On Monday, 22nd May 2023, Benue born Doctor Ugboh, Grace Amune emerged as the Overall best graduating student in the just concluded Physicians Oath taking ceremony (Sponsio Academica) of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Calabar, Cross River state.
She won prizes for almost every category for her exceptional performance all through her time in Medical School.

🔥Overall Best Graduating Doctor
🔥Distinction in Physiology
🔥Distinction in Pharmacology
🔥Best graduating student, department of pharmacology
🔥Best graduating student, department of Laboratory Medicine
🔥Winner; Prof Imaobong Ekanem’s prize for overall best graduating student, department of Laboratory Medicine
🔥Winner; ED'B ATTAH'S Prize in pathology for best graduating student in the department of pathology
🔥Overall best graduating student in part II MB.BCH examination.
🔥Best graduating student, department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
🔥Overall best graduating student in part III MB.BCH examination
🔥Distinction in Family Medicine
🔥Winner; The Bassey Kubiangha prize for Overall Best graduating student faculty of Clinical Sciences, department of Medicine and Surgery
🔥Winner; Provost prize for Overall Best Graduating Student, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, department of Medicine and Surgery

Let’s Celebrate her

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Keyamo: Like APC, Labour Party Does Not Understand The Scale of Nigeria's problems — Daniel Faithful Miebaka

Festus Keyamo(SAN) the Minister of state for Labour and Employment made renditions about the ongoing Nationwide strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that has grounded academic activities for millions of Nigerian Youths.

Keyamo as always tried to make brilliant arguments to exonerate the ruling APC and throw the blame on ASUU. The crux of the issue was the outrageous 1.3trillion demand of ASUU, Keyamo said the government could not be held by the jugular to borrow. But in 2015, they campaigned and promised to end such strikes permanently.

In a television interview with TVC News President Buhari while reacting to a question on whether he would work on the resolutions of the National CONFAB, said he had not yet read the report and had reservations because students were at home while 7 billion Naira was voted for the conference, rather than being used to pay ASUU.

Nigerians should recall that in 2013, ASUU embarked on strike, and His Excellency, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan intervened and offered 100 Billion Naira, this sum was rejected by the academic staff union, and later increased to 200 Billion. This was done at a time the budget of the year had no provision for such, it was agreed that 200 Billion would be paid subsequently and the backlog cleared in 5 years.

How the APC swindled Nigerians to believe they had a solution betrays the messiah syndrome many persons are hooked on. But in the face of all that happened, ASUU refused to make any progress till they confirmed that the money had been paid. It was Doyin Okupe, who is currently the DG of the Labour Party Presidential candidate that confirmed the payment on National Television.

What surprises some of us who have been critical of Nigerian politics is the fact that Buhari and the APC did not follow these events. To imagine that 7 Billion that was voted for a needed National Conference would mean anything to the same body that rejected 100 Billion.

The Labour Party Candidate has also made such illogical claims, insinuating that the forms for elections could have been used to pay ASUU. Why the statement is an insult to the intelligence of well thinking Nigerians is because this same candidate purchased two Presidential forms in the space of a few weeks. Secondly, how do you compare monies spent by private citizens to money demanded for by a body of the Federal Government? Lastly, it would take 13000 persons to have bought APC Presidential forms at 100 Million each for 1.3 trillion to be realized, what utopia does this exist? The dream "paradise" Obi is selling without a plan?

When you examine how the APC-led government has handled ASUU, one sees the poor appreciation of the scale of the problem before it emerged. For context; in 2018, 2019, and 2020, FG paid 20, 25, and 92.7 billion naira respectively. The combination of this payment is dwarfed by what the PDP-led administration had done in one year.

Again, both the ruling party and other opposition parties like the Labour Party have mastered the art of defrauding Nigerians by making promises they cannot keep in exchange for their votes.

On the 25th of July, the LP candidate sat with Vanguard, and his solution to end the strike was a dialogue with ASUU, Keyamo has said they were discussing even before the strike was called. The problem is simply money! This dialogue without paying people owed is political wickedness. It is the same reason the ASUU strike in the South East while Obi was a governor lingered for months.

