The end is truly near by Dr Muhammad Abubakar Yusuf

By now it should be obvious to all JOHESU members and their blind supporters that without DOCTORS no hospital can function and infact they have no job!. All hospitals are empty all over the country. Nurses couldn't do their nursing care because Doctors have not admitted, Pharmacists couldn't dispense drugs cos Doctors haven't prescribed, Lab scientists could not process any sample cos Doctors haven't ordered, Account section couldn't function (No IGR) because Doctors are not working, Record dept are yawning of no work cos Doctors are on strike, the periop nurses could not sterilize instruments cos no operation lists from Doctors, Cleaners couldn't mop cos Doctors are not there to perform procedures, the securities have less work to do cos the hospitals are deserted and so on and on.............. This has glaringly shown how important a doctor is in a hospital setting. Without these supporting staff a doctor can still function but without a doctor they are jobless and that was why when they are on strike they locked up the wards, hide equipments and connived with the securities to repel patients from the hospital entrance!!!
The End is truly Near

Alternative to the crisis in the health sector...Adamu Audu

The federal government must seize the opportunity provided by the current NMA strike to bring sanity to the health sector for the sake of ordinary Nigerians. 

All the combatants(NMA and JOHESU) should be brought to a round table discussion and all the various demands analysed. 

As for hazard and specialist allowances/skipping,these are very simple to approve. For directorate,every degree holder in the sector should be able to rise to a director either in the hospital or ministry depending on available vacancies. 

On issue of consultants,all health workers including ward attendants should have opportunity of becoming consultants. But govt must spell out the procedure and level of training required to become a consultant in each field. Also,the role of each consultant must be spelt out to avoid clashes. Evidence and documents should be obtained from countries where such arrangement exists. 

As for CMDs,it should be changed to CEO and reserved for qualified health administrators surported by several directors in the hospital. When the above is done,medical elders will see reason why they should allow as many doctors as possible become consultants instead of frustrating them as it is been done now. In the end,our patients will be the winners. Whoever is not ready for this should go into private practice.

Now its CHEW vs NURSE....Lord have mercy on the health sector #chai#

Ehrrrrrrrrrrrr....! So e'dey pain for belle?
Chews are in a competition with nurses and they are complaining!
What an irony?

This chat was between Aborisade Ayobanji who-
Works at World Health Organization (WHO) and
Obi Justina Ejelonu

Aborisade Ayobanji in NURSINGWORLD NIGERIA wrote-

I feit neither joy nor elation about a write up that comparing of
nurses with CHEWS.Well!Even the socalled chews were to be
earned million /month i'm not border.I did not choose or joint my
profession becos of money making but rather is a divine called to
be a Nurse.I'm proud of it,thougth the problem we are having is
from our leaders.A poor country like our that doesnt appreciate the
hoslistic care given by Nurses

See the conversation that followed between, two persons on the NURSINGWORLD NIGERIA forum! Enjoy..

" Obi Justina Ejelonu
Aborishade,take correction.ur tenses r terrible and pls dont let the
chews see it o."

" Aborisade Ayobanji
@ Obi Justinal ,E. u must be a dog! Always barking, see idiot barking
dog, prostitute, even in your wall in the facebook, u are know to be
criticism.e.g "1 i cant believe Abba morro............2 why must the
Lamido of Adamawa make such statement! 3 subsidy probe............. 4
Ejigbo torture watch out............. WHAT IS UR BUSINESS
ABOUT,LAMIDO? FAROUK ?SUBSIDY PROBE? AND EJIGBO TORTURE?"
I GUESSED U ARE THE ONLY PERSON FINISHED SCHOOL OF HEAITH
AND TECH, IN UR FAMILY. How can a person with unclear profile had
gut to comment any how, u must be one of the product of broken
family that is destrubing the conmmunity and society. A woman for
that matter! Big fool! U have never comment about good things, no
wonder ur said u had bad dream. Bcos ur head is full with silly
thought. OBI JUSTINAL NEEDS TO BE DELIVERED."

" Obi Justina Ejelonu
Obviously,u dont deserve to be a nurse.i wont exchange words wth u
cos im a trained graduate nurse.
Just go get brighter grammer and relearn English tenses.
We are d future leaders of nursing and of course u wont come close
cos u will bring shame to us with ur bad English.the Chews are far
better than u.u can insult all u can but i dont care...........if u r d best
ur school produces,d school should close down."

