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The funniest is there kids are in private universities

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A country, with no vision and mission.
Dr. Fauci in USA yesterday, had announced the vaccine REMDESIVIR as the cure for COVID 19. Guess! who is leading the research...? Dr. Babafemi Taiwo, the chief, division of infectious diseases, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Chicago. Dr. Babafemi was a graduate of the college of medicine, University of Ibadan, before fleeing to a country with prospects, to horn his skills. My question is: How do you expect such intelligent person and thousands of other skilled Nigerians to remain, in a country with corrupt leaders that can't pronounce COVID 19 properly or know what it means exactly?. How do you expect such person's to remain in a country, where illitrate politicians, are the ones directing the affairs of a nation cluelessly with analog mindsets? How do you expect such person's to remain in a country, where N17million state money, is paid to a state speaker every month, as house allowance, instead of building medical research centers?. A foollish, corrupt, greedy but selfish billionaire, Nigerian politician, would think himself, wise, until he is buried, with not even a N100 note in his pocket. What a wasted effort of visionless, Nigerian leadership.

Babafemi Taiwo, MD
Professor and Chief,
Infectious Diseases Division
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

(UCH/UI class of 1991).

That is the mentality of the black man, thats even the time to let thwm know d fact, if it is from.congregation and not a single person. Even they will be d one to want to hear from u , u wont be finding them again. There is one verse in the quran that says we shouldnt sell the word of Allah freely, ive forgotten, thats what salafis are using in their doctrine of teaching quran and it works for them. Let us use it in mosque too. There is one adage that says what u dont pay for u wont value it.

My fear is what we failed to do now if care os not taking, the mosque might be empty in future with no imams and to hear the words of quram one will have to pay.

For instance, in the present world weve started paying indirecrly as educated asaatiz are going online and as u watch U are paying indirectly through your data.

Bro. Lets do d needful before it gets out of hand

That is the mentality of the black man, thats even the time to let thwm know d fact, if it is from.congregation and not a single person. Even they will be d one to want to hear from u , u wont be finding them again. There is one verse in the quran that says we shouldnt sell the word of Allah freely, ive forgotten, thats what salafis are using in their doctrine of teaching quran and it works for them. Let us use it in mosque too. There is one adage that says what u dont pay for u wont value it.

My fear is what we failed to do now if care os not taking, the mosque might be empty in future with no imams and to hear the words of quram one will have to pay.

For instance, in the present world weve started paying indirecrly as educated asaatiz are going online and as u watch U are paying indirectly through your data.

Bro. Lets do d needful before it gets out of hand.

Rashduct4luv:


Look critically at the foundation of Islam on Yoruba land. The Babas tried their best though but Islam is not the inheritance of any Baba! Knowledge is widespread now. Though there are many scholars only a few will direct you to the Qur'an and Sunnah!

What have the Alfas being teaching all this while that the congregation can't pray Solah on their own? Even to recite Fatiha na wahala!

It's not when you are thirsty that you start looking for where to fetch water. What if there's no where to fetch and it's midnight?

We learn and practice what we have learnt.

Until all of us return to the Qur'an and Sunnah and imbibe orderliness and structure in our activities we would keep going out of sync with reality.

I still stand on the point that not everyone can be knowledgeable, some need to be guided brother. Understand d concept. Islam didnt make provision for them in our environment.

Dont say they arent directing to sunnah, say their effort is not enough sir

Rashduct4luv:
Every Muslim should take learning about Islam seriously. All those things you mentioned are what each and every one of us should know!

Being an Alfa doesn't mean we should not have any other side huzzle.

I know Alfas who are lecturers, traders, Electricians, Plumbers, etc.

Of cos we can bath the dead ourselves.

Of cos we do not need any Alfa to name our child. The name was already in the birth certificate before even calling the Alfa.

Recitation of the Qur'an is important for us all to learn. And this is continuous...


I would rather say the lockdown has shown how ineffective these our Alfas had been.

Or the lockdown exposed how reckless some of us has been to learning the religion, knowing/practising it, teaching our family...