When the PDP-led administration proposed an end to subsidy, enemies of the country went on the streets in 2012 to fight it. They grounded the nation economically. Even when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala informed the Nation that as much as 1 trillion could be saved if we stopped the wastage. The records are accessible, any Nigerian could see the persons who took to the streets to protest. The pump price of 137 naira with no subsidy wastage, today it is more and we still pay subsidies.

We have the Labour Party playing the same tricks, few years after APC successfully repackaged the same person who crippled the refineries while in the military in 1977. These facts are verifiable, in 2019, Mr. Baru the former GMD of NNPC said the turn-around maintenance allocation for refineries stopped 42 years ago. Between 1976-1979, Buhari was the federal commissioner on petroleum resources.

Today, Labour Party is projecting a candidate that harps on about production, not consumption, when he operates a sole importation license for household consumables like corned beef, beer, Ovaltine, etc. Products he procures with foreign exchange, putting worse pressure on our Naira. Are these the persons Nigerians are hoping to be their Messiah? Are we not tired of being defrauded every election cycle?

Why will Peter Obi make statements when industrial actions are being discussed, would he not be humble enough to take the backseat when he knows that during his time as Governor of Anambra state, doctors went on strike for 13months and when they called it off it was because the Governor was unyielding and people were suffering. Obi's idea of saving is for workers to make sacrifices and take pay cuts to free more funds for savings in Banks he had major interest shares in. These are facts that even he has made known on National Television, you can only feel sympathy for his blindsided supporters who should know better. We are not surprised though, because tens of millions supported Buhari both in 2015 and 2019.

However, we want Nigerians to know the truth; just like the APC, the Labour Party has no plans or understanding of the scale of Nigeria's problem.

Every day, with every news report on the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, it’s seen that he is either making one false claim or blatantly lying. His Vice Presidential Candidate is no different, when asked about security his response was "we do have a solution, my good friend just take it like that". 'No plans just vibes!' They keep using propaganda and disseminating false claims of endorsements from Sanusi Lamido, Tom Hanks, Ogbonnaya Onu, and Charles Soludo. Just recently, their official party handle took pictures of a rally in Kenya to suggest it was their one million march in Nassarawa state. If this is not fraud in open daylight, I wonder what it is?

Atiku has put forward his plan, he has made his position known in several interviews, and has documented the same. The problem for ASUU is finance, increase the budgetary allocation to education.

Some candidates say they went on a tour to power plants in Egypt, the Egypt story on Power transformation is available online, and it says privatization was the answer, Atiku is saying the same thing, make the prices transparent and you have your solution. You have no business doing visits to site engineers, any secondary school student can go on an excursion, but it does not translate to real change if you do not learn anything. Obi sat with Seun of Channels Television and for 4 minutes 33 seconds, he failed to mention one practical step he would solve the power problem. Just rambles about his visit to Egypt, and how it could be done. He said, "we can do it". Once again, no plans, just vibes.

Nigerians have to decide and come in their numbers to vote for the PDP and the candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who is the most prepared candidate in the forthcoming elections. One cannot propose to solve a problem they do not understand fully.

Dr. Daniel Faithful Miebaka is the National Publicity Secretary of Doctors For Atiku-Okowa 2023 Group.

https://independent.ng/keyamo-like-apc-labour-party-doesnt-understand-scale-of-nigerias-problems-miebaka/

InTandem:
PRESS STATEMENT OF DOCTORS FOR ATIKU/OKOWA 2023 DELIVERED ON SUNDAY, JULY 17TH 2022.

WHY NIGERIA NEEDS ATIKU ABUBAKAR AND DR. IFEANYI OKOWA.

1. The 2023 Election presents a unique opportunity for Nigerians to register their grievances for the failures of the APC in the past 7 years. It is a time for the electorate to rise above the noise, and critically examine any opposition as a means to defeating the APC.

