Girls were kidnapped, has President Buhari held a National Security Council meeting to address the situation? No he has not.

As a matter of fact, to prove to Nigerians how inept he is, the President canceled this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting. Which serious leader cancels the most important meeting in his nation at a time when Kaduna is facing ethnic and religious killings, Zamfara is facing mass killings by bandits, Benue, Plateau, Adamawa and Taraba are facing an onslaught from Fulani herdsmen and 110 girls were kidnapped in Dapchi? Going back to the Jonathan administration, the Nigerian Army and Air force began searching for the girls after the emergency National Security Council meeting on April 17, 2014, with sorties being flown in search of the girls.

But very curiously, Nigerians would recall that the All Progressive Congress Governor of Borno State, Governor Kashim Shettima, admitted in an interview he gave Premium Times on April 2, 2016, that he deliberately did not inform the then President about the Chibok kidnap when it happened. President Jonathan had to find out from military forces on the ground. Why would the chief security officer of his state be that negligent? My advice to Alhaji Lai Mohammed is that he should direct his lying talents to the specific task of cooking up lies to counter the testimony of the APC Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Geidam, who blamed the kidnapping of the Dapchi Girls on the Buhari administration. According to Mr. Geidam, the Nigerian Army under President Buhari pulled out the troops guarding Government Girls Science and Technology College, Dapchi.

Who gave the order for the troops to leave their guard duty? The sector command has said that they handed over security of the school to the Nigerian Police Force, an assertion that has been denied by the police. These are the things that should concern Lai Mohammed, not a contest with an administration that scored higher anti-corruption ratings from Transparency International than the corrupt government he is serving.

And if he has too much time on his hand, Lai Mohammed can travel to more European football clubs to disgrace himself and his family by wearing a suit jacket on top of an agbada. Let me end by saying that whoever named Lai Mohammed at birth must have been a prophet. The person was able to look far ahead into Lai’s future and gave him a name that rhymes with his life’s purpose. Reno Omokri

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/will-lai-mohammed-respect-age-stop-lying-reno/

Mr Lai Mohammed, is this also part of naysayers work

How Nigeria caused collapse of seven Thailand rice mills — Minister

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, says Thailand has accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse of its seven rice mills following the drastic fall in rice importation from the country.

The minister made this known at a meeting of the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) and leadership of the Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers of Nigeria (FEPSAN) held at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/260509-nigeria-caused-collapse-seven-thailand-rice-mills-minister.html

one word for this man

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that naysayers had taken to Social Media and spending huge amounts of money to distort the situation in Nigeria.

The Minister stated this at a mini town hall meeting which he organised for members of staff of the Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, Germany and a cross-section of Nigerians residing in the European country. Mohammed was in Berlin to attend a meeting of African Tourism Ministers, on the sidelines of the International Travel Trade Fair in the German capital. lai mohammed Lai Mohammed A statement issued on the mini town hall meeting in Berlin was made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Mr Segun Adeyemi, the Special Adviser to the minister.

The minister said the naysayers, who were hoping to override the string of achievements by the present administration in the country, were spending huge amounts of money to spread fake news about Nigeria. He said: “Contrary to the fake news being peddled in the Social Media by the naysayers, President Muhammadu Buhari is putting Nigeria back on its feet.

“That is why Nigerians at home and abroad must ensure they have access to authentic information. “One way is to download the FGNiAPP on their hand-held devices. It is free.” ”The economy is on a steady growth, as attested to be by the latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics: “The economy attracted 12.2 billion dollars in foreign investments in 2017, up from $5.38 billion in 2016. “That represents 138 per cent increase. ‘’The economy further consolidated its recovery from recession with GDP growing by 1.92 per cent in Q4 2017,compared to 1.40 per cent in Q3 2017 and a contraction of -1.73 per cent in Q4 2016;.