The system of learning Islam a "certain generational way" and teaching Islam that same generational way to those who will keep teaching it the same way is ancient.

We need to adopt a new approach in Yoruba land.

Sir, u mentioned all these because you have the opportunity to attend with support both financially anf others. How about the poor. The less knowledgeable, Allah said he has created us unequal in all aspects, how about those deficient about all these?. Brother because you know and have the knowledge doesnt make everyone a scholar too. Half baked muslims. Sir, to the best of my knowledge when are we going to produce people like Sudais in our masjids who are 100% devoted to this work. Let Alfas and Imams go work in offices too with timetables, then we see dead bodies waited more than appropriate times before being buried coz their works are official, no time for them to attend to us again. Bro. I still stand on my opinion we need a change. Where in the world are d scholars treated like trash d way we do in yoruba land?.

Sir, concerning child naming, who will inform them what to do if no one is in d mosque to take the role of sensitizing them on how to go about it. The problems we have in Africa is that we look at foreigners to judge ourselves but we failed to do what they do to our fellows. My dear brethren in deen, we need to stand on the existing truth. We need to rethink else, we are going into selling our people out to others as a brother said to me one day that we muslims sells out our brethrens indirectly without knowing with our attitudes. The funniest is our brothers sold our scholars out making them unvaluable to other scholars and people of jest with the way you have presented the idea.

Change begins with us brother in deen

Yustash001:
jazaakumulahu khayran bro
But I think the narrative is really changing especially now that Sunnatic methods of teaching have now overcome the old strict methods except may be in villages where there's little exposure...

Which one os sunnatic which one is not, what we are saying os islamic education teaching strategy should change. Are u saying the okd babas didnt practise sunnah? Rather say the modern methods of teaching should be employed

Since the inception of the corona virus, muslims around the world has been subjected to pray at home with social distancing. But something struck my mind after some days in Ramadan. The work of Alfas and Imams, Before the advent of covid 19, the muslims gathered with alfas in mosque for admonishment, who lead prayers as well as look after other islamic activities for the ummah without salaries. But to my greatest dissapointment we muslims are fond of castigating them with different unheard of issues like laziness and all sort of most especially in Yoruba land. Now that they've abandoned the mosque. Can we now bath our deads ourselves? Can we name our child in the islamic way when we born? How many of us are praying appropriately if we even pray at all this period? I even heard some of our newest imams at home are reciting suratul ikhlas 10* during taraweeh. Sheikh Al fulani during this Ramadan with one bro. Taofeeq who couldnt recite suratul Nasr properly with attahiyat causes a lot of dissatisfaction from my side about muslims. And this brother will lead as imam for his household? What an error. The viral video sound funny, but the reality is downed on us as muslims now. However, we dont pay our regular Alfas and Imams any thing oo, they do these activities on selflessness. I'm wondering the number of muslims whose solat would have gone into oblivion as a result of no imam to lead for them to pray behind. I wonder how our last ten days will be with this no gathering we are in. It is high time we rethink and organize as a collective community to find solutions to the welfare of our imams and Alfas at the grassroot level. We need a change so that these set of people won't feel cheated(though they've accepted it as faith) and they can as well be able to cater for their families as we do to ours in a proper way.



I still remain an advocate for change in the muslim world.

eni4real:
Wow!

and the same population ernrolled for Jamb same year with the present?

stormborn28:
infact I respect that man so much..

Politics is a game, a saint of today might be the sacrificial lamb of tomorrow. Dont trust anyone who is still in power no matter what

Igboho people will never change no matter what, you keep celebrating the downfall of your man. Hmm what if this was a set up by politicians. Ko seni ta ma fun loko ti koni roko sodo ara e oo. I met him once and he wasnt what you people thinks he is. Though he is cautious. An emeritus, and all u guys can do on social media is to castigate him further . Continue oo. Sebi won ni ile ni igboho ma ti n ba omo ti ko gboran wi., now u have exoposed yourself to the public shamelessly. Baba has done for people though ive never been part. Bu t as humans we can never satisfy all. I bet it with you no political office holder in Nigeria whether past or present is a siant. Nigeria is corrupt. This is witchhunting of the highest order. Please he fought his way up and u are happy he is going down. Have u even tried to reach a quarter of his achievement?, note: its already on record he was a jamb registrar and wasnt the first to be. Please and please dont insult me, let's think critically on this. Eyin igboho e tun de oo(sentimental people). Let them pick those before him too, they are all corrupt

