₦airaland Forum

Provost? And he was forgotten? The story is incomplete. All of them should be arrested.

From what was written here, he said 'why would one leave a party he has laboured to build. It is not good to labour in vain'. He's referring to politicians who left APGA despite contributing so much to build the party.
That statement is obviously different from 'Labour Party will labour in vain'. Soludo was misquoted by jobless mischief makers.

A phone camera degrades over time as a result of dust and scratches on the lens cover. Software updates can also affect the camera processing negatively.

lastchild:
i discovered that my tecno spark has lost quality in camera quality. could the fault be from my sight?

flokii:
The male gender is getting weaker while the females are becoming stronger.. there is no other way to explain it.

The female has always been stronger from creation. The man was created from dust and the woman from bone.

Women play a vital role in the perpetuation of life. This is because they have wombs for housing the next generation of humans. Women are blessed because they have a uterus (womb) for housing the next generation of humans. However, the possession of a womb comes at a huge cost- the monthly sacrifice of blood called menstruation. Menstruation is the periodic shedding and discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina. It is commonly and euphemistically referred to as ‘Period’. Menstruation is an hallmark of femineity. It starts between the ages of 12-15 years and ends during menopause which occurs between the ages of 45-55 years. On an average, a woman has ‘periods’ for a period of 42 years. This is approximately 500 menstrual periods in a woman’s lifetime. Menstruation occurs for an average of 5 days in a month. By simple multiplication, the implication is that a woman bleeds for about 2,500 days during her lifetime! Today, the 28th day of May is globally recognized as Menstrual Hygiene Day. This has a symbolic meaning. May is the 5th month of the year and women menstruate for an average of 5 days every month. Also, the menstrual cycle averages 28 days. Menstrual Hygiene simply means the act of maintaining the body’s cleanliness during menstruation. Unhygienic practices are the harbinger of diseases. Specifically, unsanitary practices during menstruation can lead to Urinary Tract Infections and Genital Tract Infections. The paraphernalia of menstrual hygiene comprises water and menstrual pads. Once water and menstrual pads are available, menstrual hygiene can be observed properly. The availability of water may not be a challenge to most people. However, clean water is still somehow inaccessible in some parts of Nigeria. UNICEF reports that as at 2017, 69 million Nigerians, that is about 40% of the population do not have access to clean water and cleaning agents. The erratic electricity supply and high cost of fuel to drive generators are factors that make water inaccessible and unaffordable in Nigeria. Without water, girls cannot wash and clean themselves while they are on their ‘Periods’. In Nigeria, the cost of getting water is not as much as that of menstrual pads. In fact, ‘Period Poverty’ is a term that has been used to refer to the inability of girls from low-income households to afford sanitary pads during their menstruation. According to World Poverty Clock report as of June 2018, Nigeria has over 44% of her population living in extreme poverty making her the world’s poverty capital. There are over 40 million women and girls who cannot, by current economic standards, afford to buy sanitary pads. A good sanitary pad is not less than 300 naira in the market but a woman who can hardly feed will have to buy one compulsorily. To be candid, menstrual pads are expensive and a lot of school girls, female prisoners, internally displaced persons and other indigent Nigerians cannot afford it. Menstrual pads are essentials and should not be as expensive as they are. They should be treated just like toilet paper because they serve, essentially, the same purpose- items to clean products released from the body. It is unfair to womenfolk that government and other organizations have over the years subsidized, and most times distributed condoms free to people without considering same for female sanitary pads. A pack of condoms costs 100 naira. If government can subsidize condoms which are basically used by men, then there is no reason they should not subsidize sanitary pads which are basically used by women. Sexual intercourse is a voluntary act, menstruation is compulsory. Sex is a choice and can be avoided but menstruation is not a choice. For sexist reasons, we encourage safe sex but discourage safe bleeding! It is discriminatory to subsidize condoms and not do the same for sanitary pads. Government, civil society organizations, stakeholders, legislators and policy makers are all culpable of this bigotry and injustice against women. This is in addition to the fact that menstruation, which is a normal body function like urination, is till met with silence, taboo and stigma. In some areas, women are isolated when they are on their period and not allowed to mix with other members of the society. Gender equality is essential for the achievement of human rights for all. The idea of human right is that people have a right to be treated with dignity. The Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS) was recognized as a human right by the United Nations General Assembly on the 28thof July 2010. Nigeria is a party to the United Nations declaration of the Right to Water and Sanitation. The Human Right to Water entitles everyone to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use. On the other hand, the Human Right to Sanitation entitles everyone to sanitation services that are safe, socially and culturally acceptable, secure, hygienic, physically accessible and affordable, and that provide privacy and ensure dignity. The right to menstrual hygiene is subsumed under the Human Right to Sanitation. The onus is therefore on government to subsidize menstrual pads to promote good menstrual hygiene in the country. Menstrual pad subsidy is a right that women deserve so that a reasonable percentage of their income is not frittered away on the acquisition of menstrual pads as if it is a luxury item.NIFEMI LEON IWALEHIN, PORT-HARCOURT.

