Good to know FGCs are still existing, though in my thinking, they have lost the vision of being a nationalistic and unifying institutions. You see more of admission of local pupils and being staffed by more of indigens

Oya ösisö (quickly)

Happy Mother's Day.. Especially as it falls on this year's Mercy Sunday. May all mothers enjoy a memorable celebration with their beloved ones. Thank God for the heart of a mother

Beautiful!
Noticed one's wig is grayish, d other whitish. But d smiles & excitement r d same

d calm atmosphere in Nawfia town, Njikoka LGA of Anambra State was disrupted with shouts of joy & exclamation on Sunday 24th Sept,2017 at St Anthony Cath Church Nawfia when friends , well wishers, people of all walks of life & family of Obiorah family went t thank God for safe return of their daughter & sister who was kidnapped 3 years ago.
The story has it that d little girl was kidnapped from her school at 2years ago by unknown person. D town reprted t appropriate qurters & went into prayers especially as it was rumoured d child was seen in d hse of another indigene in Lagos.
Last month the family went t an orphanage home in Asaba managed by d Anglican church in search of their daughter when they heard a popular lady known as ..cash was arrested alongside her workers at Nigeria border with Cotonou as they were transporting 43 children (an act akin to human trafficking) & the chidren brought back to Asaba. Incidentally d other chidren had been identified & claimed remaining d little girl Ifunanya.

It is worth every thanksgiving for the girl who turned 5 yrs.
& kudos to d security agecies especially those at the border that reportedly refused the gang right of passage

Mr. S. N. Abia- FGC Wukari Gongola State (now Taraba state)

Mrs. Okereke - W.T.C. Pry schl Enugu

Good people, good administrators, good disciplinarians

Havent read some sense in a long while from..

Imagine I had tried communicating with one of d firms listed above AIMS without any success with the hope if getting info on my investments with the company. Its been years & I wouldn't know how t get redress. I know there's been a downward trend in shares & the likes but they owe their clients explanation. Once I had wanted t draw in my meager investment & I was advised to roll over.
My wish is t recover my investment no matter how little or present market value.
Need some clue NLers

Abi u wan arrange for am. E tell u say im no fit do or say im want pikin

Strike: Health workers give FG 7 days ultimatum

By Ojoma Akor | Publish Date: Feb 22 2017 2:00AMHealth workers under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) have threatened to embark on an indefinite industrial action if the Federal Government fails to address its demands by 27th of this month.

Health workers under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) have threatened to embark on an indefinite industrial action if the Federal Government fails to address its demands by 27th of this month.

The union comprises pharmacists, physiotherapists, dental technologists, occupational therapists, medical lab scientists, dental technologists, health information managers, dieticians and other related professionals except doctors and nurses.

Speaking during a protest organized by the union yesterday in Abuja, President of NUAHP, Comrade Ogbonna Obinna said the union had earlier given the Federal Ministry of Health a-30 day-ultimatum but had not received any invitation till date. He added that the union had only restrained its members till now because of the effect industrial actions have on the masses.
Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/strike-health-workers-give-fg-7-days-ultimatum

Its a pity our organised labour leaders have allowed this to degenerate thus. They have given room for anyone to think and imagine what may have transpired that as never before, organised labour is about to lose its credibility and ability to bite.
What then happens tomorrow when issues affecting TUC comes up and the other NLC faction takes up pay back time. they shiloild better realign. The argument of TUC to me is too superficial, that NLC stuck to its gun does not call for this public assault and insult.

