part one
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The National Association of Resident Doctors,
NARD, Monday, vowed to shut down the
health sector with effect from January 2,
2017, should the Federal Government fail to
implement all the outstanding agreements
with the union.
It described the planned industrial action as
painful but the last option, having exhausted
all windows of dialogue.
President of NARD, Dr. Onyebuchi John
Ugochukwu, who addressed an Aproko briefing
in Enugu equally directed members to start
putting on “black ward gown” as a sign of
death of health facilities in the country.
Ugochukwu, who was flanked by the
association’s national treasurer and public
relations officer, Dr. Ugwuoke Aloy Ifedinso
and Dr. Asinobi Ugoeze chided the Federal
Ministry of health for allowing the sector to
deteriorate into a very sorry and
unmanageable state.
He, therefore, declared that: “all agreements of
the July 14th 2016 mediation meeting with
the Honourable Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara must
be implemented immediately.
“The Ministry of health should be responsible
enough to honour such high level agreement
reached by all the parties.
“If they fail to do so, we are directing all our
members to proceed on indefinite action with
effect from January 2, 2017. We have already
notified all the appropriate bodies on the
ultimatum which will expire on the said day.”
In a 15-point resolution, which was a fallout
of the NARD’s National Executive Council
Meeting held in Abuja, he called on the
Federal Government to “as a matter of
urgency, institute mechanisms to stem the rot
in the health sector and ensure that quality
healthcare is accessible to all Nigerians.”
He decried the poor budgetary allocation to
the health ministry, noting that adequate
provision and planning should be made for
both manpower and infrastructural
development in subsequent budgets.
While the expressing sadness over the number
of deaths recorded in this year’s orientation
exercise for members of the National Youth
Service Corps, the NARP President called on
the government to ensure adequate funding,
staffing and equipping of NYSC clinics and
other healthy outstations.
He stressed that the Federal Government
should put in place more articulate and
accessible emergency response protocols to
reduce the impact of such similar disasters in
future.
On the bad discriminatory treatment against
its members, the NARD demanded that
“resident doctors are pensionable and the
deduction and remittance of pension
contribution should be fully entrenched in all
institutions in line with The Pension Reform
Act 2014.
“Resident doctors must be enrolled into the
IPPIS platform without further delay.”
“The December 2015 salaries of our members
in FMC Owerre must be paid immediately”, he
further stated, adding that government’s
implementation of “no work no pay” rule on
doctors was a grave injustice.
The NARD President said whereas other
professional bodies which embarked on
industrial action had their salaries paid, it
was strange that the “no work no pay” rule
was only being applied on doctors.
[color =green]OUR UNRELIABLE APROKO[/color] reports a resident
doctor told him the reason they planned their
strike for early next year was because
Nigerians have suffered a lot in 2016 and they
just didn't want to add any more suffering in
2016, so the best thing to do was to take the
strike to next year so it would be a fresh start,
"You know we doctors really care." The doc
said.
part two
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Commercial sex workers have crashed the
prices of their service for Christmas
celebrations by giving out a special gift for its
customers, announcing that ‘one round’ for a
short time will cost N500.
This was made known through the National
Association of Nigerian Prostitutes led by a
factional secretary, Sandra Efosa.
The announcement was made to their cheering
customers via a statement on December 19,
Monday which reads:
“We are announcing a reduction of prices for
our peace-making service nationwide.
“Beginning from December 20, price for short
time goes for N500 while till-day-break is now
N1,500.
“This promo is for only loyal customers who
have been enjoying our services for more than
three years now.”
Meanwhile, when the factional chairman of the
group, Malam Felix Efoyo, later denied that
the group was running any promo.
“Promo? I don’t know what you are talking
about. We have not made any announcement
as far as this group is concerned. I urge
everyone to disregard that message”, Felix
said.
[color =red]OUR UNRELIABLE APROKO[/color] reports a customer
told him that the Nigeria government need to
do more to help prostitutes "Do you know even
with the recession in the country commercial
sex workers kept their prices the same, no
inflation and service was still at a premium?
Do you know that the promo that commercial
sex workers are doing is more valuable than
any promo that other companies are doing?
Do you know commercial sex workers are one
of the few companies in this country that are
still hiring and not firing? Do you know, I say
do you know, oh you know nothing John
Snow." The customer said.