Another way to recruit forced voters ahead of 2023. Haba Nigerians should rather not accept this. This is shit of the highest order, cleaners. Now i inderstand, this regime assume nigerians are chickens, when u fail to feed them for a long time. They u come back to give them small grains they wont have choice than go run towards u for more and u can then give conditions. My fellow nigerians we say no to 774000 sweepers now. Please raise the volume.

Any state in nigeria where a strange disease occur from now, d governor should be held responsible. This is an eye openner

It took me while to read this bit I found it most interesting and one of the best and intellectual articles to be written about coronavirus as it affects Nigeria. Please take a little while and read. Thanks.

*Please note: if you think COVID-19 emergence in Nigeria is a conspiracy theory and this article is not worth reading, you may choose to skip*

CORONAVIRUS ALERT NIGERIA

By Sam Agha Egwu
Friday, 20th March 2020

It is IMPOSSIBLE that only 30 claimed cases are in Nigeria as at today. From evidence in other countries, we can boldly project, statistically, that we should have hundreds now, and with so much free movement still, it would soon be thousands.

Nigeria is still trying the old method of tracing contacts that worked with Ebola. In Nigeria, with all its difficulties of addresses? By the time you finish tracing the contacts from one aircraft for just one victim, it takes weeks, and to trace contacts of any secondary contacts infected takes much longer.

Coronavirus infects even when the symptoms are not serious, so it's more deadly than Ebola. It can infect more people faster. Ebola is sudden, with rapid onset and infects by touch, blood or spittle, when the person is ill, so it's easier to track, and people can see an ill person and back off.

The more modern position, developed by the Chinese, is to stop all movement in and out of an area until all the virus is defeated. That is lockdown. No travel. No gatherings. Just only essential movement. I am on lockdown right now in London.

This thing has an Iceberg effect. You are seeing the iceberg but only 1/10th is above water. The other 9/10th remain hidden. With all the flights streaming into Nigeria from all the affected areas, by-passing airport security, and given construction or trading networks across Nigeria, it does not take a statistician to realise that this thing has penetrated the whole country.

Coronavirus is far more insidious than Ebola. It starts infecting before the signs show. Hundreds should already have the infection in Nigeria. But little means of testing. Some people have begged to be tested but are not.

People are lying that black people are immune. That is not true. Black and whites are being hit here in the UK. Black people already have it in Nigeria, so it's not true that our temperature is too high for it.

The three reasons why we are not getting more figures may be:

1. The Government is trying to look good and doing propaganda. This is no time for window dressing.

2. The Government is being incompetent, neither proactive nor reactive and still preoccupied with politics.

3. The most serious: TESTING IS NOT REALLY HAPPENING because we have little testing kits. Sick people have actually asked to be tested and got no response. That may be why we have a low count of the virus. It almost seems like the Government wants to wish the numbers away.

In UK, we were laughing at Italy, thinking it was their life style that was causing the virus explosion there. The UK Prime Minister was treating it with kid's gloves, then we had 1 then 2 then 5 then 10 after a week, then suddenly, boom, it took off exponentially with a sharp upward curve. Now we are getting a jump of 400 a day within a week. The death toll jumped from 71 to 127 in one day. They calculate that statististically, based on China, Iran and Italy, that 50,000 already have it.

You may have it in only hundreds now, but if you do not act it will soon become thousands, then millions. It will not stop till we stop it.

