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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Who are JOHESU?

JOHESU means Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU). The body is an amalgamation of all bodies of all health workers’ bodies working in Nigeria Health System except doctors i.e. those with Medical  and dental qualifications.

 The union includes
Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria
National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives
Senior Staff Association of Universities Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated           Institutions
Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals
Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals
Associations
Constituents Workforce
Acronyms
Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria
1.        Health Attendants
2.       Health Assistants
3.       Health Technicians
4.       Health Technologist
5.       Health Officers
MHWUN
National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives
1.       Nurses
2.       Midwives
NANNM
Senior Staff Association of Universities Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions
1.        Administrative staff
2.       Research institution staff
SSAUTHRIAI
Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals
1.      Physiotherapists
2.      Medical Laboratory Scientists
3.      Pharmacists,
4.      Occupational Therapists,
5.      Optometrists,
6.      Dieticians
7.      Medical Social Workers
8.      Clinical Psychologists,
9.      Dental Therapists
NUAHP
Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions.
         Juniors Staff not in any of above
NASU


For Their Tomorrow We Gave Our Today : Selected Speeches of IBB

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Oyo-Ibadan- The commuter nightmare

The Oyo-Ibadan Expressway have become motorists' nightmare! In fact that stretch now constitute the worst part of route between Ibadan and Ilorin. 

Prior to 2011, the whole length maybe deem to be terrible i.e Ilorin to Ibadan,however the portion between Ilorin to Ogbomosho was completely dualised so also the Ibadan to Oyo end leaving  Oyo to Ogbomosho axis.

This undualised stretch is now one of the worst strategic Federal highway in the country. Most traffic to North-Western and the Western part of the Middle belt of the country would most likely pass through the road.



 
 Nowadays the old undualised part get repeatedly block forcing the road users to follow the uncompleted supposedly dualised road. This road can not be said to be good even in it partial uncompleted state. The abandoned project too is in a terrible state as shown in the video just below.



 Many commuters now spend many hours with many logistic heavy vehicles trapped on the old road.
A visit to the construction company's shed -RCC revealed an almost abandoned construction shed. The question is when would the road be complete considering it strategic importance. Hope the project is not already buried in the cacophony of 2015 election.





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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

My dear Nigerian Medical Laboratory Scientist

It is necessary to examine the agitation of some health workers in Nigeria. This agitation which have persistently fuel disharmory in the Nigerian Health sector through plain brigadary and evoking of  unnecessary strikes.

Even though MLS may have recently through legislative means change what they are called in Nigeria in many other climes they are still referred to as Medical Technologist, Clinical Scientist, and Clinical Laboratory Technologist. Yes Technologist, even though the other people attain such through bachelor degree also.

Interesting in many countries such degree are attained with just 3,4 or 5 years of multiple semesters work. The last year is clinical attachment under the various program. In United States most centres run 4 years program! Why 5 years in Nigeria? Should it be same duration as stuff loaded Pharmacy course or compete with Mighty Medicine course in term of duration? Should students file class action against their council for subjecting them to long duration of program which may not be of “International best practice” in a strike riddle system? 

Note that the last clinical year in US program is with little or no compensation and they work as full time employee. Could it be that MLS in Nigeria is over indulged?

In US, it is same body that accredit pathologists who are doctors that accredit Medical laboratory Scientists just as same body regulate pharmacists, Pharmacy technician and pharmacy technology in Nigeria. This was after the merger of American Society for Clinical Pathology and National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel. Could the emergence of supra-body for Nigerian pathologists and MLS sanitize our laboratory in Nigeria? Would it bring about unity of purpose in Nigerian laboratory system and fast track the necessary development?

Nowhere in the world do Medical Laboratory Scientists work in isolation since their test is not an end in itself. The results are tools in the hand of the physicians. The laboratory is like the ward- there are doctors and nurses while in the laboratory especially Tertiary institutions the clinical laboratories are domain of pathologists, Medical Laboratory Scientists and Medical laboratory Technicians working as a team!.

Residency training for MLS is almost non-existent in most countries of the world. If there is postgraduate program it is PhD route. Why would it be different in resource constraints environment like Nigeria? Why will we not follow the most economic path for health manpower production? World Health Organisation does not even talk about MLS per population ratio!

It is not global common standard practice to work alone under autonomy they ask for. They either work in Clinical laboratory, Hospital, Physician’s Office, Reference Laboratories, Biotechnology laboratories and Industrial laboratory etc.

What specializing is necessary again for Nigerian MLS? After 5 years they are either microbiology MLS, Clinical Chemistry MLS, Hematology MLS and Morbid Anatomist MLS. Isn't  that specializing? Those ends in itself are what is necessary to work in any hospital Just as a nurse does not require PhD to work on the ward! Nurses too don't spend donkey years to specialize, one or two years of post basic and they can work in any specialist team.

Should MLS join force with gateman and security men in name of JOESHU to cause health Industry disharmony in Nigeria?

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Oops! Nigeria Independence Day and the Google image

Get on the net to make a post! I opened the Google opening page and I saw the Nigeria Independence Day poster. It was colourful no doubt. However it made a different sense to me and not likely what Google intended. 
The Nigerian commoners are celebrating the independence but in penury! The tricycle and "okadas" have come to signify that! The reality is that the Nigerian economy was better in the 70s and 80s than now. God help Nigeria.
Below is the capture screen image from my computer.
Google is definitely wishing us well. But as a nation we need to reflect. We should be better.








Thursday, September 25, 2014

Biggest Missing Money scandals in Nigeria

Biggest Missing Money in Nigeria (Capturing the scandal of biggest missing money in the Nigeria public sector)


The Nigerian 
                   Scandal of 
                            Missing things
1976

$2.8billion - Missing from the Nigerian National Petroleum Coporation(NNPC) account in Midlands Bank, U.K 

❷ 1990 
$ 12.2 Billion (2 Trillion Naira) accrued during the 1990 Gulf war oil(Gulf Windfall) was said to be missing.

2012

$ 1.18 Billion (N195 Billion Naira) Police Pension’s Fund was  said to be missing.

2013

$ 3.3 Billion (N500 Billion Naira)  SURE-P funds was declared missing! 

2014
$ 20 Billion (N3.3 Trillion Naira) was reported to be missing from NNPC proceeds of crude oil sales.

Missing! Missing!! Missing!!! Story of missing money!!!!


Nigeria always] have stories which are scandalous.Bad enough the outcome of the missing money never generate as much noise as the onset of noise about the missing money.


















Monday, September 8, 2014

Madam Okonjo Iweala & Reforming the unreformable


It was rewarding shelling out three thousand naira for what looks like a non-pirated copy of Reforming the unreformables recently written by Okonjo Iweala. I was certainly not disappointed as I devour it within 24 hours.

It was a firsthand expose on managing the previously battered economy of Nigeria during the Obasanjo years.Personally, I consider it an objective presentation and not the usual Nigeria writers' attempt at self-adulation or self-praising.

Hope by the time she write her years in Jonathan Government she would not be be revealing how she became captive of her earlier successes. Such possibility that can happen after a person succeeds in a task or mutitudes of tasks. This,  she alluded to in the book.