“This means the economy ended 2017 with a growth of 0.82 per cent compared to a contraction of -1.58 per cent in 2016. “GDP growth in Q4 2017 was driven by growth in crop production, crude production and natural gas, metal ores, construction, transportation and storage, trade, electricity and gas production,. “These are indications that the administration’s diversification effort is working.” Mohammed blamed the incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen on environmental, rather than ethnic or religious issues.

He noted that contrary to the narrative being pushed in certain quarters that gave ethnic and religious coloration to the clashes, they were caused by purely environmental issues. Mohammed said whereas, Nigeria’s population in 1963 was about 48 million, ‘’it is now about 180 million with the country’s land mass remaining the same.’’ He said the implication was that, there were more people per square kilometre, adding that this development raised the chances of clashes over dwindling resources.

The minister also said that Lake Chad that which used to provide water and other resources to more than 30 million people in four countries, including Nigeria in the early 1960s had shrunk by about 90 per cent. He said the lake which had shrunk from 25,000 square kilometres to 2,500 square kilometres, forced those affected to move south in search of resources. ”These and other reasons, like desertification, have altered the resource landscape, heightened competition for dwindling resources and raised the possibility of clashes between farmers and herders.” Mohammed, who assured of the Federal Government’s commitment to finding lasting solution to the clashes, noted that the establishment of ranches was one sure way of reducing such clashes.

He, however, said that in resolving the crisis, both the farmers and the herders must be willing to shift slightly from their positions grounded in their way of life over centuries. For his part, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Germany, Alhaji Yusuf Tuggar, commended the patriotism and dedication of the Nigerians in Diaspora, especially those in Germany. ”There is a burgeoning Nigerian community (in Germany), committed to the prosperity of Nigeria.

“They are well in tune with the policies of the Nigerian government and they are accomplished men and women and worthy ambassadors,” he said. In their comments, some leaders of the Nigerian Diaspora commended the government for the progress being made in lifting up the country. They stressed the need to step up efforts to ensure the security of life and property in order to attract more foreign investors to the country. A naysayer is a person who says something will not or is not possible , or one who is skeptical or cynical about something.

ttps://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/naysayers-spending-money-distort-truth-nigeria-lai-mohammed/

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AS Nigeria joins countries of the world to celebrate the 2018 International Women’s day, wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has told perpetrators of abductions and various harmful practices against women and girls to stop forthwith.


The First Lady who was speaking at the ceremony to mark the International Women’s Day, yesterday at the National Center for Women Development, Abuja, observed that for Nigeria, the day must be marked with a difference considering the sad incidence of the abduction of girls, especially the case of Chibok and Dapchi, which must take the national spotlight.

The wife of the President in a statement signed by her Director of Information, Suleiman Haruna, said, “As a mother, I share the sorrow and agony of the parents at this time, it is my sincere hope that efforts by government will soon lead to their release.”

In her message entitled, “Leave our daughters alone”, she said, it was a strong call for the end of abductions, charging the media to own the campaign and spread message.

The President’s wife also charged wives of the Governors to propagate the campaign in their various states, stating that the message must echo through all corners of Nigeria and be on everyone’s lips.

She repeatedly echoed, “Leave our daughters alone, leave our daughters alone, leave our daughters alone.”

Speaking earlier, wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, while congratulating women as they celebrated the special day, said it was sad that Nigerian women were witnessing the worst of times because of many negative things that are happening.

Mrs Osinbajo, however, noted that at the same the women were also witnessing the best of times in many respects, adding, “This is because there are many good stories happening around women.”

Director-General of the National Center for Women Development, Barrister Mary Ekpere-Eta, said this year, there was an unprecedented global movement for women’s rights, equality and justice.

She said sexual harassment, violence and discrimination against women have captured public discourse, propelled by a rising determination for change, which she noted were instrumental to the declaration by the Wife of the President on the harmful practices affecting women and girls in Nigeria.

The DG drew attention to the plight of rural women, who despite their hard work lack basic infrastructure and services, decent work and social protection, and are left more vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

She called for urgent action to reverse this trend and ensure better life for the rural women.

Goodwill messages were delivered by UNICEF, UN Women, UNFPA and a host of others.