" Aborisade Ayobanji
Are u not igbo lady? Whatever u called urself, u are a disgrace to this
profession, get lost with ur decorated certificate, where were u when i
started nursing, claiming graduate prostiute. can u teach what u did
not know? Idiot!
Like · Jun 4
Aborisade Ayobanji
@ Obi j.E pls can u tell me, the name of the university that produced, a
fake graduate like u! No wonder u can not add it in ur profile. we are
awared that there some schools in the Estern part of this country that
does not know by NUC. Because of ur atitude u dont even have a
single mutual friend on ur facebook. that means i am very correct with
my assessement, a lady from broken family,frustration are written
boldly on your picture on facebook (see the picture! see the mouth!
ominivorus talkkcative!. does farouk and Abba knows about ur
destroctive critisim, i pity a man that will cope with a frustrated lady
like u.I am imagine the kind of agony and pain this idiot will be given
to the proposed husband ,big idiot claiming trained graduate AT
WHERE! I WANT TO KNOW IT. BIG FOOL CAN U TEACH WHAT U
DON'T KNOW? U ARE IDIOT!"

" Aborisade Ayobanji
U are under curse already!u have loaded a big problem to ur
generations. u are talking to an elder person any how.Did u know me
before? Miss Dog! U are barking any how,prostitute U are not well
reformed,like mother like daughter,it shows that u are a disgrace to ur
family and ur musroom university that produced half bake so called
graduate nurse, is it how u were taught in ur fake school? nill manner
of approach.I started nurse when u were still in primary school.That
one is enough to curse u, where were u in 1998 when i started
nursing . what did u know about the profession? I guessed may be u
are the only graduate in ur family that is why are barking any how, u
idiot. Dog, is only God knows the number of lectures u have infected,
carriers, miss distributor. See her mouth. My advise is pls take ur
drugs regular because i dont need to consult specialist before are rule
out that u are psychosis pls come to fededral neuropsychiatric ARO
ABEOKUTA OGUN STATE FOR BETTER TREATMENT, UR AREA THERE
PEOPLE ARE BUY CERTIFICATE WITH MONEY U CAN NOT GET
CORRECT TREATMENT THERE."

" Obi Justina Ejelonu
Hahahhaha......Elders dont talk like this o.who edited this one for u?

Obi Justina Ejelonu
I just noticed uwrote 'are' instead of 'I'.
I dont want to disgrace u ortherwise,i know what to do.that is Y we r
saying u people should give us space to prove that nurses are
professional.if u like graduate 1900.....u no sabi speak English and
hence not fit to compare to even chews.
Can u write what NSHI GOODLUCK wrote in nursing world......?lai
lai....From ur languages,u r so enethhical,unprofessional,un...

Obi Justina Ejelonu
Elder Aborishade,if u use such words like 'PROSTITUTE'on me again.i
will take it up with u.dont dare me.."

" Aborisade Ayobanji
U must be mad! Pls do ur worst.If u dont do ur worst u are a bastard!
Did u know me before! U must be mad, why did u put ur mouth on this
matter, since u dont want insuit and u are insuit ur father mate, lack of
home training, bad egg in the society, idiot! U must tell me the name of
ur school that taught u to be insulting an elderly man. Nill mannerism.
Try it! U will be disgraced, who are u to correct my grammar, idiot!.
Accepted know body above mistake, u taught u can harashing me any
how, pls try it! u will not like to watch the second part. Big fool! the
only educated in the family. U are a disgrace to ur claimed school and
also to that broken family u come form. If u are barking with
everybody responds, as i saw it in ur wall, pls stop this irritating
character, if u continue like this sorry is ur name!"

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....!
So much for the replacement of Doctors in the health sector!
Lord have mercy.

Honourable, Distinguished, Excellency by Mahmud Jega

The first time I ever heard someone use a title to describe a professional other than a doctor was in Enugu in 1982. I had tuned in to the state radio station soon after I arrived in town and it mentioned “the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Engineer Roy Umenyi.” I at first wondered if the “engineer” was a name, since there are some queer English names such as Farmer, Hunter, Seaman, Cook etc.

