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NMA Provides Free Medical Services to FCT Community

Olasunbo Okoromi
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NMA Provides Free Medical Services to FCT Community

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Federal Capital Territory Chapter has provided free medical services to residents of Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory Council FCT, Abuja.
The two-day free medical outreach which was carried out at Dabibakon Primary Health Center Kwali, is part of the activities to mark the beginning of the association’s Annual General Meeting.

Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, the Chairman of NMA, FCT chapter Dr. Enema Amodu said the aim is to provide medical services to the underserved communities as a way of giving back to the society.

“We are gathered in our numbers to provide specialist care and service to indigenes of the society instead of going to cities we choose remotes localities where health care is scare and people are unable to come city centre access or afford medical services “. Dr Amodu started.

He also noted that from the proceeds of the association’s contributions and donations from partners, funds were raised to provide the humanitarian services.

“We attended to as many people as possible. We have gotten support from the Chairman of Kwali Area Council, Diagnostic, partners and contributions from members to gather funds to basically ensure that those drugs and consumables are available” he said

He disclosed that some of the services rendered include surgical procedures, Ear Node and Throat, ENT, services, chemical, ophthalmology, pathology, general surgery services, and all sort of medical specialist services as the need arises.

On the issues of cholera in the FCT, The Chairman expressed worry over the speed and increase cases in the FCT also stressed the need for government, medical specialists and other stakeholders to show political will.

“Just like what we are doing here, this will go a long way to solve the problem that is to curtail the spread of cholera. The key solution to end the spread is the provision of potable water, sanitation facilities and awareness programmes for residents of communities”. He added.

Mrs. Esther Simiri, a Nurse and Midwife who spoke on behalf of the Matron of Dabibakon Primary Health Center Kwali, applauded members of the association for their generosity through the free medical assistance render to residents of the communities.

She however, decried the dilapidated state of the center and the short fall of medical staff for a population of about 100 people who visit the Health Center every day and appealed for assistance for the renovations of the center and increase in manpower to carter for the residents of the communities.

Some of the residents, who spoke with Voice of Nigeria, thanked and expressed delight over the kind gesture by the NMA, and appealed for more medical interventions.

The Dabibakon Primary Health Center Kwali, which has about twenty four medical personals provides services for six communities; Da Bako, Checheyi, Bobota Peyo and Leleyi with an average of hundred patience who visit the facility daily for medical treatment.

Ogun State Seeks Public-Private Synergy to Reduce Medical Tourism

Olasunbo Okoromi
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Ogun State Seeks Public-Private Synergy to Reduce Medical Tourism

The Ogun State government is calling for collaboration between the private sector and government in order to develop Nigerian health care sector with a view to reducing medical tourism.

The state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, equally called for huge investment in the health sector to reduce importation of medial consumables, which according to him, would help Nigeria save its foreign exchange.

Abiodun made the call at the official commissioning of the Med-In Pharmaceutical Limited, an intravenous fluid manufacturing company, Sagamu, Ogun State.

The Governor described the establishment of the medical company as another veritable investment in the health sector, noting it would go a long way in reducing importation of medical consumables.

While commending Med-In Pharmaceuticals for expanding its facility from 400 to 4,000 capacity intravenous fluid manufacturing per hour, Abiodun said his administration would continue to put measures in place to enhance ease of doing business in Ogun.

He noted further that existing businesses in the state have continued to thrive and new ones are being attracted, to increase the socio-economic development of the state.

The Governor said that one of the major indices for a developing economy is the health status of its people, reiterating that his administration would continue to initiate necessary policies and programmes towards providing efficient and effective health-care for the people.

Governor Abiodun, disclosed that his administration had begun to connect healthcare centres in the state to the broadband internet in order to leverage on the ICT for centralized Health Records Management System.

This, according to him, would help in the development of reliable database on healthcare system and telemedicine.

In his remarks, the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, noted that the commissioning of the pharmaceutical plant was an opportunity to improve on the demand and supply in the health sector, declaring that Nigeria has to be less vulnerable to market forces.

In his remarks, the Nigerian Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, commended the investment which he termed as a “bold one” at this time, noting that the plant was a significant addition to the pharmaceutical assets of Nigeria.

Dr. Ehanire, who pointed out that Nigeria, was striving hard like other countries of the world to rebuild her economy, viewed the establishment and expansion of the pharmaceutical plant as a tool of providing primary and secondary employment for the people.

The Managing Director of the Company, Tola Awosika, thanked Ogun state Governor Abiodun for the role he played to ensure that the company got another land when it was asked to leave its previous site by the immediate past administration, even while he was yet to become governor.

Awosika explained that the company apart from expanding from its production capacity, also planned to venture into intravenous medication.

Ben White Becomes Arsenal’s Third Signing Of The Summer

Angel Gimalo
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Ben White Becomes Arsenal’s Third Signing Of The Summer

Arsenal have signed England defender Ben White from Brighton for £50m.