We r watching anyway

Happy birthday to Rt Rev Dr(Msgr) Taddeo Onoyima as he turns 73 today. He has at various times, since his ordination in d tomb if St Peter in time about 50 yes ago lectured at Bigard Memorial Seminary Enugu.Chaplain to KSJI, St Mulumbas UNEC & ST Peters UNN, national CCRN etc.presently at St Victor Onuiyi Nsukka.
An enigma, Philosopher& Theologian, expert in d Scriptures & youth & priest formation.you may not like him & his style bt he is focused & humane.
Lions & lionesses, 73 hearty gbozaa ti Ichie go slow, 'God is in control' nothing is happening'

Its a pity this just another of the baggage if extortions patients & customers face while accessing care in our public health institutions which includes paying for materials & PPEs(gloves, needles, face masks,oxygen supply,bedshets) wch ordinarily shld b provided by Hosp, demanding inducement from patients covertly or subtly otherwise b4 procedures are carried out on them.Diverting patients & prefential treatment to identified or 'cooperating' patients still abounds.
By acts of connivance willfully or not being aware, some management still don't provide funds for some tests services & drugs thereby encouraging loss of revenue to the nearby private out fits.

Above all, patients resign to their fates, become discouraged by bottlenecks or disregard further actions either cos the amount involved can b overlooked.
...&in most cases they have no one to turn to, or complain hopelessly

Just watched this with gladness in my heart.
I love u
I love it as I wish u all d warmth love understanding tolerance & God's guidance in your journey together

I wonder why all the fuss.
u said the guy was in a rship.he waited till he did the traditional things.he fulfilled the requirements for the court wedding.
if he believes in solemnization of his wedding, why can't he fulfill the requirements and be free.
I believe he knows what he should do but looking for excuses.
and there is no church that brings stumbling block to the intending union of 2(male &female) consenting adults. I know many priests in the Catholic church that are ready to bless the union during traditional rites or in private arrangement.

let him do the needful & necessary. if he is a Christian he knows he should solemnize his wedding and take in his wife

Great & exhilarating.@ OP r u of dis planet & age?.
me thinks u better contact FFK 4 d nxt available deliberation & flight. more of ur specie & works!!

welcome bebe & mama.
since u waited & testified, I pray 4 more valentine gifts in ur household dat u may run out of names t giv.


tank God there was no story of d hosp being on strike cos they have not bn pd salary or d new enhanced salary

hello NLers, pls I need information on the nest way to preserve unripe whole plantain.

my family enjoys ripe plantain, though after a couple of times the children switch off. so I go buying it in bunch to be economical. however most times they all end up ripening at the same time, forcing me to fry repeatedly. I had tried preserving in the fridge but it has not helped.
though I Cook unripe porridge a times i do prefer ripe ones.
will be glad to also be guided on other plantain cuisines.
thanks

A happy new year to all people of good will
that we may realize what we need and seek, in His Divine provision and guidance.
love for God and that of mankind.

I seldomly flog children, if and when I do , I leave the environment because their sobbing leaves me with a taste.
I traveled to the East for Xmas celebration with my children and no doubt they are having great times. Around 6.00 pm I spoke wit my wife over the phone about my ailing baby that couldn't travel with us, thereafter she spoke with my son, charging him to remember her little sick sister in prayers.

About 6.45pm the children called my attention to the disappearance of my boy who refused telling them where he was off to. I was alarmed, bearing in mind the rate of child trafficking especially since a 2 yr old cousin of mine has been missing for about 2 mths now.

my quick search including to the church which is about 10mins walk didn't yield result. Coming back to raise a real search party I saw the young lad upon whom I lashed my first strokes of the cane while asking why and where he went all alone.
He answered he had left for the chapel but had to come back when he thought the gates would be closed. I had already started the flogging wish I could stop, but had to complete the first set of lashing.

calming down to talk with him he confessed he went to pray for his sick sister in the chapel since he knows the way. of course his mothers tongue lashing over the phone added to my re thinking...

peeps, NLanders pls what shouldn't I have done, what should I do

thanks pals!!!

I seldomly flog children, if and when I do , I leave the environment because their sobbing leaves me with a taste.
I traveled to the East for Xmas celebration with my children and no doubt they are having great times. Around 6.00 pm I spoke wit my wife over the phone about my ailing baby that couldn't travel with us, thereafter she spoke with my son, charging him to remember her little sick sister in prayers.