Highlight of the event was an exhibition of women’s business products.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/aisha-buhari-boko-haram-rapists-kidnappers-leave-daughters-alone/amp/

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16 items prohibited by JAMB

AHEAD of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, slated to hold between March 6 and 17, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said 16 items including eye glasses and wrist watches won’t be allowed by candidates inside examination halls.

Wrist watches,

Pen/biro,


Mobile phones or similar electronic devices,

Spy reading glasses which should be scrutinised,

Calculators or similar electronic devices,

USB, CD, hard disks and/or similar storage devices.

Reading/writing material,

Cameras, recorders,

Microphones, ear pieces,

Ink/pen readers, smart lenses,

Smart rings/jewellery, smart buttons

and Bluetooth devices.

The 2018 UTME exanination begins today 9th March 2018 and will rum through to 16th March 2018 at the various CBT centres across the country.

This thread will provide assistance on challenges faced by candidates.

Feel free to share your experience and any area pf assistance.

Hoever a note of warning. practices is not allowed here.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has lashed out at the organized labour unions in the country, saying they have destroyed the nation more than they have contributed to it.

El-Rufai Speaking Thursday in Abuja at a ‘Governance Matters’ roundtable organized by Development Alternative Incorporation, DAI, the governor said the excesses of the trade unions must be curtailed. “Trade Unions have never served the country well.

They have been selfish and everything is about their narrow interests. In general, in Nigeria, trade unions have been a danger to our progress and I think they should be curtailed.

“The mistake we made as a country was placing trade unions in the Exclusive Legislative List. If the Academic Staff Unions of Universities ASUU has an issue with the Federal Government, then the state universities will go on strike too. In Kaduna, I warned the Kaduna state University, that if ‘you ever go on strike gain because of somebody else, I will fire all of you’.

Advocates “Very Low” Minimum Wage “I think we need to do some things. First, take labour matters out of the Exclusive List because many of us are victims of agreements reached with ASUU by the federal government. The states were never part of such agreements. Secondly, is the issue of minimum wage. Except we set a very low minimum wage, there will continue be issues especially with states that do not have wide tax net. You cannot set the same minimum wage for Lagos and Jigawa.

Also, we must apply the labour laws strictly. No work, no pay, because there has to be a trade dispute before anything strike. That is what the law says. “I think the health unions have been the most irresponsible because only an irresponsible doctor will abandon his patients even after swearing to the Hippocratic Oath. I think Nigerian doctors are the only ones on the planet that go on strike. “We have submitted our report on True Federalism and it will be taken to the National Assembly. We hope the National Assembly will stop dealing with inanities and deal with the real issues”, he said.

The governor also accused some past governors of Yobe and Borno states for been responsible for the emergence of the Boko Haram sect due to their negligence of the education sector. “We tended to ignore this problem (of out of school children) but this problem when ignored gave us Boko Haram. If you look at education statistics in Yobe and Borno in 2003 and 2004, you could reasonably predict that Boko Haram would happen within a decade.

So, this is a huge problem”, he said. On his part, Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said the federal health institutions are over-staffed while there is a dearth of health officers at the primary healthcare level. “Let me state that Nigeria has a large stock of human resources, the problem is that of distribution. There is a wide gap between the north and the south. Over 60 percent of our human resources are concentrated in Lagos and Abuja and the rest have little to cope with. “There is a state in this country with 23 doctors and 24 hospitals. That means we do not even have one doctor for one hospital. I was at Ahmadu Bello Teaching Hospital and they said they needed more staff and I said no, that we are over-staffed at the federal level. Over 80 percent of our resources is dedicated to personnel cost and we cannot really deliver on our mandate where the large chunk of allocation is for personnel and then you have a situation where te states cannot pay salaries”, he said.