NIGERIA, WORST HIT

People have said that India and Nigeria are going to be the worst hit. In Nigeria, there are a number of factors that will compound the situation. According to Atedo Peterside, founder of Stanbic/IBTC on channels, there are 4 reasons why our Coronavirus crisis could be the worst in the world:

1. POPULATION DENSITY: Nigeria has high population density, especially in poor urban areas. With buses jam packed, an infected driver going to work, who drives a Chinese or Italian victim, only has to sneeze and the whole bus has it. This is different from Ebola that requires physical contact. That driver and bus passengers take it back home to family and children, who take it to school and church or mosque. How is the tracing method going to work with this? Impossible. Tracing can only work with Ebola which was one to one contagion.

2. OIL: As the world shuts down, with less land and air travel, the need for oil has reduced drastically. The immediate impact is on Nigeria's dependence on Oil for revenue. The price has collapsed and may go below our production cost, but nobody is buying. This means that at a time when other countries are putting together stimulus packages to fight the virus, we have no money to fight it as a nation. The drugs and equipment needed are not in this country right now. We have no money for projects or to even pay salaries, so that individuals cannot fight it either. Nobody will lend Nigeria money now with the collapse of Oil prices.

3. DOCTOR TO PATIENT RATIO: Even developed countries like Italy, China, South Korea were overwhelmed despite high doctor patient ratio. In England, they threw us out of hospital, cancelled our operations, to make way for expected Coronavirus patients. In Iran with a lower density, people are just dying on the streets with no hospitals to admit them. Nigeria has probably the worst doctor/patient ratio, badly educated nurses and insensitive health practitioners who will be more concerned about protecting themselves and profits for their hospitals than their patients.

4. GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN: Unlike China, Italy and UK, Nigeria does not manufacture the equipment or the drugs. China built 2 new hospitals dedicated to the virus in 2 weeks. They produce the drugs. Right now in the UK, we have run out of basic drugs like paracetamol and other over the counter drugs that can fight symptoms of the virus. Our lethargic govt has not yet ordered any. If it orders drugs now it will not get it for weeks. Each country that produces drugs will make their own outbreak a priority. If we get the drugs, then there is a severe problem of clearing it through our choked ports. China can clear goods at their ports in 24 hours, but it does not work like that for us. We take weeks at our ports.

Then there are peculiar individual characteristics that will come into play that will seriously make things worse, especially in the urban poor and rural areas:

1. ELITE LETHARGY: Its one of the reasons things dont work in Nigeria. The Elite do not act for their people but for themselves. This is translated into Government. Until they start dying without access to European hospitals and drugs they may not act.

2. COMPLACENCY: Nigerians are like people who cannot see a train that is about to hit them. People are joking about it, calling it conspiracy theory, discussing sex. This is the reason why schools, churches and mosques, the biggest agents of distribution are not yet shut as I write. People are still going to clubs. They are unwilling to read long but informed articles like this one.

3. FOOLISHNESS: Nigerians hate to call a spade a spade and can often do what is against their best interest because of what they call wiseness. Somebody with Coronavirus would rather spread it or runaway than cooperate. People are still chasing girls, families are still hugging. They do not understand social distance. Europeans work with rationality. It is explained, it is understood and everyone acts. Like stay at home. They understand. They comply. Nigerians will think of their business, church, mosque, girlfriend, club or some silly conspiracy theory and make fake news.

4. FAKE NEWS AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES: The penchant for fake news is not helping matters. Lies, falsehoods and propaganda are spread about. Somebody advises, dont use masks because a criminal may knock you out or Bill Gates wants to inject you with the virus in the name of vaccination.

5. IGNORANCE: Poor education and illiteracy will make this very difficult. People cannot read or read with poor understanding.

6. SUPERSTITION: It is a virus. We know where it came from but in Nigeria many people will call it end times; others will rush to pastor, malam or babalawo for weird interpretations of facts.

7. RELIGION: Churches and mosques should simply shut down. But it is pastors that will invite people to pray for 'end times' or that the holy spirit will keep you safe, and claim it is a test of faith. Then you stay together for hours singing and releasing vapours from your mouths spreading the virus in such close contacts. Muslims will kneel close together to pray. Imams have already warned against closing mosques. Cant people pray at home?

