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As good as this might appear, my worry is when rules are made without enforcement across board.
Wait a minute, except Mr President?
What of VP? What of Madam Firstlady? What of Chief of Army Staff, IGP, CJN, President of Senate, CBN Gov, Sultan of Sokoto, State Governors, Captains of Industry, Big men dem, etc?

Watching in 3D.

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LOL e neva start!

From the statement, the last place he visited is Lagos. Why mention a previous visit "Enugu - Port Harcourt expressway". Is it not a politicization of the response? This particular road, originally built in 1979, has remained 'under construction' from regime to regime. Is this another way of reminding the people of that area that they don't deserve anything from the federal government? Much bigger projects are executed in other parts of the country without much commentary.

ADF is not synonymous with Ohaneze. Be mindful of what you report.

Reminder: The educational requirement for occupying any political office is to have sat for (not necessarily ) school certificate examinations.

I really think leaders should not act on the spur of the moment. Wouldn't it have been proper to find out why 'ALL' the hospital staff were not on duty? Is it even possible? Could they have been on strike?

And talking about salary, this is a new month and I don't believe any employer anywhere in the world has paid employees for June 2020. So was he referring to previously 'earned' salaries? Btw, does the governor even have any idea how incentivized and motivated those iNGO workers are? Are the 'salaries' of the suspended hospital staff in any way comparable? Could the governor have gone there without adequate security? If not, how secured are the hospital staff that work in that environment everyday?

Oftentimes politicians fail to accord public servants the due regards they deserve. That is why despite the budgetary provisions for health and education, very little is made available to the real foot soldiers (health workers, teachers, etc). Most of the allocation end up in the s of top bureaucrats, yet the workers (who are well aware of what is happening) are expected to keep working as though all is well.
Food for thought!

Abia should please take cue. Gratuities have not been paid there for the past 2 decades.

While it is quite thoughtful of the Governor to begin to clear outstanding gratuity/pension arrears, I still don't feel it is right to make a public show of the presentation. To start with, what is being disbursed is not a gift, but legitimate earnings of the retirees which had been denied them for so long (and ought to come with apologies and possibly interest). Secondly, the cost of organizing the ceremony could actually go a long way in paying more retirees who are still waiting for their turn.

It might be wise to speak pidgin English to the boy in a more relaxed atmosphere free of cameras and onlookers. More information could be derived.
Questions like 1. ' Destiny who?' instead of father's name or surname. 2. What is the name of your school? (most children know)

I am appalled that rather than address the legality or otherwise of whether the arrest of the guy was justified or not, people are more concerned with his looks. I have never heard about him before now, but I sense some overzealous task force going beyond their brief here.

Fact is prior to last night's presidential directive to two states and FCT, there had been no concrete announcement from FCT istration apart from market closure. There was no formal declaration forbidding worship sessions. Most of what FCT residents know about COVID-19 is actually courtesy of media telecast of what is happening in Lagos. Leadership of many places of worship organized small-sized services which were streamed online (for those that had the means).

As I watch this video, the worshippers were quite scanty - definitely less than 50 or even 20 as had been generally advised by health authorities over the preceding week. I imagine that may have been why the G.O. was unperturbed by the presence of the task force and continued with the service. Note also that the pastor did not utter a word throughout the video and made no attempt at resisting arrest.

No doubt every other church in Abuja held services last Sunday with a few persons while other ed online. My question then is - what did this gentleman do differently that other places of worship did not do? How come the task force that was meant to be on patrol park three hilux vans and waited idly for this particular church to end their service not minding what may have been happening elsewhere? Why was it necessary to tell the pastor that some 'mosques' were previously raided? (btw no video to back up that claim)

I think this man's right was grossly violated. Who even knows if it was a deliberate invasion to settle personal scores? Or could it be because his church is 'small', he had to be intimidated before his congregation?

I also saw another video where this same task for leader was addressing uniformed men and he charged them to if necessary apply the Indian police tactics I.e. Clubbing with stick (which went viral a few days ago) or use stronger force should the need arise. We all know what force means to Nigerian Police, let alone more force. Incidentally I also saw a tv clip of a similar task force in Lagos that met some form of resistance at a church and I ired the professionalism displayed by the head of the team in ensuring that civility was maintained and things did not escalate to violence.

It is even more worrisome to note that the head of the Abuja team was until recently a broadcast journalist with one of the little known tv stations in the city. I then wonder if this is a case of unnecessary bravado to impress the people that gave him this new lease of life.

As reprehensible as this sounds, can anyone remind us the "Nigerian official" age of consent for sex again?
Please if you aren't sure, don't bother telling us what you think it should be or what it is in other countries.
Thank you.

Without any iota of doubt, Very Distinguished Senator Abaribe remains the most courageous politician in Nigeria today. Even his critics know so!
Sometimes I wonder where he derives his guts from. He is able to say things others only bear in their minds.
And for those who bother about what he has done or has not done for his constituency, I ask - "why cry more than the bereaved?".Just in case you never knew, the role of a legislator is to make laws and checkmate the executive; not to provide infrastructure and utilities (that is the function of the executive arm of government from LGA, State and federal).
Thank you.

Ohamadike!

Well said.

Where laws work, there is no consideration for faces.
Where laws work, no 'VIP' would walk past airport security without observing security protocols.
Where laws work, "what is good for the goose is good for the gander".
Where laws work, laws that are not enforceable across social strata would not be made.

