₦airaland Forum

Being a Keeper for that bunch of lazy players led by a certain Mcguire, he has to be.

Chai! The once peaceful and hospitable state. It is well.

SultanOfPuna:
On a normal day, Women should be paying Monthly Salary to their Husbands

To be a Nigerian Man no easy at all

To be a woman in Naija na im bad pass

Pipu should take it with Tinubu na, haha! How old was Trump when he ruled? Wetin be Biden age sef?

MufasaLion:
She's a beggar and she's not been accused of burglary. Is it wrong for a beggar to have such money?

I just tire

A very serious Comradess spotted.

McGg:
I wish I can become the governor of Abia state and teach both the people and the past administrators of the state what it means to govern.




A trailer failed break and killed over fifteen people at ogbor Hill yesterday besides the ahia udele market and all the shameless government could do is to come and shot down the market.



Please note that more people have been killed on monthly basis as a result of a trailer loosing control at that ogbor Hill.



Aba/owerri Rd has been under construction since the inception of this okezie Ikpeazu.


Faulks Rd that he constructed has gone beyond repair.



Last night at Ehi Rd Junction Ferma was patching the road without light, the only light they were using was the rays of light from inside Christ The King Cathedral ckc.


ABA /ABIA STATE IS DOOMED!

Comrade be calming down o. Go to Benue state and will instantly start praising Ikpeazu

Coldie:
If u are looking for definition of incompetence in Nigeria and corruption put together look at Bayelsa

Try Benue

TMKsouth wa do you have to say about this sef?

Wanda!

Nice

God1000:
Look Mr man I don't have time for this disputation.
Please carefully read here

BIOGRAPHY OF AGABAIDU ABRAHAM AJENE OKPABI,
The second Och’Idoma of Idomaland (1960-1995)

His Royal Highness, Agabaidu Abraham Ajene Okpabi, Och’Idoma II was born in 1924 in Ito district of present day Obi Local Government Area of Benue State.

HRH, Ajene Okpabi attended Idoma Metropolitan Primary School Otukpo (now Methodist Central Primary School Otukpo) between 1932 and 1940 where his leadership qualities were first noticed and he was made Head Boy in his final year in primary school.

After leaving primary school, HRH Ajene Okpabi worked as a health worker until 1952 when at the age of 28, he was appointed the Okwubi (district head) of Ito.
With this appointment, he also became the President of the Idoma Native Authority (NA) Area Court in Ito District. His reign as Okwubi was popular with Idoma NA administration as this period was renowned for growth in tax collection, commerce and primary education within Ito district.

As a reward for his sterling leadership as Okwubi, in 1954 the Idoma NA made it possible for Ajene Okpabi to attend administrative courses and then appointed him to their Executive Council where at different times; he served as Councillor in charge of Judiciary, Prisons, Finance and Police. And in 1956, Ajene Okpabi’s political profile was further elevated when he was elected into the first Northern Nigeria House of Assembly which was set-up to prepare Northern Nigeria politically for the impending independence of Nigeria from Britain.

In 1960, Ajene Okpabi’s life was to change forever. Following the death of his father in-law, the Och’Idoma I, HRH Ogiri Oko , 22 district heads within Idoma NA met and chose Ajene Okpabi as Och’Idoma II and was officially given his staff of office by Queen Elizabeth II.

His selection as Och’Idoma was met with objections from some quarters and these objections were based on the belief that the Igedes are not Idomas and as such someone considered a “stranger” should not ascend the throne of Och’Idoma.

Despite the early challenges, the leader in Ajene Okpabi saw him overcome them and he would go on to reign for 35 years. During this time, he was awarded two national honours: the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) and Commander of Order of Niger (CON).

His mediatory qualities was called upon during the Nigerian Civil War in the late 1960s when he was made a member of the Consultative Assembly of Leaders of Thought, a group that worked towards resolving the crisis between Nigeria and Biafra.

In 1970, the office of the Och’Idoma was upgraded to a first class chief by the then Benue Plateau State Government. This upgrade was seen by most observers as a clear indication of the prestige brought to the Och’Idoma position by Ajene Okpabi.

In 1994, just as in the 1960s, Ajene Okpabi was one of the 13 eminent people from Benue State selected to be members of the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) which was constituted by then Military Government to help resolve the political impasse created by the annulment of the June 12 1993 presidential election. While at the NCC, he continued to champion the cause of Idoma people by leading the agitation for the creation of Apa State.