2. The Flag Bearer of The PDP, HE Atiku Abubakar is the most viable and best choice to execute the judgment of angry Nigerians on the APC. He has been more than consistent and vocal over the years about our collective challenges and has proffered solutions.
3. He showed great appreciation of our economic problems and displayed an ability to tackle them; after setting up a world-class team of technocrats to lead the economic council. He cleared the debt burden significantly, & led the revolution in the Telecomms and private sector.

4. Atiku Abubakar understands the need for quality education, and knows that only more funding can end the lingering debacle between ASUU and FG. His 2019 'Atiku plan' put forward increasing the quota for Education from 7% to 20% as a solution.

5. It is unfortunate that in 2022, other candidates are playing to the gallery, by suggesting that nomination forms of 100million could solve ASUU's financial demands. While the high cost of forms is condemnable. Only 25 paid such amounts to the APC. It would take 13000 forms to raise ASUU 1.3trillion Naira.

6. These poorly thought plans and mathematically impossible dreams are only made out to resonate with unknowing masses who are already frustrated with the system. In 2019, Atiku promised to end the strike on his first day in office. We missed him then, and hope not to miss him again.

7. When Atiku talks about increasing Production and making Nigeria a self-dependent economy, he backs it up with what he has done in the private sector, as a majority of His investments are in Agriculture.

8. The struggle for the passage of the National Health Act which provides a standard for the provision of accessible healthcare began in 2004 when Atiku was also in Government. The National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS) was also instituted during this tenure as Vice President. 18 years on, no significant progress.

9. We believe that He would pick up from where he left off and pursue with vigor the plan of creating more access to healthcare for Nigerians.
All Candidates speak of job creation, but, we have chosen to trust the largest private employer of labor who also enforces minimum wage.

10. Several times Atiku has been a victim of propaganda onslaught. Journalists who hope to generate traffic, author publications of corruption allegations. From publicly available records; no court of law and competent jurisdiction has ever indicted Atiku Abubakar for corruption.

11. It would interest the public to note that it was Atiku Abubakar who brought the legislative draft for EFCC from Brazil. That after passing the EFCC Act, there was no budgetary allocation for the organization and Atiku borrowed the body N300Million from privatization proceeds to get started.

12. Recall, that when Atiku was in Government, the EFCC was not used as a weapon against opposition parties. Prominent leaders in the PDP were prosecuted and brought to justice. We have not witnessed such determination to fight corruption after that era.

13. Now we see the impunity with which the current administration operates. Where all sins against the people, no matter how grievous are forgiven; provided you carry a broom in the air. EFCC has become political tool for intimidation of opposition interests and for harassing the youths on the streets and in homes.

14. Many have raised concerns about the age of Atiku Abubakar, it will interest the public to know that all leading Presidential Candidates are above 60 years(Retirement age for Civil Service). But if the Public service were to be Civil Service, all would be similarly disqualified.
15. So the argument of age lacks merit. Rather, more than ever we should worry about the Candidate's health status, mental agility, and intellectual capacity. From our keen observation, Atiku Abubakar is physically, mentally, and intellectually fit to contest and govern Nigeria.

16. We recall, that Atiku was with us during the #EndSARS era. The Archives show He has been vocal about #EndSARS since 2017. In the wake of 20/10/20 killings, He spoke on the reality of many Nigerian parents and the terror of raising children in Nigeria, under an administration that has no care for life.

17. As Doctors, we are involved in the care of life and committed to a life of service. We are carrying out our duties under terrible conditions and with poor compensation from Government. The former Minister of Health under this same Administration had mocked doctors who lamented about the poor welfare in the residency program, and He advised them to become farmers or tailors.

18. Millions of students, including future doctors, are trapped at home, unable to complete their program and add to the workforce in a country that has a very poor doctor-to-patient ratio.

