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afegbai:
Someone should please enlighten me. Am currently serving now and would pass out by April 14. Since the registration closes on April 13,can I apply? Do I need my discharge certificate for the online registration?

U can still apply, by the time everything sets, ur discharge cert shd have been ready by God's grace and u can present

afegbai:
Good day house!
Where can someone who studied computer science in the polytechnic apply considering the fact that only computer science education was stated?

Computer Science Education shd be most appropriate. If u scale thru to the interview stage and u're asked u can tell dm it's same thing just that ur school doesn't include the "education" in its nomenclature

GENERALCASHMIR:
today is the 18th nothing yet on the site about dssc,holla if it different at your end

Date of commencement of online registration has been shifted to 2 March 2016. Additional courses included too. Check Daily Trust Newspaper of 17 February 2016, page 13 for details

Sorry guys seems the date has been modified to 2nd March for commencement of online registration. See Daily Trust Newspaper 17 February 2016, page 13

Easyjay:
Whats the difference between dssc and ssc?

Google is ur friend anytime bro...

Philadelphia:
Does one get paid during the 6 months course for DSSC? If yes, how much? Also, do you get a car after the 6 months training? What other allowances does one get after the 6 months course?

U get paid stipends every month while on training. Buh wisdom will tell u never to depend on dt. Post graduation prize of any sort is at the discretion of the govt in power. If I were u I wld do first thins first!

Nafizzey:
Bsc accounting not on the list of preferred discipline. can't Bsc accounting graduates apply? tnx

Strictly for only those advertised here

[quote author=Nafizzey post=43007893]Bsc accounting not on the list of preferred discipline. can't Bsc accounting graduates apply? tnx[/quote

Strictly for only those advertised here..

Mekzmoney:
Thanks a lot... I studied metallurgical/materials engineering. I believe I can still apply as mechanical engineer was listed?

Probably. ?

killerman47:
Asking for specialist doctors of less than 35, that's difficult men..... what happened to Medical Officers?

I believe if you have already written ur part I in any of those medical specialties with plans towards part II, that shd be tenable

ELIGIBILITY
All applicants must be nigerian not less than 1.68m tall for males and 1.65m for females. Applicants should be between 22 and 35 years by 31 December, 2016

QUALIFICATIONS
Interested applicants must posses a minimum second class lower division for first degree holders and lower credit for HND. The specific disciplines required are as follows: Anaesthetic Nurse, Anaesthetrist, Building Engineer, Chemistry Education, Computer Engineer,, Computer Science Education, Criminologist, Data Administrator, Dietician, Ear Nose and Throat Nurse, Electrical engineer, Electrical Electronic Education, English Education, Hospitality Managers(Caterers), Lawyers, Mathematics Education, Mechanical engineer, Network Engineer, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmologist Nurse, Optometrist, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Paediatric Nurse, Paediatrician, Psychologist, Purchasing and Supply, Radiographer, Radiologist, Satellite Communication Engineer, Satellite images Interpreter, Sociologist, Software developer/Programmer, Statistician, MBA. Candidats without any of the above qualifications should not waste their time applying.

GUIDELINES
Online registration stars on 2 March 2016
Zonal Enlistment exercise will hold from 01-10 May 2016

NOTE
For further information see instruction page on the website as from 18 February 2016 or call 09 8708475, 09 8704817, 08078406568 or email: airforce.support@swglobal.com

mhbabanna:
I studied Mathematics and Computer science and from what I can see it looks like they are specific about B.ed and not Bsc

No such specifications was made there. Just ensure you meet the rest criteria. Each of the listed course there have different degrees like Law, Obs and Gynae, Radiography etc

Ansell:
How do I get dia form. I'm in kaduna and I'm interested

Forms shd be online from the said 18 February 2016.