About 6.45pm the children called my attention to the disappearance of my boy who refused telling them where he was off to. I was alarmed, bearing in mind the rate of child trafficking especially since a 2 yr old cousin of mine has been missing for about 2 mths now.

my quick search including to the church which is about 10mins walk didn't yield result. Coming back to raise a real search party I saw the young lad upon whom I lashed my first strokes of the cane while asking why and where he went all alone.
He answered he had left for the chapel but had to come back when he thought the gates would be closed. I had already started the flogging wish I could stop, but had to complete the first set of lashing.

calming down to talk with him he confessed he went to pray for his sick sister in the chapel since he knows the way. of course his mothers tongue lashing over the phone added to my re thinking...

peeps, NLanders pls what shouldn't I have done, what should I do

thanks pals!!!

u mean the dress is stunning or is it the actress, the pose that is stunning.

so there can be another adjective if she appears in another outfit?

how this merited FP...

hello NLers,
to say that most times we are not ready for the challenges new technologies may throw up is saying the obvious. from inability of many customers to manipulate the ATM (considering that many customers don't have minimal computer interaction while the banks requests every customer to have and maintain a card), to dangers of on line banking that is in vogue.
on an occasion I almost transferred everything in my account while paying for goods in a distant town using ATM if not that the amount I typed was not in my account.
on another, a distributor delayed sending goods I had paid for apparently because he didn't receive an alert.
but what pains me most is that in Aug.I transfered N15K from my UBA acct to another in FBN.there was a phone alert for the credit but the acct was not credited.A complaint to UBA and E Tranzact(managers of UMobile platform) confirmed that FBN was the beneficiary but showed a mix up in one number.
since them it had been grammar between First Bank and UBA.
Whose experience can grant me an insight to recovering my money?
what is a better means of ensuring secure online banking.

almost all you have listed are still routine or activities one creates time to do even when not bored, what one enjoys doing or what can occupy one when bored and relieves one.

so what did the thread mean to achieve?

I wish to congratulate both the out going and I coming VCs. however I am piqued by the subtle emphasis on the persons tribe.
if the country insists on and promotes Federal character in many govt businesses including the armed forces, recruitment, politics, appointments to mention a few, why this seemingly antagonistic, divisive and tribalistic tendency by the same govt when they appoint CEOs and Chief Executives of Federal Organizations and or parastatals in different states.
if it is not sacrosanct that these heads come from the vicinity or state or same tribe I think it should even be a law to appoint the heads from other states.this goes a long way to encourage integration, free flow of labour(to reduce fear of intimidation or oppressive tendency in organizations not in ones state of origin), best hands at the job etc.

My worry is wgether there is a fixed idea of what marriage should be. For how long should a woman who suffers d burden of an uncooperative husband endure before calling it quits. Some women face life threatening conditions at home, yet should endure coz they are Christians.some husbands, in a bid to actualize second marriage or promiscuity will never shows sign of repentance. Yet she is termed to be d root of her wahala if she opts out. Man's world!

jpphilips:




you want the govt to return the wicked people who have been oppressing you in the interest of the patient? so what exactly do you have to offer the patient, if the monster has to be recalled?

like d saying in political sphere 'to provide a level playing field' shld b guide in career advancement of diff players in d health industry but within legal and profession guidelines. have d health administrators and cmds been just and fair to all players, have there been lopsided treatment to any side,what brought about d reversal of headship of public hospitals during Ransome Kuti era as MOH. if there are clear cut roles for diff professional consultants, how is d patient care at risk. i do not think johesu is out t prove d indispensability of nma or otherwise bt t insist on growth & improvement of d sector for d betterment of d system. rather it is d nma using position inducement & intimidation in various hosps to puncture johesu strike. d cmd nma always com
mandeer emergency services in d interest of patient but either look d other way or turn incapable of replicating same whenever nma is on strike. indispensability !!! someone is insisting