Ajene Okpabi throughout his reign was a father figure to all Idoma people, providing much needed guidance in matters of Idoma tradition and always remained neutral in the different disputes in Idomaland.

Ajene Okpabi died in 1995.

Respect!

inoki247:
Na Cruise everybody jus dey pass lately we no fit allow the Economy giv us heart attack...

You've made my day with this statement bro.

Dubai people

OVB123:
Imo state has the worst network of roads in south east after abia state. The state is also one of the state with the highest unemployment rate in nigeria and apart of hospitality business which is fast becoming non profitable venture, the state is dead economically.

Enter Makurdi fes, u go know say Orlu na VI

Lovenorth:
That one is a PDP looters issue. Majority of PDP members if not all are thieves

Just wondering who committed all the looting then and who is currently in APC now. May our memory never fail us. Ameen.

TalkTalkTwins:
The way they dumped the e-naira project is something we'd never, ever get used to.
Same way the Nigerian air project was postponed till date.

As in eh

Toh

triple996:
Thaz good
More pain to ipob .
BTW how many igbos died today due to sit at home .
Una never see anything.

More like saying "how many people killed by bandits in that peaceful north?"

After all, Ngige said Nigeria has more than enough.

How much is too much? Then he had to beat her. Some men sha.

Stanislause94:
Mehn!!! If he joins what difference does it make

I actually thought about this, will it make a difference?

STILL ON NARD STRIKE (Dr Askira)

Resident Doctors make up the largest medical manpower in our tertiary health institutions. They undergo rigorous training in various specialties of medicine in an intensive program that encompasses robust research and effective state-of-art specialist health services delivery. These patriots are the only source of specialist medical care to teeming Nigerians who can’t afford care abroad and can’t access care in our expensive private facilities.

The current strike by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been as a result of the government’s insincerity in implementing agreed actionable series of memoranda. Therefore, out of sheer passion to ensure the right things are done so that Nigerians attain effective healthcare, the Resident Doctors speak to the people in authority with the only language they understand; Strike. One clear fact is the Resident Doctors were forced to embark on this action by those in government. Naturally, doctors hate embarking on strike!

Let me shed light on just a few reasons for the action.

Firstly, is the dearth of medical manpower due to unnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks. Despite the few available doctors, we have in the country with a doctor to population ratio at 1: 7000, many hospitals find it difficult to recruit or replace doctors. This has made the work burden on the available doctors to be unbearably high resulting in physician burnout and limited care to a limited number of people needing care. Many doctors are leaving the country to other climes where they can do their job with satisfaction.As a result, the hospitals are depleted but find it difficult to employ new staff because of bureaucratic processes that involve the Budget Office of the Federation, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, the Federal Character Commission as well as the Federal Ministry of Health. These MDAs, I dare say, deliberately create delays, which result in administrative lethargy, malpractices and corruption. It takes an average of 8-12 months for a lucky hospital to finally obtain a waiver for recruitment or replacement of medical staff. In some cases, the hospitals would be forced to consider candidates from some directors and politicians if at all they want the processes to be expedited, otherwise, it would be outrightly rejected or at best delayed and the required number slashed. In their efforts to keep services running, the hospitals resort to employing young doctors on a month-to-month basis without regular monthly salaries and any certainty for regularisation. Thus, casualising the medical profession and rendering the young doctors frustrated and dejected. In some instances, the Resident Doctors were recruited but the process of migration to IPPIS would take eternity due to other deliberately created bottlenecks of revalidation of already acquired recruitment waivers. These Residents Doctors would spend several months working without salaries and no hopes of arrears.

Secondly, the Medical Residency Training Programme is cost-intensive and requires a lot of updates and revision courses at various levels. Therefore, the Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF) was created to be paid annually to each eligible Resident Doctor. For the year 2021, it was discovered that the fund was not even captured in the budget. It took the earlier strike by NARD for the fund to be captured in the supplementary budget. It took the second strike for the FG to realise that the fund was not captured in the 2022 budget. Therefore, if NARD had not gone on strike, many agencies of government wouldn’t have done their duties because the beneficiaries are the Resident Doctors and there is no 10 per cent kickback! So, the strike is key in keeping the government to implement the funds for the MRT programme. What a shame!