Kbworld:
tnx, but can someone pls help wit a bolder pix or summarize d requirements for us. tnx once again

ELIGIBILITY
All applicants must be nigerian not less than 1.68m tall for males and 1.65m for females. Applicants should be between 22 and 35 years by 31 December, 2016

QUALIFICATIONS
Interested applicants must posses a minimum second class lower division for first degree holders and lower credit for HND. The specific disciplines required are as follows: Anaesthetic Nurse, Anaesthetrist, Building Engineer, Chemistry Education, Computer Engineer,, Computer Science Education, Criminologist, Data Administrator, Dietician, Ear Nose and Throat Nurse, Electrical engineer, Electrical Electronic Education, English Education, Hospitality Managers(Caterers), Lawyers, Mathematics Education, Mechanical engineer, Network Engineer, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmologist Nurse, Optometrist, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Paediatric Nurse, Paediatrician, Psychologist, Purchasing and Supply, Radiographer, Radiologist, Satellite Communication Engineer, Satellite images Interpreter, Sociologist, Software developer/Programmer, Statistician, MBA. Candidats without any of the above qualifications should not waste their time applying.

GUIDELINES
Online registration stars on 18 February 2016 and closes 10 April 2016
Zonal Enlistment exercise will hold from 01-10 Msy 2016

NOTE
For further information see instruction page on the website as from 18 February 2016 or call 09 8708475, 09 8704817, 08078406568 or email: airforce.support@swglobal.com

Nigerian Airforce Direct Short Service Course (DSSC) 2016 Recruitment Out!

Nigerian Airforce Direct Short Service Course (DSSC) 2016 Recruitment

The likely feeling any informed patient will have is that of all their investigations in the hospital, the ones that do not involve collecting tissue specimen from them by their bedside are done with sophisticated equipment in a separate department of the hospital. That separate location is what is known in hospitals as radiology, medical imaging or radiation medicine department. The sophisticated equipment are same as what we all see in movies and on television. And the operators of those equipment are called radiographers.

What investigations would a ‘big man’ possibly be looking for in Europe and America if not Computed Tomography (CT scan), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Medicine, Thermography, Radiotherapy, Mammography (breast scanner), Fluoroscopy, Digital Radiography, Echocardiography and ultrasonography? All these are handled by radiographers. Interestingly, all these modalities, with the exception of thermography, are available in several hospitals and diagnostic centres in Nigeria. Are they functional? Yes. Are they really efficient? Yes. Are they serviceable? Yes. Are they well-manned? Yes. Manned by who? Radiographers.

The other sophisticated investigations not handled by radiographers are possibly DNA tests and tissue biopsy. But if these are not the immediate concern of an individual then their medical footsteps may end up at the doorsteps of a radiographer. Radiographers are University-trained medical scientists who spend a minimum of five academic sessions in the university/teaching hospital to acquire the rare and specialised skills need to operate the sophisticated equipment mentioned earlier on. Before they are allowed to practice howeve, they are mandated by law to undergo a mandatory year-long internship and subsequently, NYSC.

While many Nigerians may be familiar with x-ray and ultrasound, not many know much about other radiological equipment especially the CT-scanner. The first CT-Scanner was installed in Nigeria at the University Teaching Hospital, Ibadan in 1987 under the regime of military President Ibrahim Babangida. The coming of General Sani Abacha raised the ante as he, through the National Hospital, Abuja replicated a prototype Europe and American-like hospital in Nigeria, in addition to other state-of-the-art facilities for other tertiary health institutions across Nigeria. The greatest boost to facilities in our hospitals however, was in the regime of chief Olusegun Obasanjo through his VAMED project. Chief Obasanjo made exotic diagnostic facilities like CT-Scan and MRI commonplace.
It is ironic that three decades after the first graduate Radiographers were released into the labour market, Nigerians are still not fully familiar with the expertise or even aware of the presence of such rare breeds of medical professionals. The fault for this information lacuna is not only among the radiographers themselves, but also a problem of the guidians and counselors who know next-to-nothing about the Radiography profession and hence, never mention it to brilliant minds in secondary school. Till date, the writer goes about giving career talks in schools considered the best in the locality yet the ignorance displayed by staff and students is demoralising.