8. SOCIAL GATHERINGS: This is a time to stop all social gatherings: marriages, funerals, demonstrations, clubs, evening drinking. If you cannot postpone funeral or marriage, have it very low key, for not more than 20 persons.

9. EGO, HUBRIS AND DENIAL: This is part of a unique complexity in the Nigerian character. The idea of feeling insulted by others who know better, or denial that nothing can happen to them because death is not their portion, or being covered by the blood of Jesus. The Muslim Insha Allah is just as difficult. Both suspend reason, rationality and science for a baseless hope.

10. POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT: This is the mother of them all. Unless there are individual bail out funds for the poorest they will go for self treatment, or just stay at home and die. Without work and their companies or markets working, many people will lose their jobs. With the collapse in oil sales, government and project workers will not be paid. Very few Nigerians can last 2 weeks without going out. Yet this virus needs at least 2-3 months of universal quarantine to be beaten.

11. HUNGER: Poor people will not be able to stockpile food for a month or two, to sit out the virus. In the UK you can stay at home without going out, with your saved money or money provided by the UK Government, and all food can be ordered online. This will be impossible in Nigeria. In fact, hunger will drive many people from home to look for money. Many people will have to go to farm, go to market. In this process, they may get the virus.

12. CRIME: The crime threshold in our society is very low and youth who have lost jobs may consider all levels of crime to survive.

STOPPING THE VIRUS

The British PrIme Minister projects it will take about 3 months to stop the virus in the UK. But even then your country must remain in some level of lockdown, until every other country has been cleared, or some victims from another country may come and re-infect. Coronavirus is like Malaria, in that it can reinforce somebody who has been cured. A patient who was cured and was negative, was reinfected and became positive again.

Nigeria and other African countries will have to fight this thing themselves. People from developed countries will not come down like with Ebola when it was only in Africa. Developed countries have to fight their own virus and will have no time for anyone else.

The clear way to stop this virus is by isolation and lock down, and going out for only the most essential items and services. Only staff of the most essential services should be going to work, such as hospitals, pharmacies, supermarkets, transport, food markets, water vendors, petrol stations, energy services, police, military and so on.

The Chinese did the following for about one month, to slow down the virus. They are still continuing for at least another month to try and stop it.

Countries are isolated by cutting air travel; towns are isolated by stopping local travel; families are quarantined in their homes. This is not the time to shake hands, touch, hug, kiss, do boyfriend, girlfriend things or have sex. Even husband and wives should stay apart. Even within the home or family, keep a distance of one meter from each other. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap for at least 20 seconds before and after you touch anyone. Carry hand sanitizers. Teach yourself and your children to stop touching their faces. The virus enters through mouth, nose and eyes. When going out, you can wear medical masks over nose and mouth. Remember to wear it properly. Do not forget to cover eyes: spectacles will help, but goggles will be better.

Disinfect every surface in the home that comes in contact with outsiders. If any of you go out, on public transport wear a mask or invent one and avoid discussion so no one talks over you. Avoid sneezing or coughing persons. In your car, avoid taking any unnecessary passengers, whether friends or family. On return, thoroughly disinfect your car, yourself, your clothes and anything you are carrying. You could take a shower with soap before you touch anybody else - if you must touch. Remember, to disinfect door handles and surfaces, especially if you have an essential visitor.

If your school will not close, withdraw your child from school immediately. Avoid all social gatherings, including churches, mosques, parties, weddings, funerals, drinking parlours, lounges, clubs and so on.

Above all stay safe. Share this essay widely. Use your PHONE and this essay to teach and persuade your friends, poor people, rural folks and others who are not listening, especially Business people, PASTORS and IMAMS. But encourage those offering essential services to keep doing so.

I would recommend that the Government roll out the armed forces and all security services to enforce quarantine, help distribute food and prevent crime, but would they hear?