19. It is on this note that we have organized, and drawn up an action plan to deliver HE Atiku Abubakar in 2023. Leveraging on the vast network of Doctors and the existing party structures in all wards and LGAs to sensitize our patients when they visit the hospital.
20. From data we have colatted as of July 14th, 2022. Our team has 8796 Doctors who collectively see between 34789- 65766 patients daily.
We are currently co-opting medical students who are suffering from prolonged Strikes and other allied professionals. We will update as we go.

21. By September 2022, We will commence Medical outreach in all LGAs in the federation, sparing none. We have set up a technical team that has vast experience in Universal Healthcare coverage. A comprehensive health care plan is being developed which would be delivered to Atiku.

22. Nigerians will feel the impact, and lives would be touched. At the end of the day, it would be a win-win for the masses. As they would benefit from the projects and also vote out the APC. We beckon on Nigerians to put on their thinking camps; to win this race against time.

23. We must literally "put our best foot forward". The most prepared to deliver the mandate is Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa. So we encourage all to rise above the noise, hatred, and weaponization of our suffering and to vote for the PDP in the 2023 General Elections.

24. From the foregoing, we have shown how we came to this conclusion in good faith, that the combination of Atiku and Okowa remains the most viable choice for Nigeria.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Signed:
Dr. Daniel Faithful Miebaka (National Publicity Secretary, Doctors For Atiku/Okowa 2023 Group)
Dr. Ogar Emmanuel Idoko (Director General, Doctors For Atiku/Okowa 2023 Group).

https://independent.ng/doctors-for-atiku-okowa-2023-why-nigeria-needs-atiku-okowa/

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PRESS STATEMENT OF DOCTORS FOR ATIKU/OKOWA 2023 DELIVERED ON SUNDAY, JULY 17TH 2022.

WHY NIGERIA NEEDS ATIKU ABUBAKAR AND DR. IFEANYI OKOWA.

1. The 2023 Election presents a unique opportunity for Nigerians to register their grievances for the failures of the APC in the past 7 years. It is a time for the electorate to rise above the noise, and critically examine any opposition as a means to defeating the APC.

2. The Flag Bearer of The PDP, HE Atiku Abubakar is the most viable and best choice to execute the judgment of angry Nigerians on the APC. He has been more than consistent and vocal over the years about our collective challenges and has proffered solutions.
3. He showed great appreciation of our economic problems and displayed an ability to tackle them; after setting up a world-class team of technocrats to lead the economic council. He cleared the debt burden significantly, & led the revolution in the Telecomms and private sector.

4. Atiku Abubakar understands the need for quality education, and knows that only more funding can end the lingering debacle between ASUU and FG. His 2019 'Atiku plan' put forward increasing the quota for Education from 7% to 20% as a solution.

5. It is unfortunate that in 2022, other candidates are playing to the gallery, by suggesting that nomination forms of 100million could solve ASUU's financial demands. While the high cost of forms is condemnable. Only 25 paid such amounts to the APC. It would take 13000 forms to raise ASUU 1.3trillion Naira.

6. These poorly thought plans and mathematically impossible dreams are only made out to resonate with unknowing masses who are already frustrated with the system. In 2019, Atiku promised to end the strike on his first day in office. We missed him then, and hope not to miss him again.

7. When Atiku talks about increasing Production and making Nigeria a self-dependent economy, he backs it up with what he has done in the private sector, as a majority of His investments are in Agriculture.

8. The struggle for the passage of the National Health Act which provides a standard for the provision of accessible healthcare began in 2004 when Atiku was also in Government. The National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS) was also instituted during this tenure as Vice President. 18 years on, no significant progress.

9. We believe that He would pick up from where he left off and pursue with vigor the plan of creating more access to healthcare for Nigerians.
All Candidates speak of job creation, but, we have chosen to trust the largest private employer of labor who also enforces minimum wage.

10. Several times Atiku has been a victim of propaganda onslaught. Journalists who hope to generate traffic, author publications of corruption allegations. From publicly available records; no court of law and competent jurisdiction has ever indicted Atiku Abubakar for corruption.

11. It would interest the public to note that it was Atiku Abubakar who brought the legislative draft for EFCC from Brazil. That after passing the EFCC Act, there was no budgetary allocation for the organization and Atiku borrowed the body N300Million from privatization proceeds to get started.