This ignorance is also rampant amongst the political elite as some state legislators made laws approving the training of ‘radiographers’ in some laughable schools of Health Technologies. This misguided students are churned out as quacks who can never be licensed to practice this highly technical profession. There are also politicians who indicate interest to lobby for a job for some radiographer? What ignorance! Who ever saw a radiographer looking for a job? As we say in Radiography family, ‘Jobs look for radiographers.’ That is the reality for now. Not just because the practitioners are few, less than three thousand nationwide, but because tens of thousand of medical centres in Nigeria need their services for elementary investigations like ultrasound, mammography and x-ray.

As at 2003 only the University of Nigeria and UNICAL trained radiographers. Suddenly it dawned on some northern governors that they lacked skilled Radiographers to man their sophisticated medical equipment. And as practical solution the University of Maiduguri, Bayero and Usman Dan Fodio have commenced the training of radiographers. However, establishing radiography programme is one thing, motivating those who are qualified and employed, to remain in the employ of a state government is another thing.

I state without fear of contradiction that more than half of the state governments in Nigeria do not have a single radiographer in their employment. The governors can ask their commissioners of health to take an immediate census on that. Ironically, every state governor rushes to build a ‘state-of-the-art’ hospital or ‘an ultra-modern diagnostic centre’ equipped with CT-Scanner and other sophisticated radiological equipment that truly gives it the state-of-the-art look. Pray, who is going to man the facilities? Radiographers of course. But Nigerian radiographers will keep running away from state governments until they do the needful. Every ‘state-of-the-art’ centre built from Akwa Ibom to Kogi, Imo to Yobe and Ekiti to Katsina will eventually turn into a white elephant project or at best, operate at a sub-optimal capacity because of the dearth of skilled radiography manpower. And this will lead to medical tourism to Europe and America and recently, middle east. Medical tourism will gradually come to a stop if the will to employ and retain radiographers is there. There is no need to go to Europe for a procedure that can be done in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Lagos or even Aba as competently as ever. The facilities are already on ground. The radiographers are available for employment. But the governments still think everybody will troop out to seek for a job. Radiographers should be lured and motivated like was done in Ilorin by a certain ‘Kwara Advanced Diagnotic Centre’, a truly state-of-the-art centre with full complement of Radiographers.

Even the federal government hospitals need to up their ante to retain the services of Radiographer who are easily lured by attractive offers from private diagnostic centres nationwide as well as employers from across the Atlantic. Welfare issues concerning Radiographers should not be handled with kids gloves. Their re-training home and abroad should be annual and of utmost priority. Once remote cause of cancer is radiation. Radiographers use radiation daily in their professional practice. Therefore, the issue of ‘radiation hazard allowance’ which is not being enjoyed exclusively by Radiographers but paid to all health workers should be reviewed for the radiographer cadre to be at least 25 per cent of basic salary.

Any state government that wishes to retain the services of a radiographer should not employ them like hopeless jobseekers, but should consider the exercise a special appointment that equates to a political appointment with all the privileges that accrue. That would be a good starting point. Then there would be no need to travel to Europe, to wit, to go to Sokoto for what is in your Sokoto.

Adejoh, Tom (M.Sc Radiography); Clinical Radiographer; 07055302110; adtoms@yahoo.com

Source: Leadership Newspaper http://leadership.ng/editor-pick/well-motivated-radiographers-as-panacea-to-medical-tourism-in-nigeria

Cc: Lalastica

Rotjijatau:
This is the case that is in the airwaves of every radio station in Jos. My fellow Josites can attest to that.

This young man named Pam is the youth leader of state lowcost in Jos. He went to the ATM to withdraw 100,000naira for his house rent. He was the only person that the ATM paid leaving others stranded, so the military men needed money urgently & they ask him to give them the 100,000naira and come to their base in sector 6 the following day to collect his money, but the man could not give them because he has something very important to do with the money(house rent). So the military guys beat the hell out of him and collected the cash. When the STF commander Major Gen. Chris Enete was called on a life program on Silverbird 93.7fm Jos, he said they should please come to his office at the STF headquarters so that he will take appropriate sanction on those military men involved because it is what he described as indiscipline. He also promised that the guy's money will be refunded to him and the military will also take full responsibility of his medical bill. He is currently on admission at Parkview hospital opp. Solomon Lar Amusement Park.

Nairalanders, what is your take?