The 23-year-old, who was a late call-up to Gareth Southgate’s England Euro 2020 squad, has agreed on a long-term contract at Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners agreed a deal in principle last month with the move completed following White’s return from holiday.

“Ben was a top target for us and it’s great that we’ve completed his signing,” manager Mikel Arteta told the club’s website.

“Ben is an intelligent defender who is very comfortable with the ball at his feet and his style fits perfectly with us.

“And of course, he is still young, so his age and profile fits with what we are building here. We are all looking forward to Ben being central to our future long-term plans.”

The transfer completes a meteoric rise for the defender, who was released by Southampton as a teenager before being signed by Brighton in 2016.

He spent time out on loan at Newport and Peterborough before joining Leeds on loan for their Championship-winning season in 2019-20.

White’s performances at Elland Road attracted interest from a number of clubs, including Leeds themselves, but the defender instead signed a new four-year contract with the Seagulls last September.

That deal put Brighton in a strong negotiating position this summer and it is understood they rejected two bids from the Gunners before agreement was finally reached amid interest from other Premier League clubs.

White earned his first call-up to the England squad as part of Southgate’s provisional 33-man squad for Euro 2020, appearing in warm-up wins against Austria and Romania.

He was initially among the seven players cut from the final squad before returning as a replacement for the injured Trent Alexander-Arnold, though he did not make an appearance at the tournament.

White is Arsenal’s third signing of the summer following the arrival of midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga from Anderlecht and left-back Nuno Tavares from Benfica.

White will wear the number four shirt at Arsenal, which was vacant after the exit of defender David Luiz.

Olympics Update: SA’s Schoenmaker And Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega Win Gold Day 7

Angel Gimalo
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Olympics Update: SA’s Schoenmaker And Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega Win Gold Day 7

Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega won the first athletics gold of the Tokyo Olympics while in the pool there was a gold and a world record for South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker.

A quick finish from Barega saw him finish ahead of Uganda’s world record hold Joshua Cheptegei, who claimed the silver.

Earlier in the athletics Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou equalling the African 100m record as she qualified for Saturday’s semi-finals.

The first athletics gold of the Tokyo Olympics was won by Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega as he won the men’s 10,000m.

The 21-year-old’s fast finish was too much for the world record holder and world champion Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda, who had to settle for silver ahead of his compatriot Jacob Kiplimo in third.

In the heats of the women’s 5,000m Kenya’s Hellen Obiri, who won silver that Rio Games in 2016, finished second in her heat behind the fastest in the world this year, Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay, as both qualified for Monday’s final.

Kenyans Agnes Tirop and Lilian Kasait Rengeruk as well as Ethiopian duo Senbere Teferi and Ejgayehu Taye are also through to that final.

However disappointment for Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba who finished fourth in her heat to claim a place in the final but was disqualified after the race for stepping off the track.

The 28-year-old had been forced to step up from her preferred 800m, in which she won silver Rio in 2016, rather than taking testosterone-reducing drugs.

Under the latest World Athletics regulations Niyonsaba is classified as having ‘Differences of Sexual Development’ – or ‘DSD’ – and so is not allowed to compete in events between 400m and a mile without taking testosterone-reducing drugs.

NSO Blocks Some Government Clients From Using Its Spyware

Elizabeth Williams
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NSO Blocks Some Government Clients From Using Its Spyware

NSO Group has blocked some of its government clients abroad from using its spyware as it examines allegations of misuse, according to a US report Thursday.

“There is an investigation into some clients. Some of those clients have been temporarily suspended,” a NSO employee was quoted saying by National Public Radio.

The source did not specify which countries or how many, saying NSO was barred under defense regulations from identifying its clients.

The Israel-based company has repeatedly been accused of selling its Pegasus spyware to repressive countries that use it to target journalists, activists and politicians.

The unnamed employee also would not comment on any possible misuse that the firm has uncovered in an internal probe.

“Almost everything we checked, we found no connection to Pegasus,” the source said.

NSO’s general counsel also commented on the company’s investigation.

“What we are doing is, what I think today is, the best standard that can be done,” Shmuel Sunray told NPR. “We’re on the one hand, I think, the world leaders in our human rights compliance, and the other hand we’re the poster child of human rights abuse.”

Prime Initiative For Green Development To Plant 10,000 Trees

Angel Gimalo
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Prime Initiative For Green Development To Plant 10,000 Trees

The Prime Initiative for Green Development (PIGD) has embarked on a project to plant 10,000 trees as part of efforts to increase public education on the importance of tree planting and effective forest resource management in Kenya.

Tagged: “Tree Planting as a Pathway to Green Growth and Sustainability,” the project is expected to run for three years and it will enhance the capacity of schools, as well as communities on various eco-friendly skills to promote sustainable living.

The exercise plans to mobilise over 1,500 students and 50 teachers from two selected institutions in Kenya – the Nairobi Academy and Githiga Boys High School, to drive the initiative.

The project comprises leading environmentalists and had previously engaged Migwani Secondary School in tree planting activities and demonstrates the most impact across all the measurable fields of sustainable development.