Right through my primary and secondary school days in this country the titles we knew were Malam, Alhaji, Mister, Miss and Mrs. There were also the clerical titles Father, Pastor, Deacon, Archbishop and Cardinal. Chief was the commonest title in the South for politicians and important people. Religious revivalism of the 1970s brought other titles such as Uztaz, Alaranma and Sheikh. “Evangelist” also made its debut around that time. Some Mazis [S.G. Ikoku] and Ogbuefis [Alex Nwokedi] also came up. Chief M.K.O. Abiola popularised Aare and Bashorun and there was a High Chief [Gabriel Akin-Deko]. The only titles however that suggested a man’s profession were Doctor and Professor. A doctor was a medical doctor, a veterinary doctor or a PhD holder, while professor suggested that a person has risen to the zenith of an academic career.
Right from the First Republic, members of Parliament were addressed as Honourables. Speakers and regional premiers were addressed as The Right Honourables, a common tradition in the British Empire. I once stumbled on my father’s 1964 diary [he was private secretary to Sir Ahmadu Bello then] where he made a note that the Premier told him to arrange some puffs for “the Speaker of the Sierra Leone Parliament, The Right Honourable Mr. Banja Tejan-Sie”.
Now, during the long years of military rule in this country, state military governors were addressed as their Excellencies. That was how regional governors were addressed in colonial times. Nigerian ambassadors abroad as well as foreign envoys in Nigeria were also addressed as their Excellencies, a worldwide tradition. In the North, His Royal Highness was used to address emirs while His Eminence was reserved for the Sultan of Sokoto. In the South, His Majesty was more commonly used to address Obas and Obis.
Once upon a time, the highest title in Nigeria was “Sir,” i.e. a person knighted by the British Queen with a KCMG [Knight Commander of Saint Michael and Saint George]. The men who bore the title “Sir” were the grandest in Nigeria in those days. They were not so many. They include Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sir Kashim Ibrahim, Sir Aderemi Adesoji, Sir Adetokunbo Ademola, Sir Darnley Alexander, Sir Akanu Ibiam, Sir Abubakar III, Sir Usman Nagogo and Sir Mobolaji Bank-Anthony. I still do not know why Queen Elizabeth did not confer KCMG on Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
Not long after I heard about Engr. Roy Umenyi [inventor of the Biafran gun ogbunigwe], Nigerian engineers of all hues took to using the title before their names. While the title helpfully tells you that this man trained as an engineer, it does not say whether he is a civil, mechanical, electrical, agricultural, chemical, space or computer engineer. Neither does it tell you whether the person has a degree or an HND, the on-going skirmish to abolish “dichotomy” notwithstanding.
Because engineers got away with it, pharmacists took after them. We began to see names with “Pharm” preceding them. The title “doctor” also became confusing when herbalists adopted it. The biggest herbalists even adopted the title “Prof.” Titles took a small beating in 1993 when General Sani Abacha appointed Military Administrators for the states and said they should not be called Excellencies. This did not reduce their power one bit.
Architects soon joined the fray, affixing “Arch” to their names. In 1992 they got much leeway with having a governor, Architect Kabiru Gaya. The habit spread far and fast. One day I opened a newspaper and saw a man addressed as “Surv.” so-and-so. He was the Surveyor General of the Federation. Not long afterwards I saw a man addressed as “Stats.” so-and-so. He was Statistician General of Nigeria, so the title means Statistician. I was really puzzled. I too have studied statistics courses and I know some things such as mean, mode, median, standard deviation, normal distribution, Bell curve and confidence interval. Maybe I should add “Stats.” to my short name.
One day I saw “Bldr” as a prefix to a Nigerian name. I learnt that the man was a Builder. I was amazed. It was not like he was the one who built the Taj Mahal, the Golden Gate Bridge, Bhurj Khalifa, Kremlin palace or the Great Pyramid of Giza. I thought that with all the building collapses that we are experiencing in Nigeria these days, a man should be ashamed to call himself a builder, not to talk of attaching it as a prefix to his name.
But then, why should he be ashamed? All the big and deep potholes that adorn Nigerian roads have not discouraged anyone from attaching the prefix Engineer to his name. The fact that most Nigerian bridges have no railings has not dampened any engineer’s spirit either. I was amazed that anyone will call himself a statistician in Nigeria when nobody believes the figures dished out by the National Bureau of Statistics. Anytime CBN says inflation was 7% in the last quarter, people will sneer that the cost of a measure of corn almost doubled. They don’t want to hear anything about a composite index.
I attended a seminar in Kaduna in the 1990s and a fellow paper presenter was addressed as “Consultant” so-and-so. I at first thought he was a consultant surgeon. I later heard that he was a freelance media consultant. I then began to see with Nigerian doctors why they don’t want nurses to get the title “Consultant Nurse.”
Then there come the Honourables. With the return to civil rule in 1999 every local government chairman and councillor, every member of a state assembly and House of Representatives, every commissioner, special adviser and special assistant to President, Vice President, governor, deputy governor or speaker became an Honourable. Trust politicians not to stop there. Anyone who once held the office and in fact, anyone who is aspiring to get any of those offices in the future is immediately addressed as Honourable. All these would have been okay with me if all these men and women have become honourable in conduct. Why are men and women called honourables when much of their conduct is injurious to the public treasury, to election laws, to civil service rules, to parliamentary ethics, to cultural norms and sometimes even to the human spirit?
The people who make it to the Senate need a title even grander than Honourable, so they are called Distinguished. How I wish all of them have distinguished themselves in a certain way. A man who did not so much as attend Senate sittings for the constitutionally prescribed minimum number of days is still called Distinguished. For that matter, the man who sat through the entire Senate tenure without sponsoring a bill or moving a motion is still distinguished.
Then there are the Excellencies. The President, Vice President, governors, deputy governors and ambassadors are accorded this title, evidently the highest in the Nigerian pyramid of ridiculous titles. A man who has not done anything excellent must still be addressed as His Excellency. Is it not better if we break it down into His Poor, His Average, His Good and then reserve His Excellency only to the one who did something excellent?
The My Lords are also there, the judges of high, appeal and supreme courts together with their shari’a and customary court soul mates. Of all the titles inherited from the colonial era, this is the one that sounds most strange to the African ear, since God is the lord. The way we are going, someone will one day hand out a business card with the honorific title Armed Robber preceding his name.