12. Recall, that when Atiku was in Government, the EFCC was not used as a weapon against opposition parties. Prominent leaders in the PDP were prosecuted and brought to justice. We have not witnessed such determination to fight corruption after that era.

13. Now we see the impunity with which the current administration operates. Where all sins against the people, no matter how grievous are forgiven; provided you carry a broom in the air. EFCC has become political tool for intimidation of opposition interests and for harassing the youths on the streets and in homes.

14. Many have raised concerns about the age of Atiku Abubakar, it will interest the public to know that all leading Presidential Candidates are above 60 years(Retirement age for Civil Service). But if the Public service were to be Civil Service, all would be similarly disqualified.
15. So the argument of age lacks merit. Rather, more than ever we should worry about the Candidate's health status, mental agility, and intellectual capacity. From our keen observation, Atiku Abubakar is physically, mentally, and intellectually fit to contest and govern Nigeria.

16. We recall, that Atiku was with us during the #EndSARS era. The Archives show He has been vocal about #EndSARS since 2017. In the wake of 20/10/20 killings, He spoke on the reality of many Nigerian parents and the terror of raising children in Nigeria, under an administration that has no care for life.

17. As Doctors, we are involved in the care of life and committed to a life of service. We are carrying out our duties under terrible conditions and with poor compensation from Government. The former Minister of Health under this same Administration had mocked doctors who lamented about the poor welfare in the residency program, and He advised them to become farmers or tailors.

18. Millions of students, including future doctors, are trapped at home, unable to complete their program and add to the workforce in a country that has a very poor doctor-to-patient ratio.

19. It is on this note that we have organized, and drawn up an action plan to deliver HE Atiku Abubakar in 2023. Leveraging on the vast network of Doctors and the existing party structures in all wards and LGAs to sensitize our patients when they visit the hospital.
20. From data we have colatted as of July 14th, 2022. Our team has 8796 Doctors who collectively see between 34789- 65766 patients daily.
We are currently co-opting medical students who are suffering from prolonged Strikes and other allied professionals. We will update as we go.

21. By September 2022, We will commence Medical outreach in all LGAs in the federation, sparing none. We have set up a technical team that has vast experience in Universal Healthcare coverage. A comprehensive health care plan is being developed which would be delivered to Atiku.

22. Nigerians will feel the impact, and lives would be touched. At the end of the day, it would be a win-win for the masses. As they would benefit from the projects and also vote out the APC. We beckon on Nigerians to put on their thinking camps; to win this race against time.

23. We must literally "put our best foot forward". The most prepared to deliver the mandate is Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa. So we encourage all to rise above the noise, hatred, and weaponization of our suffering and to vote for the PDP in the 2023 General Elections.

24. From the foregoing, we have shown how we came to this conclusion in good faith, that the combination of Atiku and Okowa remains the most viable choice for Nigeria.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Signed:
Dr. Daniel Faithful Miebaka (National Publicity Secretary, Doctors For Atiku/Okowa 2023 Group)
Dr. Ogar Emmanuel Idoko (Director General, Doctors For Atiku/Okowa 2023 Group).

https://independent.ng/doctors-for-atiku-okowa-2023-why-nigeria-needs-atiku-okowa/

The Rivers State Medical and Dental Students' Association has put together a leadership experience summit that would impact the University of Calabar community and students leaders across various institutions in the state.

The event is billed for Friday, 28th May 2021 by 2;00pm prompt at the Spencer Efem Lecture Hall, University of Calabar.Teachjng Hospital.

It focuses on topical areas that bother on the collective experiences of anyone involved in student leadership or activism.

The break down of the Four(4) keynote speeches and Six(6) Panel sessions are given below.

Keynote Speeches
1. Achieving Transparency and Anti-Corruption in Leadership

2. Leadership is Serious Business

3. Conflict and Crisis Management in Leadership

4. Male Privilege from a Male Perspective

Panel Discussions
� Breaking New Grounds and Innovations In Leadership

� Visions of Our Future: Lessons from the Past.