Even if this story were to be true, what do we do with the information?
Allen had always talked about the "role" he played in securing "peace" in the Niger Delta. Such efforts anywhere in the world come at a cost for "consultancy'. I wonder if he was also paid for the Benue peace deal.
These things happen in every government. Recall that former CBN Governor Sanusi paid El Rufai a whooping N5b as consultancy fee for a one-page document he wrote. The thing about such consultancy fees is that it is unregulated. Managers of security vote know better.
Thank you.

While I advocate that the misguided 'youths' that threatened Igbo interests in Niger Delta be immediately arrested, it is also important that IPOB ers in the diaspora show some restraint in their utterances as they might be far away when some of these miscreants vandalize the little shop of a hardworking Igbo man that may not even know what IPOB means. Envy for Igbos, is one thing that seems to bind the rest of Nigeria together. Ask them why, and you will wait till eternity to get a cogent reason.

It's not just about her. Other innocent people could get harmed for her actions. Obviously she doesn't know what she's doing. She needs psychological help ASAP

It appears that making uncout statements is synonymous with this senatorial zone. Otherwise why would a supposedly educated Smart descend to such a low class level of pettiness in his choice of words? Granted that Dino had been largely rascally in his conduct, if truly Smart thinks he is more matured, shouldn't it show in his demeanor? Isn't there such a thing as magnanimity in 'victory'?
At a time like this, a right thinking 'winner' should be thanking the electorate and extending the olive branch to the electoral loser ( who naturally is expected to whine).
Rigging occurs in most places, but the dirty fighting that has occurred in this senatorial zone since 2015 is unprecedented. Having spent 8years earlier at the senate, must it be a do or die affair. By the way, must it be between Dino and Smart? Can't someone else be trumped up?
Note: the last election was a war between Dino Vs a collaboration of federal might and kogi state forces. Smart was simply a beneficiary...lest he thinks more highly of himself.
Disclaimer: I am as neutral as can be. I know neither personalities in question.

Exactly as his predecessor promised

I had wanted to refrain from commenting on this. But in order not to allow people perpetuate ignorance, I submit as follows:
1. Misdiagnosis is not peculiar to Nigeria. It happens in EVERY country of the world.
2. The percentage of clinicians culpable is very low
3. Doctors are not magicians. The patient's ability to communicate effectively, without hiding useful information or exaggerating symptoms will go a long way in achieving quick diagnosis.
4. A doctor can make an initial diagnosis and later change it based on empirical evidence that follows afterwards. it is not a crime, so long as the doctor follows due process in arriving at or changing the diagnosis.
5. A doctor's diagnosis is often a function of the state of the patient at time of presentation, in addition to newer facts that may have emerged from appropriate investigations. It is therefore not out of place for a diagnosis to sometimes change either with the same doctor, or by the time the patient moves to another doctor.
6. Economic factors grossly limit the extent to which doctors practicing in resource-poor countries can go with investigations. They therefore focus on most common likely causes within the environment before progressing to more expensive investigations if the patient does not respond to initial therapy. For instance, how many regular Nigerians can afford to pay for a CT- Scan just for 'simple headache'? Truth is that whereas the headache might most likely not be of any significant consequence, it sometimes might call for SERIOUS concern.
7. Without doubt, cases of poor patient care and nasty attitude by some hospital workers abound. But to generalize and label Nigerian doctors as incompetent is the height of IGNORANCE!
8. Indeed, despite all the challenges that exist, well over 90% of really sick Nigerians rely on these 'local doctors' for their survival. How many regular Nigerians can afford 'abroad' treatment?
9. Definitely, medical tourism is a worldwide phenomenon. Those who genuinely need it, have to go for it; especially for terminally ill persons that may require highly skilled care in any part of the world. Patients could move from US to Israel, or and vice versa. Citizens of those western nations where healthcare is very expensive, occasionally resort to countries with cheaper options.
10. There are very wealthy individuals that will travel abroad to treat catarrh, for the same reasons they would only wear designer shoes from Italy, or even send their clothes from Nigeria to UK for dry cleaning. I am not even casting any aspersions on these ones as it is called CHOICE (unless they are taking the fund from taxpayers).
11. Funny enough, some people that have commented on this post will usually end up at roadside chemists and claim they've seen 'doctor'.
12. Lets be guided please.

This obsession of every Dick, Tom and Harry having an opinion about Igbos all the time clearly shows that Igbos are a highly envied class of humans. This simply translates to the fact that they are specially blessed by God.

I wonder when people will get tired of giving a dog a bad name in order to hang it. Any one that describes Jonathan as unfair in appointments must be living in another planet. This man did everything democratically permissible to get Mrs Mulikat Adeola Akande to become Speaker. But political maneuvers similar to the Saraki-Dogara/Buhari experience played out at the House of Reps. Hence the emergence of Tambuwal. Even his opponents have never really accused him of discriminatory dispense of political gracias. If anything, he permitted rational distribution of appointments including not sidelining a certain tribe as was/is usually the case. Truth be told most stars in his government like Okonjo-Iweala, were inherited from earlier PDP istrations and they meritoriously earned their positions; just as he discovered the likes Akin Adeshina, etc .

I imagine Jonathan developed the North at the expense of his home base in order to gain national acceptance. Ideally, where true leaders hold sway, primordial sentiments of ethnicity ought not becloud the sense of national responsibility.