I’m saddened by the vituperations of a vast majority of the Nigerian populace on the issue of the president’s health. It is frightening and disappointingly so, how many Nigerians wish their president dead. I do not pray for him neither do I wish him mishap. A question that assails my mind is whether Buhari has not had a successful voyage on earth- If President Buhari dies today, has he not lived a fulfilled life? For a man with such rare opportunity of ruling this nation twice, what history is there to make again?
While many unrecognized, unpopular and unknown Nigerians- whose names are unheard of outside their familial confines because they are doing nothing or next to nothing and would not be remembered for anything- are cogitating on the life of Buhari or the lack of it, the man has successfully embedded his name on the chases and tranches of historical medallion. So, instead of lavishing the limited resource of time on gossiping and babbling about a man that has came, seen and conquered, I would rather people think deeply about the vacuousness of their own lives and how uneventful it has been.
I also got tired of hearing several idle talks about how Buhari should be impeached and how he should not stay beyond 60 (or 90 days or whatever!) on vacation as opined by many street commentators. Sincerely, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is as silent as the catacombs on the issue of how long the president can stay on vacation. Section 145(1) of the Constitution states thus; ‘’whenever the president is proceeding on vacation or is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, he shall transmit a written declaration to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to that effect, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, the Vice-President shall perform the functions of the President as Acting President’’. The body language of the constitution, as stated in the aforementioned section is to the effect that the president can stay on vacation till the end of his tenure in so far as he transmits his temporary absence to the National Assembly. In this case, the Vice-President shall act in his stead. The question of how long a temporary absence can be is neither contemplated nor answered by the Nigerian Constitution. There’s no provision in the Nigerian Constitution where the number of days, weeks or months that the President must stay on vacation beyond which he can be relieved of power is stated.
In addition, Section 146(1) stipulates that the Vice-President shall become the President only if the President dies, resigns, is impeached or is permanently incapacitated. The onus therefore lies on God (to take the President’s life), or on the President himself (to resign) or on the National Assembly (to impeach him) or on the Federal Executive Council to prove through a team of medical experts that the President is permanently incapacitated. The removal of a Nigerian President before the expiration of his tenure is an augean task requiring intricate procedures.
It is advisable that the Acting President continue to steer the country’s ship within the leeway permitted him by the constitution and not be distracted by political sycophants and jobbers. Fellow Nigerians too should face their businesses. The position of the Nigerian President is not vacant, the Acting President is doing all there is to do. Let’s wish our President safe recovery and try to make something reasonable of our lives.

Samtob90:
Quote relevant sections of the constitution

sections 143(2)(b);143(11) CFRN 1999

The President can be impeached for gross misconduct, If the Senate sees non-removal of Magu as gross-misconduct.