*THIS IS FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR EVERY ONE OF US. LET THOSE WHO HAVE EARS HEAR.......FOR OTHERS ......WE SHALL MEET TO PART NO MORE.*
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Still hapoening in cities too, ibadan, ilorin, lagos, and most old but famous islamic modrasahs in yoruba land

A LETTER TO YORUBA ISLAMIC MODRASAH SCHOLARS
Bismillahi Ar Rahman Ar raheem, wa solat wa solam anla Rosullullah(S.A.W)
It is saddened that the present Islamic education in Nigeria(Yoruba in particular) is still practiced in the primitive way. Islamic education can be refers to as efforts of Muslims community to educate its own, to pass along the heritage of Islamic knowledge, first and foremost through its primary sources Quran and the Sunnah. Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W) whose legacy Muslims follow teaches Islam in the best manner. For instance he called in a friendly manner even the Yahudi to Islam. He teaches his sahabah using the best method in delivering the message. Aisha( peace and blessings be upon her) was thought in a friendly after which she was able to relate thousands hadith for the benefit of the Ummah after the prophets death. All this was around 1400 years ago.
But it is regrettable that the contemporary Islamic modrasahs in the 21st century instead of encouraging Islamic knowledge scares people away from it through very strict corporal punishment (in these schools) without age limit even if as old to be a father to the teacher. This has led to many Muslims who intend learning their religion abandoning it and leaving for another religion where they will be taught and trained their scriptures in a friendly manner. The rich in Islam are not left out in this saga which islam is facing, most of whom later employed private Islamic teachers for their kids or transfer them to better but expensive Islamic modrasahs which the poor did not have access to.
The consequence of these primitive attitudes towards Islamic education practiced by these madrasah if not check will end up making Islam have lesser Islamic scholars and as well breeds fanatics which might be a problem to the Islamic world. It is high time the Yoruba Islamic scholars makes a bold step to find solution to this. Allah (subuhanahu wata anla) says Are literate are equal to illiterate? (suratul Zumar). Recently His Highness Sanusi Lamido Sanusi clip on Muslims Educating its members surfaces on the internet. If care is not taken, it might be that we are going to sell ourselves to people who know nothing about the religion for training. A case we experience sometimes ago that we failed to find its root cause.
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TinyHacker:

you don't know the meaning of blessed, africa is cursed and nigeria is even more cursed. nothing works here and you want to tell me that we are blessed, foh with that trash bruh, is it not still here that ebola virus was crazing everybody

I think you are the only one living in a cursed country but as for me and my well wishers for nigeria, we are living in a blessed country. Always use ur.mind to create good perception about things don't be a negatively inclined individual. Member of hate speech.

Africa is blessed. Enter Africa and ur virus is gone forever coz the atmosphere of Africa is a cure Itself for.corona.virus. the fear of Africa is the beginning of wisdom

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WHERE IS THE STUPID NURSE?: ANOTHER LESSON FROM INSIDE MY CONSULTING ROOM