Benjamin Chukwunonso Ajufo
THE NIGERIAN HEALTH SECTOR: THE FACE OF
JANUS AND THE MATCH TOWARDS TOPHET!
BY
AJUFO,BENJAMIN CHUKWUNONSO
The Nigerian Health Sector has been in the news for
some time now, as a result of the lingering crisis
that has bedeviled the Sector. The HEALTH sector is
expected to be a place of total wellbeing but why is
there so much hostility in the Sector which has
taken a hydra-headed form? Why is the Sector
matching towards Tophet; the Valley of Destructio

n?
There is so much misinformation, impunity,
violation of Established Rules and Codes of
Conduct. Why is the Place polarized with mistrust,
and disharmony? Why has the Government allowed
herself to become a pawn in the hands of Nigerian
Medical Association (NMA) and Medical and Dental
Consultants Association(MDCAN) which are not
legally recognized Trade Unions ? Why does the
Government allow double Standards within the same
Sector? The government that was able to restrain a
registered Trade Union from going on strike has not
stopped an unregistered body posturing as a Trade
Union. Why has the Government allowed the
Constitution of the Federal Republic, to be violated
by NMA who sees herself as the Imperial Majesty,
who must continue to subjugate other workers in
the Health Sector? Before we bring answers to
these numerous WHYS, let us x-ray the
pathogenesis of the crisis in the Health Sector.
SALARY STRUCTURES IN THE HEALTH SECTOR
Under the then President, His Excellency Alhaji
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, the Nigerian Government in
2009 had approved two different Salary Structures
in the Health Sector. These two Salary Scales were
known as Consolidated Medical Salary Scale
(CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Salary Scale
(CONHESS).Medical Doctors in the Service of the
Nigerian Civil Service are on CONMESS, while every
other person working in the Health Sector was
placed under the CONHESS structure. Before the
emergence of the late President UMARU MUSA YAR’
ADUA, President Olusegun Obasanjo, had placed all
Nigerian Health Workers under a unified Salary
Scale.NMA had seriously kicked against this unified
Salary Scale. It was NMA that negotiated CONMESS
for her members while the Joint Health Sector
Union (JOHESU), a recognized Trade Union made up
of all Unions in the Health Sector outside Medical
Doctors, negotiated CONHESS for her members.
Below is the two Salary Scales.
CONMESS SALARY SCALE
CONMESS 01----- HOUSE OFFICER/YOUTH CORPS
DOCTOR – Grade Level 10
CONMESS 02----- Registrar/Medical Officer - Grade
Level 12
CONMESS 03----- Senior Registrar Grade 11/Senior
Medical Officer Grade 2 Grade Level 13
CONMESS 04---- - Senior Registrar Grade 1/Senior
Medical Officer Grade 1 Grade level 14
CONMESS 05------ Consultant/Principal Medical
officer Grade 2 Grade Level 15
CONMESS 06------ Consultant Special Grade 2/
Principal Medical Officer Grade 1 Grade Level 16
CONMESS 07-------Consultant Special Grade 1/Chief
Medical Officer Grade Level 17
CONHESS SALARY SCALE
CONHESS 7 INTERNS/NYSC ----------- Grade Level 8
CONHESS 8 X -Officer 1 ----------- Grade Level 9
CONHESS 9 Senior X-Officer ----------- Grade Level 10
CONHESS 11 Principal X- Officer ----------- Grade
Level 12
CONHESS 12 Assistant Chief X-Officer ------------
Grade Level 13
CONHESS 13 Chief X-Officer ------------- Grade Level
14
CONHESS 14 Assistant Director X-Officer ----------
Grade Level 15
CONHESS 15 Deputy Director X-Officer -------------
Grade Level 16
CONHESS 16 Director X-Officer ---------------------Grade
Level 17
THE FACE OF JANUS AND THE MATCH TOWARDS
TOPHET!
In the late 2009, NMA, started a campaign of
calumny, against members of JOHESU , that they
were Skipping, which she alleged as a violation of
Government policy. And they as Medical Doctors are
treated unjustly in the health sector .As shown
above, we have seen that NMA members were the
greatest beneficiary of the Government approved
Salary Scale, with higher entry point and jumbo
pay.NMA was of the opinion that any member of
JOHESU, who had moved from CONHESS 9 -to
CONHESS 11, should be brought down by one grade
level. JOHESU members were unjustly accused of
skipping and the polity was heated up. The Public
Service Rule provides in 020205 and 020205 (e)- To
be eligible for appointment into the Federal Public
Service (e) possess requisite qualifications as
provided for in the scheme of service. The