Treat every Incidence of Malaria as Lassa Fever Meanwhile, as part of measures to curb the growing incidences of Lassa Fever, the Federal Government has advised medical doctors and other health practitioners to handle all suspected cases of malaria with extreme care, urging them to first treat such cases as Lassa Fever. “Lassa is entirely a disease that should stay among animals but we have animal-human barriers being jumped and then we are affected. “When healthcare workers are infected, everybody coming in contact with that worker is in trouble and that is why we believe we need to do certain things. We can treat Lassa fever when we detect it early. We are telling our health workers that it is not every fever that is malaria.

In the past, once there is fever, they treat malaraia for three, four, five days and when there is no improvement, they change to typhoid fever and treat for another one week and by the second week, the fellow with the viral haemorrhagic fever would have had a renal shut down and start bleeding from al the orifices and then is gone beyond treatment. So, what we are saying is that no one should treat malaria without diagnosis.

There are rapid diagnostic tests to treat malaria. So, once you check and it is not malaria, you think Lassa straight away. You have just lost a few hours not two weeks and every suspected case must be treated as a case of Lassa until proven otherwise”, he said. Earlier, Managing Director, Governance, DAI Global, Jeremy Kanthor said the organization is determined to make a lasting difference in Nigeria.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/trade-unions-dangerous-nigerias-progress-gov-el-rufai/

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More than 500 Canadian doctors, as well as over 150 medical students, have signed a public letter protesting the recent government’ policy to increase their pay. “We, Quebec doctors who believe in a strong public system, oppose the recent salary increases negotiated by our medical federations,” the letter says. The group complain that they don’t consider it appropriate to receive increased pay while the nurses and the patients suffer. “These increases are all the more shocking because our nurses, clerks and other professionals face very difficult working conditions, while our patients live with the lack of access to required services because of the drastic cuts in recent years and the centralization of power in the Ministry of Health,” reads the letter, which was published February 25.

“The only thing that seems to be immune to the cuts is our remuneration,” the letter says. Canada has a public health system which provides “universal coverage for medically necessary health care services provided on the basis of need, rather than the ability to pay,” the government’s website says.

The 213 general practitioners, 184 specialists, 149 resident medical doctors and 162 medical students want the money used for their raises to be returned to the system instead.

“We believe that there is a way to redistribute the resources of the Quebec health system to promote the health of the population and meet the needs of patients without pushing workers to the end,” the letter says. “We, Quebec doctors, are asking that the salary increases granted to physicians be canceled and that the resources of the system be better distributed for the good of the health care workers and to provide health services worthy to the people of Quebec.”

A physician in Canada is paid $260,924 ($339,000 Canadian) for clinical services by the government’s Ministry of Health per year on average, according to a report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information published in September 2017. On average, a family physician is paid $211,717 ($275,000 Canadian) for clinical services and a surgical specialist is paid $354,915 ($461,000 Canadian), according to the same report.

This is total gross pay, however, and does not take into account overhead each doctor pays to operate, as the Canadian Institute for Health Information is careful to point out to CNBC Make It. In May 2016, one physician publicly broke down the cost of running his family practice, and though he brought in $231,033 ($300,000 Canadian), he was left with $136,906 ($177,876 Canadian) after subtracting his business expenses — but before taxes and employment benefits are taken out. The cost of medical school in Canada is subsidized by provincial governments, according to The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. The cost varies depending on whether a student is a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or foreign student and the particular school. For Canadian citizens or permanent residents, tuition for the first year of medical school ranges from $2567 ($3,334 Canadian) to $20,064 ($26,056 Canadian), according to The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada’s website.

The same group, the Médecins Québécois pour le Régime Public (MQRP), that published the aforementioned public letter, also published a letter on February 17 opposing $500 million worth of pay increases for specialist doctors. The group called the pay increase “indecent.” And on February 1, the MQRP published a letter denouncing working conditions of nurses. “The nurses are exhausted by a heavy workload. They argue that the chronic lack of staff and the fatigue caused by repeated overtime, sometimes mandatory, for lack of replacement of the team, have an impact on the safety of patient care,” the letter says.

http://www.correctng.com/500-canadian-doctors-protest-raises-say-theyre-paid-much/