I was on call overnight. It was one of those days that patients were trooping in. Eventually I was able to rest at midnight since 2 pm I started the call after the day work. I slept for the few hours left but my sleep was intermittently interrupted by one or two cases of patients. I sorted them out and finally the following morning was here. I had to rise very early so that I could do my work for that day which was to register the new pregnant women for antenatal care before going home once and for all to rest for the rest of the day. I woke up around 5 am and said my prayers. I had my bath inside the call room bathroom and changed my clothe for the business of the day, the booking of the new pregnant women. I had not eaten. That had practically become my habit since I started practising medicine and surgery. I prioritized my patients to the detriment of my health that I had developed peptic ulcer disease. My wife is fed up with this aspect of me. I had apologised many times to her that I would change my habit of not taking breakfast but have i changed? Well that is a story for another day. Now back to the story I was telling you from inside my consulting room. I was ready for the new pregnant women booking with empty stomach. The booking usually took like 6-7 hours sometimes so I might likely be going home around 1 pm in the afternoon. Dont forget this was continuity of my yesterday work and call in the hospital .I had been in the hospital working and saving lives,this would be 48 hours going now. The protocol of the hospital was that new pregnant women should come very early and the policy of first come first served had been the order of the day because they were always many and the hospital had done their calculation, we could only book 20 new pregnant women weekly every friday. Some doctors had complained bitterly that they were overwhelmed and overworked with the new 20 pregnant women weekly to add to the pool of thousands of old ones already on ground but the hospital craved their indulgence and appealed for their sacrifice. This is always the habit of our medical elders that usually puts the junior medical personnel lives at risk of BURN OUT and DEATH. This too is another topic for another day. So how did we come about the topic of today " WHERE IS THE STUPID NURSE?". Like I said earlier, if you would book in our hospital you must come very early if possible by 6 am latest but many of the new pregnant women arrived even much earlier to get slot,some slept over in the hospital because many of them had come severally missing the slot. As usual, nurses in the antenatal clinic for the booking applied the rule of first come first served as instructed by the hospital. After I had been ready for the nurses to start bringing them one by one after they had painstakingly taken all their vital signs,gave them health talk,did urinalysis for them,collected all their results and filed them appropriately, alerting the booking doctor to any alarming high blood pressure and any other abnormal vital signs,some of them would still come, out of passion and commitment to these patients they do not know from anywhere,to beg the already overwhelmed booking doctor to please still increase the 20 patients because many new pregnant women were stranded. Still on the sacrifices of these antenatal nurses,some of them would still be used as interpreters for patients that had barrier language, these are just few out of the great sacrifices our antenatal nurses made from time to time. God bless your labour of love,our ever hard working and caring nurses. So,as we were in the midst of all these preparations for the day,I was sitting inside my consulting room and awaiting the cleared folders from the nurses in the reception to start the booking,I suddenly heard the loud noise " WHERE IS THE STUPID NURSE?". I heard this statement like 3 times within seconds. It was a man's voice and it sounded as if he was ready to slap the nurse he was asking for her whereabouts. I stood up promptly and rushed out of my consulting room where I was waiting. I saw the man feasibly angry and in fighting mode. I stepped in " I am dr...and you ? I introduced myself. He brushed me aside and said " where is the stupid nurse that said my wife will not be registered today again after coming here very early every friday in a row for the past 4 weeks?". He was walking towards our matron booking the new pregnant women like getting charged to attack her. I moved faster and blocked him. I stood between him and the matron. I stared him in the face as if I was furious too. I shouted and said mr man " dont dare try raise your hand on the matron or else I will get you locked up" I said "calm down,I am the doctor in charge of the clinic doing the booking I am asking you what happened tell me and I will sort you out" Then at this point I got his attention and his anger came down. I invited him and his wife to my office. I implored him to calm down to explain his reason for this frustration and explosion to me. He managed to calm down a little and explained to me how they had been frustrated because today was the fourth time they would be coming in 4 weeks and the matron promised them last week that his wife would be booked today but by the time they came around 6 am, the wife was told the number of new pregnant women was complete again. He was afraid something could go wrong with the wife or unborn baby or both of them while waiting too long to be registered. I called in matron who confirmed the truth of his story but said there was nothing she could do by the time they arrived today again,the number was complete again. More people came early. I understood perfectly the frustration and the explosion but matron was not responsible for this bottleneck failure of our health system. I told him I appreciated his passion for the safety of his wife and unborn child and I would sacrifice and add his wife as number 21 for that day but on one condition he would openly apologise to our matron for the insult and assault. He said it was not his fault he was frustrated. I stood my ground that that was the only condition I would book his pregnant wife because other patients who had witnessed this insult and assault on our matron would do worse tomorrow. I further educated him in what many people seemed not to know including himself,about health workers' rights. Most patients believed that doctors, nurses and other health workers are option less irrespective of what they do to them ,they must treat them. They are in humanitarian work. Yes health workers are in humanitarian workers but they have rights too. Health workers have rights not to attend to you if you insult,assault,threaten or attack them as far as you are not in an emergency condition. After thoroughly educating him, he lowered his pride with understanding that truly matron was not the cause of his frustration that it was systemic failure of our health system. He accepted to public apology to matron in front of other pregnant women in the reception. We went out together to the reception and he apologised publicly to matron and equally educated other people in the reception about the rights of health workers,the cause of frustration in the health sector and how we should show understanding and treat our life savers ( health workers ) with respect and dignity. I fulfilled my part of the pact. I booked his newly pregnant wife that day. As I was going back home finally that day in the evening,many lessons engulfed my troubled mind. Firstly, would that man had beaten our innocent matron just like that?,what of if the matron died from the assault or attack? It would be called occupational hazard?. Secondly, people should know that health workers have rights not to treat them if their lives are in danger. Your own life first, that is what the HIPPOCRATIC oath we took told us. Thirdly, our health care system needs urgent over hauling. Forty thousand medical doctors to 200 million people's health. This is grossly inadequate. We had to wake up urgently and rise to this health challenge of the nation. Fourthly and lastly,pending the time that this change will come ,I am appealing to the people, to stop insulting,threatening, assaulting or attacking your life savers ( the health workers). If you know how much of their lives they sacrifice daily to make sure your life and your family members' lives are safe and saved,you will appreciate every health worker you come across every day.