Another reason for the strike is the non-payment of arrears of salaries for 2014, 2015, and 2016. Also, there is the non-payment of minimum wage consequential adjustment and COVID-19 hazard allowances to some medical and healthcare workers. Similarly, is the non-payment of death in service compensation for healthcare workers who contracted various deadly infectious diseases and died in service. The FG claimed to have deposited billions to insurance companies, but the health workers are yet to benefit from such monies. It must have been consumed by some family, friends and fans of those in the corridors of power.

Why has the strike lingered for so long? That is the bone of contention. Ordinarily, the Resident doctor’s strike doesn’t take more than days because they are conscious of the sufferings Nigerians go through. They comfortably enter agreement and understanding to resolve the impasse. This strike is unfortunately long because the Minister of Labour who is constitutionally responsible for mediation and conciliation during industrial disputes took it upon himself to make this the longest NARD strike. In the very first week of the strike, Mr. Ngige rushed to the media and told Nigerians that he would not negotiate with the Resident Doctors because they were unreasonable. He then went to the Medical Elders the following week and finally ended up in the Industrial Court. The court gave one month for hearing. All these could have been sorted out in the very first week of the strike if Mr. Ngige was up and about in his responsibility. If he wasn’t ready to do the job he was appointed to do, he should have quietly resigned rather than toy with the health and lives of Nigerians. The President of NMA waded in at this point with the good intention to bring the impasse to an end. With the kind interventions of the NMA President, Mr. Ngige agreed to fix a day for the first conciliation meeting when the strike had entered the third week with many Nigerians already suffering the devastating effects of the strike. Though the matter was in court, out of respect to the NMA President and care for the sufferings of innocent Nigerians, the NARD leadership attended the conciliation meeting that lasted for two days. Mr. Ngige told the meeting that President Buhari had directed the removal of all technicalities to expedite resolution. That statement made both NMA and NARD leaderships to open a new leaf of trust and enter another discussion. After all the issues were discussed, the NARD leaders reluctantly agreed on some of the new timelines out of respect for President Buhari and the NMA president. However, at the time of signing the new MoU, Mr. Ngige told them, behind closed doors, that the August salary would not be paid to them. That was the point when the NARD president rightly told them it would be difficult for him to use the new MoU to convince his members if they would not receive their August salary under any disguise. It was very instructive to note that the president, who had directed for the removal of all negative technicalities would not also invoke genuine clemency for the patriotic Resident Doctors that have obliged the first conciliation meeting. This is happening at a time when the government is willing to give amnesty, rehabilitate and reintegrate the so-called repentant terrorists! Why is it so difficult to be considerate with the patriotic Resident Doctors?

This action of insincerity triggered the NMA NEC to give the government 21 days’ notice to solve all issues of dispute with all her affiliates. The deadline is September 18, 2021.

So which way forward?

As for the current NARD strike, the government has to come out clean with a respectable representative that the doctors would trust to enter a genuine conciliation. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo is a good option. However, all their entitlements including their August salary must be paid without further delay. A country that gives amnesty to terrorists and bandits should not have any difficulty in giving clemency to patriotic doctors who chose to serve Nigerians in Nigeria rather than travel out for greener pastures. Honestly, those that deserve the ‘no work no pay’ are those in the MDAs that reneged on the April MoA and Mr. Ngige who abandoned his constitutional responsibilities, certainly not the patriotic Resident Doctors!!!

The Nigerian health sector requires a deliberate and sincere overhaul with all the stakeholders involved. The process of recruitment of health care workers must be a seamless one devoid of unnecessary bottlenecks. We need to have a robust and truly working health system with state-of-art facilities. The conditions of service for the health workers must be reviewed upwards with an attractive and competitive package. Health, education and security are the three most important bedrock for a sustainable economy. Any government that is not palpably fixing these three sectors has no business in our democratic economy.

Dr Askira is a former NARD President.
https://dailytrust.com/still-on-resident-doctors-strike

He will get there. Just time.

Majority of people commenting here did not actually read what he wrote.

wunmi590:


E be like say nah all APC member get that type of shoe

You are right. Was thinking about that too.

I really feel sorry for this guy's secret girlfriend.

Biden will feel the real heat if and when American lives are lost.

Mindlog:
Is it possible to get the relative on a health insurance that will cover it because the drugs are expensive.

You're right. The NHIS for example, covers the medications.

OmoOshodi:
Wetin na!

Nibo latun jasi bayi

They arrested her in the future or what?

Back to the Future part lll

Kriss216:
Police officer
Tailor
Debt Collector


Only one person

Kai, this guy should just shut it and let his lawyers do the talking. It will only get messy if he continues like this.