NMA’s 65-year retirement demand
The Nigerian Medical Association’s (NMA) renewed call for the Federal Government to implement a 65-year retirement age for clinical health workers deserves urgent attention, not because it offers a complete answer to Nigeria’s medical workforce crisis, but because the country can no longer afford to retire experienced hands while thousands of younger professionals are emigrating. […]
Escalating Cost Of Governments
WHEN high cost of governments was an issue last year, it was principally located in the jumbo pays the National Assembly instituted for its privileged 468 members. It is therefore refreshing to extend the debate to other areas of government.
Nwodo’s Final Fall
NO chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had a more turbulent time than Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo. None went through the humiliations that resulted in his forced resignation on Wednesday. He was to be sacked.
Beyond Nwodo’s Exit
FOR a political party that prides itself as the largest in Africa, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has not provided the exemplary track record of internal democracy and strict adherence to its own rules and regulations, which is at the root of its intractable crisis.
The ICT-driven voters’ registration
ONCE again, our dear nation is on the threshold of a momentous event, this year’s general elections. Preceding that election is the all-important issue of compiling a voters’ register, an activity that has always been crucial to whether or not we get a credible election
Time To Get Serious
AHEAD of the April 2011, general elections, political parties last week, preoccupied themselves with elections and selections of candidates to represent them in the various positions that will be statutorily available for refilling under the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.
