Rebuilding our primary healthcare system
The first point of contact for Nigerians seeking medical attention ought to be the nearest primary healthcare centre. That is how every functional health system is designed. Primary healthcare is the foundation upon which effective disease prevention, maternal and child healthcare, routine immunisation, and early treatment rest. Sadly, Nigeria’s primary healthcare system has become a […]
Bracing for the coming rains
THE importance of the onset of every rainy season should not be overlooked by anyone living under our climatic conditions. It is not just farmers that should be specially concerned about the pattern of the oncoming rains. Everybody, especially government and those who live in areas that are flood-prone, must be alert and take necessary […]
Planet Earth and our health
This year’s World Health Day which took place on Thursday, April 6, 2022, was themed to converge the health of our planet with those of its inhabitants, especially humans: Our Planet, Our Health. It emphasises that as we continue our reckless pollution of Mother Earth, we are increasing diseases such as cancer, asthma, heart disease […]
Need for continued COVID-19 vigilance
ON Wednesday, April 6, 2022, the Federal Government continued its gradual relaxation of restrictions on public gatherings which it imposed as a means of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic since April 2020. According to a statement by the Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, PSC, on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, the Federal Government still insists that […]
Beyond the sack of Police protest leaders
As expected, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, moved against the ringleaders of the move to call out personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to a nationwide strike. In mid-March 2022, some of the organisers of the supposed industrial action announced a two-week “warning strike” as a prelude to the main event. […]
Securing our railways, our national treasure
AFTER the collapse of the Nigerian railway network established by our British colonial masters due to mismanagement, former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an elected leader initiated the ongoing effort to restore and modernise that aspect of our transportation system. Successive administrations, notably those of former President Goodluck Jonathan and the current regime of President Muhammadu […]