�Managing Student Electoral Campaigns

� Prejudice: Evaluating Gender and Ethnic Barriers

� Juxtaposing Academic Excellence and Leadership

�Leadership Ethics: Spirituality, Morality, and the Law

The speakers are drawn from past alumni of the University of Calabar, captains of industry and current students of the University of Calabar, vetted by a special recommendation committee on satisfying the criteria for innovation and excellence in leadership.

The Keynote speakers include;
Barrister George Fortune, a deputy registrar of the University of Calabar and Chairman, Association of Nigerian Universities Professional Administrators, University of Calabar Branch(UCB). He serves in the anti-corruption unit of the University and directs innovations for delivering quality service and tackling systemic corruption. As chairman in his first tenure he has diligently the delivery of welfare packages without default for all staff of the University under the body, regularly organized training workshops and capacity building retreats. He is set to organize the largest gathering and training for professional administrators in southern Nigeria later this year.

Mr. Dixon Otobo, a security expert would take participants through the managing conflict and crisis in leadership especially from a security perspective.

Dr. Ogar Emmanuel Idoko, a practicing family physician and former President of the Medical Students' Assocation in the University of Calabar would take participants through an exposé into the Serious Bussiness of Leadership. Dr. Ogar has bagged several awards of meritorious services and boast of quite a collection, his experience would surely be of benefit to all.

Daniel Faithful Miebaka, a medical student and President of the Rivers State Medical and Dental Students' Association is also a vocal advocate for gender equality and women rights having authored several articles and essays on the topic. He would put his thoughts on Male Privilege from a Male Perspective and stir up a conversation on the importance of gender equality.

Dr. Grace Obo, Nkpoikana-Abasi Aniefiokz Offem Esther and Doreen Osuji would take centre stage in discussing their experience with dealing with gender prejudice on the sphere of politics and leadership.

Dr. Grace Obo is currently a medical officer and former student leader and advocate for gender rights,l and health rights, she is also known for pushing against gender barriers to run for Presidential office in the University of Calabar.

Nkpoikana-Abasi Aniefiok, is a first class graduate of the University of Calabar, currently a lecturer with the same university. She was elected Vice-President of the Student Union Government and later became President for the rest of the tenure. She is from records the first and only female President of the University of Calabar. She has the record of delivering the most student centred capital projects, equipping all hostels with recreational and sporting facilities and uplifting the image of the Union. Her thoughts on dealing with prejudice and Juxtaposing Academic Excellence with Leadership would be of immense benefit to all participants.

Offem Esther is a former Financial Secretary of the Students' Union Government in the University of Calabar and President of AIESEC a youth led leadership organization. Esther while in office organized one of the most attended capacity building seminars for students and provided empowerment for selected participants. She later rose through the ranks of AIESEC in Calabar. She would share her thoughts on Breaking New Grounds and Innovations in Leadership and to provide practical insights from her experience in leading an organization that is gender sensitive so the leaders of the Students' Union Government can adopt and make significant progress. She is a trained and practicing Laboratory Scientist and also provides consultancy services as well as running other private enterprises.

Doreen Osuji Chiagoziem is currently the Chief Judge of the Student High Court and doubles as the first female to occupy the office and first non- Indigene of the state where the University is located. She would share her thoughts on breaking gender and ethnic barriers to leadership having broken the ceiling with a stellar record in court room advocacy and judiciary experience.

Offiong Andem, Sumuko Wisdom, Nelly Ebruka and Maxwell Nvani would take the stage to discuss Breaking New Grounds and Innovations in Leadership.

Offiong Andem is a former President of the Calabar University Theatre Arts Students' Association (CUTASA) and graduated top of his class, he would also share his thoughts on Juxtaposing Academic Excellence with Leadership. During his time in office he was instrumental to boosting the image of the department on campus and even on a nationally scale having led a contingent to the National Theatre Festival were the Department won several awards. He was the brain behind several creative exhibitions on campus and also consulted by external bodies even while a student. In recognition of Offiong's creativity he is christened the "Theatre god".