accusation was faulty because in the Scheme of
Service for JOHESU members, there was nothing
like Grade level 11.In fact it is a misnomer to term
the movement from Grade Level 10 to Grade Level
12 skipping. This is not skipping, because there is
no level 11 and what you have in the Scheme of
Service is movement from Grade level 10 to 12.The
Ministry of Health was seeing through the prism
and binoculars of NMA. She supported the
recommendation subscribed by NMA that all
JOHESU members who have moved from Grade
Level 10 to Grade level 12 should be brought down
by one Grade level. In a circular dated 11th of
January 2010 , with reference number HCSF /EPO/
EIR/RR/B.63755/T1/77 ,the office of the Head of
Service of the Federation stopped the movement of
JOHESU members from Grade 10 to Grade level 12.
About a year later, the Head of Service in a similar
circular dated 10th of February, 2011 with reference
number HCSF/EPO/EIR/63755/T1/149 called the
movement of Workers from Grade 10 to Grade Level
12 an unauthorized Skipping. By June 2011, the
Health Sector was already heated up with drum
beats of war between the Workers under the aegis
of JOHESU and the Nigerian Government
represented by the Ministry of Health. It should be
recalled, that as at June 28th 2010, in a meeting
held at JUTH GUEST HOUSE in Abuja all Chief
Medical Directors and Medical Directors under the
auspices of Committee of Chief Executives, Federal
Tertiary Aspect in Nigeria, unanimously agreed and
released a memo with the reference number
CCEHTH/SEC/V.1/86 on the 29th of June 2010
addressed to all Chief Executives of Federal Health
Institutions. Article 3 on the topic was-
implementation of circular on CONTISS forbidding
skipping of Grade Level 10 or any Grade level. The
decision taken was;-(1) Members decided that by
July this year (2010) all Federal Tertiary Hospital
should have fully implemented the circular with
effect from 1st April 2010.All officers who had
skipped Grade level 10 should be brought down by
one grade level except those occupying the
appointive posts of Director of Administration.(2)To
effect this all CF.Os should simultaneously issue a
circular to all affected staff on the 12th July,2010
informing them of the plan to implement the
circular in July. This memo was signed by M O.
Adeoba for: Chairman CCEFTH. Immediately this
directive was later implemented, the Health Sector
was thrown into chaos, JOHESU gave the
Government ultimatum to change her decisions
which was not workers friendly, but the Government
refused. Moreover the Government failed to
implement agreements signed with JOHESU since
2009. This was now followed with a Strike action by
JOHESU who accused, the Government of not
keeping with the principle of Collective Bargaining.
As a result of the crisis in the health Sector on the
9th of August 2011, The Minister of Labour waded
into the matter, but the Ministry of Health was not
satistisfied by the resolution, and the matter was
later taken to the National Industrial Court for
adjudication. After a legal battle between the
Ministry of Health and JOHESU, the Court ruled in
favour of JOHESU in 2013, that Government was
wrong to have denied JOHESU members her right.
And that JOHESU members appointed Consultants
were wrongfully stopped as consultants. After the
judgment, from nowhere, NMA/MDCAN who were
not a party to the suit, cried foul that the Court
Judgment should not be implemented. They as
usual were the one that hoodwinked the
Government, to have taken the wrong decision that
was upturned by the Court. Suddenly they started
accusing government of favouring JOHESU
members, and that they must skip, even though that
no JOHESU member was skipping. Now that the
Government is trying to muster the courage to do
what is right, NMA/MDCAN has chosen to fight the
Nigerian patients, by denying them services and
declaring a strike action. Note that it is the same
patient they have told the world that they own and
that all their actions is for the best interest of the
patient. Today NMA/MDCAN who insisted that they
must have a different salary structure are the ones
imposing on the Government what other employees
should earn .The same NMA/MDCAN that
wrongfully accused JOHESU members of skipping
and even lost this matter in court is the one, now
championing skipping for her members, even when
doctors scheme of service does not grant such.
What a double standard!
