May God help us oo

This should be a wake-up call to government, parents and students. Something has to be done!

It's sad. That is why Nigerians study abroad.

This issue has been bothering me for some time now. I wonder if the age of social media hasn't affected Print media. I can't remember the last time I bought a newspaper.

Fellow Nairalanders, do you still buy newspapers?

Becoming a medical assistant isn’t for everyone, but there are a handful of benefits for those who are willing to put in the work.

1. You can join the workforce sooner
You know you need a degree but you’re also itching to launch your career as soon as possible. While some healthcare degrees take several years, earning an MA credential is considerably shorter. A diploma program can be completed in as little as 12 months, while an associate degree can be earned in as few as 18 months.*

2. You can work in a variety of locations
Some healthcare jobs are limited to hospitals, but that’s not the case for MAs. As an MA you may find yourself working in a clinic’s oncology department, as part of a general practice or even in a chiropractor’s office. Although it’s less common, Pufall says MAs are also hired at nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

3. You’ll get to build relationships with patients
“I think the most rewarding aspect is that the patients really connect with you.”

“In the medical assisting field I think the most rewarding aspect is that the patients really connect with you,” she says. “They have a relationship with their physician, but a lot of times patients will tell MAs things that they won’t even tell the physician.”

MAs work directly with people day in and day out so it may not be the best career for you if interpersonal skills aren’t your strong suit. But if you’re like Pufall and have a passion for helping others, becoming a medical assistant is a great option. She recalls building relationships with patients as being one of the highlights of the job.

4. You’ll get to work with a team
MAs are an important member of the healthcare team and frequently work alongside physicians, nurses, physician assistants or nurse practitioners. This means not only will you be able to ask questions and consult with your colleagues, but they’ll likely rely on you, too.

“They build so much trust with each other, because they work together so closely,” Pufall says. “The physician starts to really depend on [the team].”

5. You can be certified to work in any state
MAs can pass a certification exam that’s recognized across the country, as opposed to a license that’s only good for one state, Pufall explains. Not all clinics require MAs to be certified, but there are advantages to earning your MA certification.

There are five certifications that are generally recognized by the healthcare industry and which one you’ll take depends on your MA program and its accreditation status.

6. Jobs are increasing faster than average
MA jobs are expected to increase by 23 percent through 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS). This is much faster than the 7 percent growth average projected for all occupations. Much of this demand is attributed to an aging baby boomer population, which means clinics will take on more patients and thus need more staff.

“The more knowledge you have, the more valuable you are to a clinic.”

Pufall says another reason for the growth is that many clinics are learning that MAs have such a wide skill set and can be an asset. As medical facilities become more cost-conscious, it makes more sense for them to hire one person who can handle multiple jobs than two who specialize in only a few tasks.

“The more knowledge you have, the more valuable you are to a clinic,” Pufall adds.

7. You’ll acquire necessary skills for advancement
Medical assistants need to possess a handful of soft skills to complement their technical skills, according to Pufall. She says sympathy and good communication skills are near the top of the list. These transferable skills can be leveraged in many healthcare careers, so honing them as an MA can help you advance down the road.

The technical skills of an MA can lead to other opportunities as well. Learning how to draw blood or perform EKGs can translate to a variety of other healthcare professions. Pufall says clinics are constantly in need of people to take on leadership roles, whether it’s as a team lead or, with further education, as a clinic administrator.

8. You’ll be a part of the booming healthcare industry
It’s no secret that healthcare is a growing industry. Healthcare-related occupations are expected to gain 2.3 million jobs between 2014 and 2024, making it the fastest-growing industry, according to the BLS.

There are several factors driving this industry growth. One of which is federal health insurance reform which has increased the number of people with access to health insurance. This has resulted in an increased demand for healthcare workers to help with the influx of patients.

9. You’ll never be bored
“It’s a very, very, very busy day,” Pufall says.

Chances are good you’ll never find yourself sitting around waiting for your next task to be assigned when you’re an MA. MAs have a wide variety of skillsets, meaning there’s always something to do, from coding to assisting a physician with a procedure.

10. You can be a specialist or a generalist
While an MA’s duties can span several responsibilities, they don’t always have to. Those who prefer dabbling in several different areas would fit in well in a smaller clinic. You’ll gain a broad knowledge of the medical field due to the number of tasks you’ll undertake in all parts of the facility.

FACT: Medical assisting jobs are projected to increase 23% through 2024.

If you prefer focusing on a few specific tasks, you may opt to work in a larger clinic with a bigger staff. This setting will allow you to specialize in a particular department that interests you, honing the precise skills needed for that position.