Victor Bisong is a former Secretary of the Student Union Government and graduate University of Calabar. During his time in school he was a debater and public speaker and became an adjudicator in the University of Calabar Debate Club after an excellent career. He shares a strong passion for leadership development and has mentored several student leaders in various arms of government. He runs is an entrepreneur who also volunteers actively in The Bridge Leadership Foundation. He would share his thoughts on Visions of our Future Lessons from the Past.

Nelly Ebruka is a space law enthusiast and undergraduate of the Faculty of Law, she is an African Champion and runner up at the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Competion. She has a stellar career as an international mooter who has appeared before Justices of the International Court of Justice during the world Championship in the United States of America. By her achievement she boosted the image of the University of Calabar and has led to the introduction of Space Law Association, and popularity of space law in the University of Calabar. She is also a Past President of the Impact Leadership Club (ILC) a youth run leadership club. She has all of this while maintaining highest levels of academic excellence. Nelly would also share her thoughts on Juxtaposing Academic Excellence with Leadership and Leadership Ethics.

Sumuko Wisdom is a former Secretary of the Students' Union Government, during his time as secretary he initiated the bill for the creation of the Literary and Writing Society, which passed into the law and is currently a functional society. He organized capacity workshops for literary societies and drew endorsements for empowering excellent writers. He was a former scribe of the Senate and has been vocal in student activism and electoral practices. He would also share his thoughts on managing electoral campaigns and leadership ethics.

Maxwell Nvani is currently President of the Dental Students' Association, University of Calabar. There is hardly a faculty president who has recorded as much innovations and advancement in the image of their respective assocation. He initiated a smart protocol for the issuance of identity cards to students, electronic payment of dues, successfully publishing periodic journals and editorials (the most by any association on campus) and also being the second faculty assocation to launch a website amongst other things, all of these while being the second President for this young and growing assocation. His leadership exploits earned him being the leader of all Faculty Presidents of the College of Medical Sciences. He will share his thoughts on
Breaking New Grounds and Innovations in Leadership.


Ewa Anthony is currently the President of the Medical Students' Assocation, University of Calabar. He is currently the most exposed in terms of leadership experience amongst his peers with his current office being the third in the executive of the medical assocation since beginning his undergraduate programme. He has deployed his wealth of experience in managing the assocation, dealing with crisis and management. He currently represents the bridge between the past, present and the future of student leadeship. He would share his thoughts on Visions of the future: Lessons from the past.

Etaba Agbor is the immediate past President of the Law Students' Assocation, University of Calabar, he is a seasoned legal advocate with numerous awards and medals among his collection. He was the most awarded faculty president among his peers and celebrated for his management of the brand and image of the association. He oversaw the growth, and active participation of his constituents at the National level including winning several competitions, and leadership positions. Etaba has long been in the Bussiness of student advocacy both in and out of the court room. He would share his thoughts on Leadership Ethics, Evaluating Gender and Ethnic Prejudice and Visions of our Future : Lessons from the Past.

Okobru Gideon is a longservice leadership icon, having been returned consecutively to office for the entire duration of his undergraduate program. All of this follows a careful evaluation of his track record in administrative performance and maintianing relationships with constituents. He has been a distinguished leader and has overseen the rise of several persons under his constituency and guidance most of which have become executives of various associations, senators of the Students' Union Government including the Senate Presidency amongst others. All of this responsibilities he has handled while dealing with the stress and demands of medical training. Gideon would share his thoughts on Juxtaposing Academic Excellence With Leadership.

Dede Oputamuno Gilbert is a former Secretary of the Medical Students' Assocation, who during his time founded the Debate, Public Speaking, Essay Writing and Quiz (DPEQ). The club was focused on training members to represent the faculty at several competitions and shortly after the faculty of medicine won the Inter-faculty Debate Tournament for the first time during under his administration. He has been a former parliamentarian and President of the Union for persons from Okrika extraction in Rivers State. He has used his position to advocate for ethnic inclusion and would share his thoughts on dealing with gender and ethnic prejudice.