NMA/MDCAN AND CALCULATED SABOTAGE.
Since July 1st 2014,NMA AND MDCAN have denied
patients the right to treatment even when the
National Industrial Court had ruled that all parties
involved should maintain status quo ante. Dr
Obembe the leader of NMA, who also happens to be
a member of MDCAN has continued to defy Court
orders under the guise that it is MDCAN that went
to Court. One is forced to ask, “Is Dr Obembe not a
member of MDCAN”? Again, does NMA have the
moral justification to call for strike when she is not
a Trade Union? Can NMA go on strike on an issue
that is already before a Court of competent
jurisdiction? How does NMA think that the
Government will be negotiating with her on an issue
before the Court? MDCAN in a calculated ploy to
deceive the Nigerian populace came on air to
declare that they are not on strike and that they are
not joining NMA in the strike action. The truth of
the matter is that MDCAN is on strike they are not
on ground, and they are not working. MDCAN and
her fellow consultants, who have so designated
themselves as the owner of the patients, have
abandoned the patient they say they own. On the so
called minimal achievable demand, NMA should be
told in clear terms that they are not achievable. In
the immortal words of the erudite Justice Niki Tobi,
JCA ( as he then was) “when an issue is before a
Court of competent jurisdiction, even though it takes
time, the parties must wait ,they must not jump the
gun, they cannot go for self help” What NMA is
doing now is self help and transfer of aggression on
the innocent patients they have acclaimed to own.
The issues raised by NMA/MDCAN are before a
court, so negotiations and decisions cannot be
taking on such matters.
NMA/MDCAN strike is a strike of Prejudice and Ego
trip, and Government should be firm to stop this
hydra-headed problem. The Members of the
National Assembly and the Government should not
cave in to the blackmail by NMA/MDCAN. They
must be firm to make NMA/MDCAN see that their
actions are against the state. This is the only way
to make NMA/MDCAN amenable to the laws of the
land and eschew impunity. The Government should
know that Nigerians and indeed the world is
watching! JOHESU members account over 95% of
the Healthcare work force, so the Government must
be careful not to be seen to show favoritism. But
must stand on the pedestal of equity and justice to
call a spade a spade. The agitation by NMA/
MDCAN that only they should be Directors, Hospital
Chief Executives, and Consultants should be
jettisoned in a jiffy. This is because such demands
are not supported by any statute in Nigeria. If one
is to use the principle of balance of convenience,
how does appointing other healthcare experts as
Directors, Consultants in their specialized
disciplines, affect members of NMA/MDCAN? Even
when the different approved scheme of service, for
all these professionals, allows them to reach the
zenith of their career and recognizes such
appointments. How does it affect NMA/MDCAN?.
NMA/MDCAN should know that the other Healthcare
Workers are not a conquered people and that the
hospital is not their capitalist empire. The hospital
is a government parastatals set by law and must
operate within the confines of the law setting it
up.NMA/MDCAN should throw away the toga of
medical capitalism and imperialism by embracing
medical humanism. A Physician is expected to be
compassionate, and service oriented devoid of
prejudice. NMA/MDCAN should go and study the
preamble to the declaration of Independence of the
United States of America, composed in 1776 which
reads thus, “We hold these truth to be self-evident
that all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their creator with certain inalienable
rights; that among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness” So do all medical personnel in
the health sector who is not an allopathic physician
do affirm. NMA/MDCAN should know that for a
nation to excel, it must be build on equality of all
men, rights of life, liberty and pursuit of
happiness.NMA/MDCAN are not the employers of
the Nigerian Health Workers, so she cannot decide
what Nigerian Health Workers get. The issue of
relativity is unfounded and has no basis on any
Nigerian Statute book even indeed world over. No
professional’s wage bill is determined by the wage
bill of another, but by Governments’ Terms of
Appointment into the Service.