11. You’ll work regular hours
Working at a clinic means you can only work when the clinic’s open. Sure, that might mean nights and weekends sometimes, but, for the most part, Pufall says your hours will be fairly regular. That means you’ll never need to find a last-minute babysitter or wonder when you might get called in.

12. You’ll start gaining experience before you graduate
Every college program is different, but some require students to complete an internship or externship while earning their degree. For example, students enrolled in the Rasmussen College MA program are required to complete a clinic externship.

The externship is unpaid, but Pufall says there’s an opportunity to make a great impression that could result in a future job offer. The hands-on clinic experience also serves as a great addition to your resume!

Medical assistants (MAs) have both clinical and administrative duties, which means that one minute they might be scheduling appointments and answering phones and the next minute they’re rushing to get the vital signs of the next patient. In short, they’re some of the hardest working healthcare professionals most people don’t know about.

Source: http://www.valuemedicafrica.com/2017/07/11/12-benefits-becoming-medical-assistant-usa/

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So Zimbabwe is in East Africa?? Kontunu

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Interesting... I used to think they meant the same thing.. Thanks ValueMedic Nigeria for sharing.

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All over the country.

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Fake Polls.

its well

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The Independent National Electoral Commission says the All Progressives Congress has yet to inform it about the death of its Kogi State governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu.

It however promised to apply available legal provisions to the last Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State.



Deputy Director of Publicity and Voters Education of the commission, Mr. Nick Dazang, stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Monday.

He said in informing the commission of the death, the party must present a copy of the certificate of death of the deceased.

Dazang said, “The APC has to do proper notification and accompany it with the certificate of death issued by a medical doctor.”

Audu, who had polled a higher number of votes than the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate and the incumbent governor of the state, Capt Idris Wada, in the election, which was declared inconclusive by INEC, died suddenly on Sunday in his home at Ogbonicha.

He was buried on Monday according to Islamic rites.

Dazang said INEC would apply the relevant laws and make a pronouncement on its position on the election immediately it received official notification of Audu’s death from the APC.

He explained that there were legal provisions to address such incident in the country’s electoral process.

The INEC director added, “When something like this happens, the party on which platform the candidate contested will need to notify the commission; of course, we have heard and read like everyone else but we need to be notified.

“Once the commission is notified, it will look at relevant clauses of the 1999 Constitution as amended, the Electoral Act 2010 as amended and also the Constitution of the APC itself.

“All these relevant laws will be looked at with a view to determining what to be done to ensure that whatever is done subsequently is done within the ambit of the law.

“INEC as a law-abiding body will do everything prescribed by the law.

“Thankfully, we have a consortium of Senior Advocates of Nigeria that provide counsel to the commission. We also have a very vibrant legal service department, headed by a SAN.”

Dazang stated that before the report of the death of Audu, INEC, on the directive of its chairman, had started making plans for a supplementary election in Kogi State.

He added that the commission would follow the constitution and not the opinion of people on the election, saying there were legal provisions for such incident.

He said because of the urgency of the issues involved in the supplementary election, INEC would prepare itself to commence consultation.

Dazang expressed the hope that the commission would come out with its position about the election before the end of the week, adding that the Electoral Act prescribed 14 days for the conduct of a supplementary poll.

He, however, said whatever the situation would be, Kogi election would not affect the Bayelsa State governorship poll as the commission had the capacity to handle the two elections.

“Assuming the two states’ elections coincide, the commission has the resources to conduct them. Don’t forget we have conducted national elections before and we are just talking about election in two states,” he stated.

On the efficiency of the card reader for the Kogi election, he said available statistics showed that less than one per cent of the deployed card readers failed.

According to Dazang, about 53, out of the 6,066 card readers deployed in the state, malfunctioned during the exercise.

APC leaders meet in Abuja, consult legal experts

Leaders of the APC will converge on Abuja on Tuesday (today) to deliberate on the way out of a likely constitutional crisis created by the death of Audu.

The PUNCH reliably gathered on Monday that the meeting, which will be attended by members of the party’s National Working Committee, may direct the APC National Secretary,Mai Buni, to formally write INEC on Tuesday (today), informing the commission about the death of the Kogi governorship candidate.

Other national leaders of the party may attend the meeting, which will explore legal options to the crisis.

A leader of the APC, who confided in The PUNCH, explained that the APC would seek legal advice on the next line of action following Audu’s death on Sunday, shortly after INEC declared the governorship election held on Saturday inconclusive.