Daniel Faithful Miebaka who is arguably the most achieved legislator during his time in administration of legislative duties like putting forward the record highest number of bills, advocacy for rule of law and separation of powers and also due process has gone on the mentor several leaders even at the Students' Union Government in all its arms. He has been advocate of electoral preparedness and electoral campaigns that target the electorates rather than the culture of serving stakeholders. He has served twice as Chairman on Presidential Panel to screen members of the Judiciary and Ministry of Justice in successive administrations all in recognition of professionalism, transparency and due process in seeing only meritorious candidates emerge. He has also been a former executive of the Nigerian Union of Campus Journalist(NUCJ), ran a private own student run media outlet and finally settled into copywriting he has been a ghost-writer on retainer by several persons in various offices. On electoral campaigns he has delivered one of the best student centred manifesto driven campaign that ended in victory for a Student Union Presidential candidate he managed, and other persons in various offices and faculties. He is also vocal against tribally motivated politicking or playing politics on gender lines a common trend by over-zealous aspirants to draw support either as males or females he would bring his experience to bear during the panel sessions while discussing; Managing Electoral Campaigns, dealing with Gender and Ethnic Prejudice and Leadership Ethics.

The Leadership Experience Summit is a package and organized by the Rivers State Medical and Dental Students' Assocation under the leadership of [b]Daniel Faithful Miebaka [/b]who is bringing his experience at the highest levels of student leadership and several years of mentoring student leaders to project the image of the assocation while repositioning it for growth.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE MOCK TRIAL COMPETION

During the course of undergraduate medical and dental training; students are fairly exposed to medical ethics and medical jurisprudence, but training in a resource poor country like Nigeria, with an outrageous patient to doctor ratio, and reliance on the ability to improvise whilst still knowing the standard practice; only makes erring more likely. It is possible to be inundated by the workload to the point of making minor human errors, or at worse being on the wrong side of ethical provisions.

Within the past few months, medical and dental students from the University of Calabar had developed an oppurtunity for learning and practical exposure to Medical Jurisprudence. With the growing awareness of patients about their rights and availability of legal services, it has become needful for future doctors to become exposed to medical jurisprudence.

Medical Jurisprudence would loosely mean the branch of law that applies to medicine and the application of law to medical science.
We had opined that there was no better place for medical and dental undergraduates to get this exposure than in the court room.

For the maiden edition of the Medical Jurisprudence Mock Trial, we are partnering with the Moot and Mock Society of the University of Calabar. Two undergraduate legal teams would represent two "medical practitioners" as the court determines their fate.

The Bench would consists of seasoned lawyers, consultant forensic pathologists and medical specialists who have sat on ethical boards.

In Nigeria, criminal cases are tried in the regular courts but the Medical and Dental Disciplinary Tribunal is set up to try specific offences under the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act
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Although this tribunal has the status of a high court of the federal Republic of Nigeria it has jurisdiction to try civil/tortous matters but however cannot try criminal cases.

Medical and Dental undergraduates are highly encouraged to be in attendance including law students and the general public. While we expect to enjoy the thrill of legal fireworks from both teams of experienced court room advocates, we expect to have a teachable oppurtunity that would leave a lasting impression for the next generation of professionals and probably serve as a catalyst for similar events in other campuses in Nigeria and a possible review of the medical curriculum where necessary.

The event is scheduled to hold as follows;
Thursday: 27th May 2021
Venue: Moot Court, University of Calabar.
Time: 1pm Prompt.

Announcers:
Daniel Faithful Miebaka
President, Rivers State Medical and Dental Students' Association/ Founder, Medical Jurisprudence Advocacy Initiative.
Utang Asuquo
Chairman, Moot and Mock Society, University of Calabar.

The event would be live streamed on Facebook and Zoom, to join kindly register: https:///RBrLrQZPOM