On the floor of the Nigerian National Assembly,
when, the incumbent Minister of Health, Prof
Onyebuchi Chukwu ,was being screened to become
a Minister, he was asked, “how would he maintain
peace in the health sector that has been so laden
with interprofessional disharmony?”. The Minister
answered that he would do all it takes to bring
harmony into the sector. Again, he was also asked,
“what are his views that only one professional
group is the one virtually in control in the health
sector and that other healthcare professionals are
not so involved in leadership of the System?”. The
Min. of Health again answered; that “we will get
there that it is a gradual process that things are
changing.” To the Most HIGH be the glory that the
Hon Minister told the world ,that his action of
stopping the consultancy status of other health
workers, was as a result of the complain made by
NMA. It is on the same issue, that the National
Industrial Court has said that, that action was in
error, a violation of workers right to collective
bargain. Now that the Hon. Min. of Health has
started seeing that NMA/MDCANS’ actions, are in
bad faith, he must be firm to right the structural
injustices in the Health Sector. So that he would
have lived up to his words, “that he would do
everything in his power to bring harmony in the
health sector.” The crisis in the health sector has
gotten to where it is today, because of the over
bearing attitude of some allopathic physicians, who
have forgotten that medicine is the art, act and
science of healing, whose scope is beyond
allopathic medicine. It is highly unfortunate that
NMA/MDCAN leadership personified in the person of
Dr Obembe has suddenly forgotten that the word
medical is an adjective which means related to the
art, act and science of healing. A situation, where
allopathic physicians in a false mindset sees only
themselves as being medical and other healthcare
experts as non medical breeds/creates a wrong
image. The future allopathic physicians must be
nursed and nurtured to have a mind set of medical
humanism to give a good medical image that does
not thrive on rancor, falsehood and a doctored
ideology. The word medical is not a synonym for a
doctor, for if it were, it would not be seen placed in
front of the word doctor as in the term “medical
doctor” for that will be tautology. Every healthcare
professional involved with the act, art and science
related to healing are all medical personnel. So the
word medical is not an exclusive term to designate
allopathic physicians but all that is involved with
healing and healthcare services.
Conclusion
Now that it is so glaring that NMA/MDCAN strike is
sabotage against the state, because they are
causing untold hardship to the citizens of Nigeria.
This as a result of their ego driven demands. And
have failed to obey Government orders, because
most hospital Chief Executives being members of
MDCAN are in sympathy with them. They have
failed to call NMA/MDCAN to order to suspend the
strike, even when there is a court order. As a result
of the death of Nigerians, based on this sabotage,
the Federal Government should invoke the powers
conferred on her in section 18(1) and 18(2) of
University Teaching Hospitals (Reconstruction of
Boards, etc) Act CAP 463 LFN which states 18(1)
“The President may, notwithstanding any provision
of this Act, take such measures as occasion may
warrant in order to improve the efficiency or due
administration of the teaching hospitals specified in
the Schedule to this Act.”
18(2) “ For the purpose of section (1 )of this
section, the President may appoint or give such
authority for the appointment of Military
Commandments to take charge of administration of
any of the teaching hospitals specified in this Act
for such period as may be stipulated in the
authority.
Again, section 19 of the act, on the definition of
hospital states “Hospital includes all institutions
(however called) controlled by the board.”
Government should as a matter of urgency bring
sanity into the system by making sure; that this
sabotage by allopathic doctors is stopped. The
Government should declare their actions illegal. As
the Health Sector moves towards TOPHET a symbol
of collapse, we must do all it takes to salvage her,
by doing what is right!
AJUFO,BENJAMIN CHUKWUNONSO. WRITES FROM
ASABA IS the Secretary Association of Medical
laboratory Scientists Delta State Branch.
16/7/14