According to him, legal officer of the APC and other senior lawyers will advise the APC on the alternative to the deceased candidate and the decision of INEC to declare the poll inconclusive.

The commission had said there would be rerun in 91 polling units in the state.

The APC leader stated, “What I can tell you is that we are meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) and the secretary may be directed to write INEC informing it about the death of Audu.

“We will be waiting for the commission’s response, but on our own, we will invite some senior lawyers for advice on the issue.”

Audu’s death has led to a constitutional crisis as neither the electoral act nor the constitution specifies what should be done if a candidate dies before the result of an election is declared.

Section 37 of the Electoral Act, which deals with the withdrawal of candidates, merely explains how a candidate can be replaced if such a candidate dies after nomination.

The section states, “If after the time of the delivery of nomination paper and before the commencement of the poll, a nominated candidate dies, the Chief National Electoral Commissioner or the Resident Electoral Commissioner shall, being satisfied about the fact of death, countermand the poll in which the deceased candidate was to participate and the commission shall appoint some other convenient date for the election.”

Also, Section 181 (sub-sections 1 and 2) explains what should be done if a candidate dies after he has been elected.

It states, “If a person duly elected as Governor dies before taking and subscribing the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office, or is unable for any reason whatsoever to be sworn in, the person elected with him as Deputy governor shall be sworn in as Governor and he shall nominate a new Deputy Governor who shall be appointed by the Governor with the approval of a simple majority of the House of Assembly of the State.

“Where the persons duly elected as Governor and Deputy Governor of a State die or are for any reason unable to assume office before the inauguration of the House of Assembly, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall immediately conduct an election for a Governor and Deputy Governor of the State.”

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Timi Frank, confirmed that leaders of the party would meet in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said, “Yes, we will be meeting tomorrow (Tuesday). The party will take a decision at the end (of the meeting).”

APC is studying INEC’s guidelines

The APC national secretary, Buni, in a statement on Monday, said the party was studying INEC’s regulations, adding that it would come up with a position on the commission’s declaration of the election as inconclusive.

The party described the situation in Kogi State as a test case for the rule of law, pledging that it was committed to its promise to a sustainable democracy in the country.

It stated, “On INEC’s position that the November 21, 2015 governorship poll in Kogi State was inconclusive, APC is studying the declaration of the Returning Officer, Prof. Emmanuel Kucha, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, based on Section M, Paragraph 4(Page 22) of INEC Approved Guidelines and Regulations for the Conduct of the 2015 General Elections.

“APC believes in the rule of law, strict adherence to the 1999 Constitution and Electoral Act 2010(as Amended). Our government is a product of the rule of law, we have absolute faith in the nation’s law and we will not in any manner undermine the law. Our observations and position will be within the laws of the land.”

Meanwhile, the APC in the statement mourned the death of Audu, describing him as one of its stars and, a democrat par excellence.

It said the governorship candidate was a development-oriented leader and a beacon for the liberation of Kogi State from its apparent decay.

According to the APC, Audu was a prince of hope, a symbol of peace and an apostle of unity and reintegration of Kogi State.

It added, “We commiserate with his family and the great people of Kogi State for having a strong belief in Abubakar Audu’s capacity to redeem the state.

“The demise of Prince Abubakar Audu has no doubt created a big vacuum in Kogi State and the APC but we take solace in the fact that God gives, God takes. He might have physically transited but he will forever be spiritually and politically relevant not only in Kogi State but in Nigeria.”

The APC appealed to the people of the state to see Audu’s death as an act of God, adding that there should be no recourse to lawlessness or vindictiveness in whatever form.

It said, “The only honour will can do Prince Abubakar Audu is to remain peaceful and resolve to be undaunted in preserving the adorable ideals he lived for. It was evident to all that he ran a good race, he played his part well and he earned a rare rating as an exemplary leader.

“We will not abandon Prince Abubakar Audu even in death because his legacies are timeless, his virtues can withstand all seasons and his vision remains immortal.

“APC urges its members and supporters in Kogi State and nationwide not to allow their spirit to be dampened by the sudden passage of the great Prince Abubakar Audu. Rather, the party should be united in mourning and be encouraged to effect the desired change in Kogi State through the ballot anytime, any day.”