FG begs to NMA to suspend strike on July 14, 2014 at 8:55 pm in news

Abuja – The ministers of health, employment, labour and
productivity in Abuja on Monday appealed to the Nigeria Medical
Association ( NMA) to suspend its ongoing strike.
The ministers made the appeal at a meeting with officials of the
NMA at the instance of the House of Representatives Committee on
Health.
Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, the Minister of Health, said the ministry
was ever ready to work with the association to end the strike.
He said “I want to join my colleagues to appeal to the president and
members of the medical association to call off the strike.’’
He added that he was at the national delegate meeting of the
association to appeal to the striking doctors to call off the strike.
Mr Emeka Wogu, the Minister of Labour, also appealed to the
striking doctors to suspend the two weeks old strike “for at least
three months to allow government and the association to dialogue
on the matter.
“I appeal to you to give the Federal Government and Nigerians the
opportunity by suspending the strike.
“I urge you to suspend this strike for dialogue to continue.
“I made up my mind before I came here to appeal to you to suspend
the strike.’’
Earlier, the Chairman of the committee, Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta),
said the strike was impacting on the health of Nigerians negatively.
He urged the striking doctors to suspend the strike for at least three
months to allow the committee to dialogue with relevant
stakeholders to resolve the matter.
In a remark, Dr Kayode Obembe, the NMA President, said the strike
would continue unless government addressed the issue of relativity
and skipping.
He said “until the issue of relativity is solved, doctors will not return
to work.
“If government wants this strike to end, it should pay the six months
relativity allowance.’’
He said that the association was not interested in embarking on
strike unless the situation warranted it.
“We are not interested in strikes, we always try to stop it before it
begins.
“I want to tell you that we are not strike mongers, we are life
savers.’’
Meanwhile, the committee had invited the head of service, the
secretary to the government of the federation, the minister of
finance, as well as officials of the Salaries and Wages and Budget
Office of the Federation for a meeting on July 16.

Respond to Doctors Demands by admin PM news

Respond To Doctors ’ Demands 

July 15 , 2014 •

By admin PM News 

 On 1 July, the Nigerian Medical Association , NMA , began what it called an indefinite strike to press home some agitations and demands it started fighting for over a period of time , but which it thinks the Federal Government had refused to meet . According to the NMA President, Kayode Obembe , part of the 24 - point demand include reserving the position of Chief Medical Director to only medical doctors , appointment of Surgeon - General of the Federation , passage of National Health Bill and providing security for doctors . 

The NMA also wants increase in duty , hazard and specialist allowances, as well as budget for residency training programme , and reserving the title of consultants to only medical doctors , among others . We feel some of these demands are very simple to resolve if the government at the centre is really sincere . These issues have lingered for long and the Minister of Health , Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, knew there was crisis in waiting . Just like in other sectors that have witnessed government ’ s neglect , why did the government jettison negotiations till the situation degenerated into a full - scale crisis ? 

Professor Chukwu further showed his inability to manage a major crisis when he challenged the medical doctors to a debate days ago. If this is aimed at winning public sentiments to the side of the government over the strike action , then it is a failed attempt since the people no longer even have confidence in their government . Moreso, the same Minister abandoned the burning sector and travelled abroad in the heat of the crisis , as confirmed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Ifeanyi Okowa . 

The citizens know that most health institutions in the country are hardly patronised by those in government . They prefer to travel abroad for routine medical check up because they consider facilities at the nation’ s hospitals ..not good enough whereas it is these same government officials that neglected those facilities. The doctors are also human beings living in the country . Thus , they experience the same pains caused by government ’ s neglect like every other Nigerian . 

Rather than engage in public altercation with the NMA after it failed over the years to either meet the association ’ s demands or convince the doctors on why the government cannot meet such demands , we think the government should focus on serious and sincere negotiations that would get the doctors back to work . We support the NMA demands . The government should respond to these demands!