@Poster: does ds story make any logical Sense to you?

teelady:
Ok am done reading, let say u grew to love the man u ar married to, and from the begining u were nt inlove. You ar a loyal and faithful wife,please remain that way. Your husby is in a serious infatuated relationship and u feel like breaking his head for such behaviour but i say dont. He is not in his right frame of mind right now and its obvious u dnt want to leave ur matrimonial home, woman be prayerful and dnt give him more excuse to berate u further. Y fight wit a girl he brought home....,she is nt worth it ok. Pls distract ursef from al this mess for nw, just focus on making ursef happy, takecare of ur kids, prove to ur husband that u didnt marry him out of choice bt for the fact that u also love him, pls no dulling take ursef out for a treat no old ursef. Be the person he once loved, love ursef and hopefully he would comeback to love u. IT MIGHT BE HARD FOR U TO BE PATIENT SINCE U ARE THE VICTIM, BUT BE GOOD,PATIENT AND PRAYERFUL. Pardon my poor spelling

This is a great piece of advice. U must indeed be a wise lady. Kudos!

MZdamola:
Hello obulla

Can we do pm?

@MZdamola: hi

This post might sound funny but it is so true. I am an introvert too. Atimes relationships with another human just bores me for no reason.. getting a girl isnt the problem buh staying tuned wt them is 'rocket science'

What is ds kind of post for? U sound like ur still an undergraduate or something. If that is anything to go by, I suggest u go sit down and read ur books and stop posting wht u have little or no knowlege abt. This is wht inexperience breeds...

More expensive like to the tune of wht ?

I intend to buy an affordable ride and I have a bias for a Toyota highlander 2008 model or a Pontiac vibe. I need advice please....

hiroz: hulk is just a crap player.the guy is perpendicular, only runs in a straight line.rubbish striker.how did brazil get this far.

By the referee assistance and home advantage to ensure the stadia isnt empty if they lost out (which should have been d case) in d early stages of the tournament..

@MOD: Front page please.. thanks

Cadets of the nigerian airforce DSSC 22 Batch A will be undergoing their passing out parade today the 5th day of July, 2014. Nairalanders kindly join me in wishing them a successful POP. Congratulations!

@ All: as one of the persons who was favoured by God to be selected for ds DSSC 22 airforce cadet training, i wld like to state here that this "ds oga at the top syndrome" we have been arguing abt for a while now as regards the just concluded selection exercise had a very minimal influence on that final list. The only place where one cld tell me he/she was assisted that i may believe is atvthe zonal enlistment exercise. That final list to the best of my knowlege was strictly on merit! Even though special considerations were also given to the areas of need within the airforce (that too was only done after one wld have had a high score on merit). I tell u ds using my state as a yardstick, at least i saw and listened to almost everyone. Those that even had several connects with generals, captains, politicians (some whom senators and their reps actually came to the final selection venues etal) yet some of those names didnt appear on the final list ! For my profession, we are very few ! Some states in nigeria are even yet to have any of my colleagues in their hospitals, let alone the military. Due to the recent restructuring in the nigerian military wch has witnessed massive improvement and purchase of state of the art radiological equipments. Though there is inadequate supply of manpower to man these machines as i explained above. I hewrd strong rumours that after the last recruitment (DSSC 21), the Chief of air staff requested that any of my colleagues who indicates interest to join shd be brought to him for his direct endorsement to be taken immediately! Though they cldnt find anyone. This last recruitment had 4 of my colleagues for final selection, one of wch has a general (abi na major sef) as his father, yet! Only two (2) of us were taken (myself inclusive). Two (2) others have been placed on reserve (d guy whose father is a general inclusive) I had people who came with dossiers of referees (army generals, politicians etc) yet when they failed their medicals, that was the end of the road for them! Buh the bottom line is no matter hw bad nigeria is at the moment, there is still a place for merit. Those of us here who keep saying "no one cld get it without help from an oga at the top" shd wake up and stop that mentality. If u doubt it check the percentage of those u know that were selected and then tell urself the truth if those persons arent sound. God is greater than all...!!

@ Gambudu: kindly post the name (s) of such sites if u know any pls. Thanks