Copyright PUNCH
www.punchng.com/we-are-not-aware-of-audus-death-inec/

More than 10,000 innocent souls have been killed in the North eastern part of Nigeria in the last 5 years and Facebook did not deem it fit to do a solidarity campaign in support of Nigeria and her citizens. As bad as this seem to be, many gullible Nigerians are on different social media networks designing display pictures in the colors of French national flag, to support France and the people of Paris. We do more harm to ourselves than the western nations do to us. Let us join our voices to condemn the activities of Boko Haram and stand in solidarity with the ever gallant Nigerian army. God bless Nigeria. #MyThought

It was joy unspeakable as the families of Mr and Mrs Okelola welcome a Triplet at a UK hospital on the 28th of October, 2015. They were joined in holy matrimony at a well-attended wedding ceremony in September 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria. Congratulations to them.... This is wooooooowwwwww

She is beautiful to behold...

Able President. God bless Nigeria

ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI
PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE 70TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
NEW YORK, 28TH SEPTEMBER 2015.

President of the General Assembly,
Secretary–General

Your Excellencies Heads of State and Governments

Distinguished Delegates

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like, Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and people of Nigeria, to congratulate you and your country on your election to preside over the 70th session of the U.N. General Assembly.

2. May I also express appreciation to your predecessor, Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa and the Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon both of whom worked tirelessly to ensure proper articulation of the post-2015 Development Agenda and to maintain the focus and commitment to the ideals of the United Nations. I thank Mr. Ban Ki-moon for his recent visit to Nigeria when we held very useful discussions.

Mr. President,
3. Fifty-five (55) years ago almost to the day, my great predecessor, Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa stood on this forum to declare Nigeria’s desire to develop and maintain friendly relations with all countries. He also assured the world of our country’s commitment to uphold the principles upon which the United Nations was founded.

4. Mr. President, my country, Nigeria, has lived by this conviction, even when judgement went against us in territorial disputes with our neighbours. We respected those judgements and abided by them as a mark of respect for the rule of law and the charter of this organization. Nigeria’s record in the U.N. peacekeeping is second to none. I myself as a young officer in the Nigerian Army did tours of duty in Congo and the Lebanon.

5. Nigeria has contributed to U.N. peacekeeping efforts in Ethiopia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Darfur. Furthermore, we are proud of our contributions to other activities of the U.N. including the Peace Building Commission, the Human Rights Council and security sector reform.

Mr. President,
6. We are gratified to note that most countries have pledged commitment to the post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with their means of implementation. The successor frameworks of the MDGs have come, Mr. President, with lofty aspirations and if I may say so, heroic assumptions! Nonetheless, they target development cooperation by the international community up to the year 2020. And they deserve universal support.

7. This is because the SDGs mirror the hopes and aspirations of much of the world.

8. I should stress that for the newly adopted SDGs to be truly global, they must be practical. In this regard, the SDGs’ core objectives of poverty eradication and reducing inequalities must be met within the framework of a revitalized global partnership support by concrete policies and actions as outlined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.

9. Luckily, these two core objectives of the SDGs are precisely at the centre of Nigeria’s new Administration’s agenda. It must be emphasized, Mr. President, that Foreign Direct Investment supplemented where suitable by Official Development Assistance as outlined in the Addis Ababa Agenda are necessary, though not sufficient, conditions for accelerated development in countries that are trying to catch up.

10. In this connexion, I would like to appeal to industrialized countries to redeem their pledge of earmarking 0.7% (nought point seven percent) of their GDP to development assistance. With the sole exception of the UK, all concerned countries have, I am told to meet the UN requirement. But, Mr. President, with SDGs we have the opportunity to improve the lives of people not just in the developing world but in all nations.

11. The Secretary General himself has grouped the SDGs into what he calls six “essential elements” namely:
• Dignity
• Prosperity
• Justice
• Partnership
• Planet
• People
As a prerequisite to these and as we look at history and remember the terrible events that gave rise to the birth of the United Nations in 1945, I would like to propose a seventh:
• PEACE

12. Peace, Mr. President, is close to the hearts of Nigerians, as we are in the front line in the war on terror. Boko Haram’s war against the people of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon may not attract as much worldwide attention as the wars in the Middle East but the suffering is just as great and the human cost is equally high.

13. This is a war about values between progress and chaos; between democracy and the rule of law. Boko Haram celebrates violence against the weak and the innocent and deplorably, they hide behind their perverted interpretation of Islam. Boko Haram is as far away from Islam as any one can think of.

14. Many of my colleagues attending this forum would want to know how our new government intends to tackle the huge problems the government has inherited. Friends of Nigeria and foreign investor partners will be encouraged to know that the new Government is attacking the problems we inherited head-on.

15. We intend to tackle inequalities arising from massive unemployment and previous government policies favouring a few people to the detriment of the many. We intend to emphasize quality technological education for development and lay foundation for comprehensive care of the aged, the disadvantaged and the infirm. But for now terrorism is the immediate problem.