itz a pity our health system has degenerated to this. i must hold our health system planners, managers & policy makers responsible. itz either of d following:
1we hve lost d basics and grain of team work.
2 d team leader has lost d confidence of d members for reasons of his style of leadership, abuse of power, inability to maintain a balance among component members or an other.
3 an igbo adage has it dat wen a child is of age and demands certain entitlements, he becomes d bad child.
4 we want to retain processes as it has always been not caring if they need refinement.

many pple hv written and even wen attempting a fair analysis end up exposing & supporting their constituencies.
cant we make contributions without being sarcastic or make statemnts dat obviously
debase any people or job description to score points?. i hv a few questions:
1 wat is in d name consultants dat we must attain or defend
2 wen a doctor finally invites d services of another in his management of a a patient is it in a mere division of labour or recognition if d nxt person's ability.
3 some contributors make it look dat every person wants consultancy. cant there be requiremnts & qualifications b4 such is awarded & if one has met them wll it nt b given?
4 JOHESU consultant does it measure up to, diminish add or obscure d medical consultant.
5 wat is d clear threat d non medical consultant poses.
6 if d medical consultant owns d patient cant he lead a team of other non medical consultants in favour of d patient.
6 is there nothing a senior doc can learn frm a nurse about and in treating d patient and vice versa. if there is y pollute d arena dat can improve ur service. also a young hise officer newly engaged has a lot t learn frm his non doc colleagues. so a resident doc in training needs d input if others at diff stages to make it in his exams. y statements that sound disdainful.
7 where is d place of so many other brains who r actually bhind several breakthrus in medicine, d physicists biochemists microbiologists geneticists physiologists etc. i feel these are actually our heroes NOT whoever dat may play tingod
8 if headship of a hosp is managerial how can a non doc CMD who of course has a retinue of other clinical heads and a CMAC weigh negatively to d management if d patient.
9 wat may hv prompted JOHESU reawaking
10 y d bias of senior govt. officials in strike issues.
11 r there no seniors in these gps to sound caution.?

d adage of live and let live can guide us better. one does not tell his fellow man that there is nothing he can do because of your disposition. no little man is told dat to his face.

am really in a fix about this.when i started making babies i thought to myself i wouldn't encourage use of toy guns. years down the line i thought i was winning until this Xmass when my first son,6 years and his brother 5, are making mem restless with their constant demand for a toy gun. though of late i noticed them play with toy guns they fabricated with loose papers, and play hide and sek with their mates they get such inspiration from the cartoons they watch since they act out different xters of their choice.i'm almost giving in to their request especially since they also seem to be in love with hte force. but am scared seeing them act shooting and dieing,fighting with swords, insisting the opponent must fall and 'die'.i know differnt exposures and different results. can some one take me up from here

depending on whatever reason (excuse) once has for brreaking up a reastionship, u may b tempted to keep open d communication line. i think d risks far out weigh what ever perceived advantage it may seem fun or for some 'selfish ' end but why still hook up. it may pose a threat to a substantive relationship, and better to confine the ex relationship to where it belongs-ex