Expect another intriguing write up from me soon. Follow my page on Facebook "FROM INSIDE MY CONSULTING ROOM ". Thank you.

*The writer is Dr Adesida Adewumi,he works in the department of Family Medicine,Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital,AKTH,Kano,Nigeria*

Very soon now, she will begin to claim born again and become a pastor or prophetess and some mumu will still follow her. Chain somebody's mother in law

I think she is re engaged to saheed coz they both recently shot a film together where fathia was interviewed and her answer was what people saw her doing is what is happening. So I guess saheed is d player here

How w I wish this amotekun personnel's have the capacity backed by law to checkmate corrupt police like hisbah. These police are causing nuisance on roads.

imam07:
So putting a cross on ur neck can suddenly change u to a Christian? Wht kind of reasoning is this.

OK, shouting allahu Akbar too doesn't mean the person is a Muslim too. Shikena

One of his Facebook post

AntiChristian:
You see don't let us Muslims fool ourselves! The Christians are only brothers to themselves. Once you are not of them you are against them.
They now see all Muslims as terrorists even if they have live in Lagos for tens of years and hasn't seen any Muslim kill around before.

What will satisfy a Christian is for you Muslims to join them!

Paul said in the Bible 2 Cor 6:14
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

To them we are darkness!
So let all of us walk our way but deal with one another with justice!

Qur'an 60:8
Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity.

As for the OP frolicking with a non-muslim lady, this is what is forbidden in Islam. Free mixing with a lady you can marry is haram.
And if you ever end up marrying such a Christian you will end up losing your religion and have Christian kids just like some popular party leader & Members in Lagos state.

The Op is a female

Kingspin:
Which media? The same media that name Christain as Winner's attempt bomber? The useless police/army should prove it to the last at least to save their face and job.

I repeat there are million of Mosques to be Bombed in the North than few Churches.

Hypocritical what? For reciting a portion of Quran as an exchange for freedom or releasing Muslim victims withhold a Christain girl till date.

Boko Haram, Herdmen militia etc are the only thing Islam contribute in Nigeria. Defacing the country with the killing of innocent people who have done nothing to them.

Until they stop targeting Church, Christians and their community esp in the North.

The desperate attempt by the government and police will not stand. We can see how desperate the government are right now

Are Christians the only victims, now I understand ur plight better, u wish come z your house is on fire, all your neighbours house too should be on fire. OK it shows the kind of people u are

Kingspin:

Don't believe anything from Nigeria police and government.


There is million of Mosque in the North to bomb yet the few churches not really save

but you believed both during previous administrations, why did u the entrusted your life with the govt by overwhelmingly voting for it. My dear stop the hypocrisy joor.
Mosque are bombed but the media has a way of covering it, even a christian told me that one imam son was killed while u are here defending lies. Hypocritical set of people