16. Accordingly, Mr. President, Members of the General Assembly, the new Nigerian Government which I have the honour to head, moved with dispatch to put in a bold and robust strategy to defeat Boko Haram. Nigeria and her neighbours Cameroon, Chad and Niger plus Benin are working together to face this common threat within the regional framework of the Lake Chad Basin Commission. We have established a multinational joint task force to confront, degrade and defeat Boko Haram.
17. We have driven them away from many of their strongholds, killed or captured many of their operatives or commanders and freed several hundreds of hostages.

18. Mr. President, one of our major aims is to rescue the Chibok girls alive and unharmed. We are working round the clock to ensure their safety and eventual reunion with their families. Chibok girls are constantly on our minds and in our plans.

19. Mr. President, terrorism is by no means the major or the only evil threatening and undermining the wellbeing of societies around the world.
• Corruption
• Cross border financial crimes
• Cyber crimes
• Human trafficking
• Spread of communicable diseases
• Climate change
• Proliferation of weapons

are all major challenges of the 21st century which the international community must tackle collectively. Let me reaffirm Nigerian government’s unwavering commitment to fight corruption and illicit financial flows. By any consideration, corruption and cross border financial crimes are impediments to development, economic growth, and the realization of the wellbeing of citizens across the globe.

20. Nigeria is ready and willing to partner with international agencies and individual countries on a bilateral basis to confront crimes and corruption. In particular, I call upon the global community to urgently redouble efforts towards strengthening the mechanisms for dismantling safe havens for proceeds of corruption and ensuring the return of stolen funds and assets to their countries of origin.

21. Mr. President, the world is now facing a big new challenge: human trafficking. This is an old evil taking an altogether new and dangerous dimension threatening to upset international relationships. We in Africa are grieved to see on international networks how hundreds of thousands of our able bodied men and women fleeing to Europe and in the process thousands dying in the desert or drowning in the Mediterranean.

22. We condemn in the strongest terms these people traffickers and will support any measures to apprehend and bring them to justice. At the same time, we are very appreciative of European governments notably Italy and Germany, for their understanding and humane treatment of these refugees.

23. Last year, our continent faced the dreadful occurrence of Ebola. We sincerely thank the international community for the collective efforts to contain this deadly disease. We are not out of the woods yet but we would like to record our appreciation to the United States, United Kingdom, France and China for their outstanding assistance in arresting the spread of Ebola and care of those infected in collaboration with host countries.

Mr. President,

24. Nigeria fully subscribes to and fully endorses Goals 13, 14 and 15 of the SDGs regarding Climate Change. In Nigeria, desertification and land erosion and degradation leading to biodiversity loss are real threats to our environment and we shall propose under the auspices of the Lake Chad Basin Commission a regional approach to combat these environmental challenges.

25. We look forward to the UN Summit on climate change in Paris in December 2015. This summit should provide optimism to humanity on addressing the looming threat faced by many communities around the world.
Mr. President,
26. We are witnessing a dreadful increase in conflicts fuelled by availability of small arms and light weapons. I call upon all member countries to demonstrate the political will needed to uphold the UN charter. For a start, a robust implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty will guarantee that small arms and light weapons are only legally transferred. Arms traffickers and human traffickers are two evil species which the world community should eradicate.

Mr. President,
27. As we engage in these annual debates, we need remind ourselves of the principles that led to the founding of the United Nations. Among those are peaceful coexistence and self-determination of peoples. In this context, Mr. President, the unresolved question of self-determination for the Palestinian people and those of Western Sahara, both nations having been adjusted by the United Nations as qualifying for this inalienable right must now be assured and fulfilled without any further delay or obstacle.
28. The international community has come to pin its hopes on resolving the Palestinian issue through the two – states solution which recognises the legitimate right of each state to exist in peace and security. The world has no more excuses or reasons to delay the implementation of the long list of Security Council resolutions on this question. Neither do we have the moral right to deny any people their freedom or condemn them indefinitely to occupation and blockade

Mr. President, delegates of member countries,
29. UN is 70 years old. It can count many more than 70 major achievements as the world’s forum and family reunion. It is my hope that in the next 70 years, it will achieve control of climate, help to eliminate communicable diseases, eliminate major and local conflicts and therefore eliminate the problem of refugees, take major steps towards reducing harmful inequalities between nations and within nations and above all, eliminate nuclear weapons.

30. Mr. President, as this is my first address in this Assembly, I thank you and the delegates for listening so patiently.