Initiating this project to attract the attention of schools and local communities on biodiversity preservation was quite thoughtful. It is also believed that working with experts in the field of forestry was one of the cardinal aims for attracting resources to implement the scheme.

“The aim of this project is to increase awareness among students on the importance of tree planting in schools and communities to enhance eco-friendly enterprise skills among young people for sustainable forest management,” says Tito Uzomah, the Executive Director of PIGD.

Uzomah explained that the trees were carefully selected from a large variety of ecologically and socially important species with fast maturation rates that maximises atmospheric intake.

He hinted further that the trees that have numerous agroforestry benefits will serve as windbreaks and play a pivotal role in soil conservation. Other valuable trees that provide schools and communities with nutritious fruits are also expected to be planted to further improve the financial capabilities of the beneficiaries.

The environmental rights advocate disclosed that the programme would also involve environmental education and capacity building for students, teachers, parents, and others in the communities.

Uzomah said the participants would learn about the importance of trees in mitigating the impacts of climate change and sustainable lifestyle.

He said classroom training would be supplemented by outdoor field trips to learn more about local forest ecosystems and the schools will arrange student art competitions around the products, services, and benefits provided by trees.

 According to him, the participating schools and communities will also be trained in nursery management and long-term tree care to ensure that the newly planted trees will continue to thrive in the future.

Israeli Knesset Passes Law For Rabbinical Court Reform

Elizabeth Williams
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Israeli Knesset Passes Law For Rabbinical Court Reform

The Israeli coalition government succeeded in passing a law that will reform the system for appointing rabbinical court judges, nearly two weeks after a first attempt to pass it was botched by the Knesset speaker accidentally voting against it.

In a late-night session in the Knesset, the bill passed with 59 lawmakers voting in favor and 54 voting against.

The law expands the panel that chooses rabbinical judges to include more representatives from the government and more female representatives.

Earlier this month the bill was up for its third and final reading when Speaker Mickey Levy accidentally voted “no,” leaving it with a 51-51 tie. Levy attempted to get special permission to change his vote after realizing his mistake, but the Knesset’s legal adviser ruled that he could not cast another ballot and the vote would stand.

Likud MK Yariv Levin blasted the reintroduced bill on Monday, asserting that it was intended to broaden the panel simply “in order to arrange jobs” for associates of coalition officials. “This bill is shameful and sets a precedent that I’m afraid Israel and Israelis will pay for dearly,” he said.

MK Israel Eichler of United Torah Judaism claimed the bill was part of “a war on Judaism and religion” being waged by the coalition.

The coalition’s Elazar Stern, meanwhile, said the bill “will boost the standing of rabbinical courts, which is important to us all.”

The original defeat was among a string of early setbacks for the government. The coalition, a hodgepodge of eight parties from across the political spectrum, has only a wafer-thin edge of a single seat over the opposition, meaning just one or two Knesset members are needed to torpedo coalition legislative matters. Though only a few weeks old, the government has thus far had to deal with several instances of legislative goals being stymied by a single mutinous faction or lawmaker.

Afghanistan’s 1,000 Greenhouses To Be Completed Year-End

Angel Gimalo
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Afghanistan’s 1,000 Greenhouses To Be Completed Year-End

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock says it plans to construct 1,000 greenhouses in different provinces of the conflict-battered country.

According to the ministry’s spokesman, Akbar Rustami, work for construction of the greenhouses had reached 71 per cent completion and it will be completed by the year-end.

In talks with local media, the official asserted that each greenhouse would be built in 60 to 301 square metres.

Rustami added that food safety of families, access of people to vegetables in all seasons, boosting families’ economy and extending of new methods for vegetables’ farming was the main factor for establishing the greenhouses.

Some 80 per cent of Afghanistan, according to officials, was relying on agricultural products.

The government would do its best to increase local products in effort to reduce dependency on imported goods.

Nigerian Professor Warns Against Building Structures Along Coastlines

Angel Gimalo
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Nigerian Professor Warns Against Building Structures Along Coastlines

A Professor of Environmental Management and Control, Prof. Christian Madu, has cautioned governments, corporate organisations and individuals against building structures along coastlines in the country.

Madu, who is of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, gave the warning in an interview in Enugu, Nigeria’s south-east on Friday, July 30, 2021.

He said the warning had become necessary due to climate change, which had led to global warming clearly visible by the current rise in temperature and level of the oceans and seas.

According to Madu, the rise in temperature and level of the oceans and seas will adversely affect human activities especially those living in or very close to the southern coastlines of the country.

The don called on government at all levels in states with coastlines to act now by denying building permits along the coastal lines.

Madu, who is a supervisor of lead researchers at the Centre for Environmental Management and Control, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, said “some of the coastal residents should be relocated’’.

“Pre-planning for emergency evacuation should be done in anticipation of flooding due to impact of climate change in the coastline,” he added.

Madu said there was need to develop holding shelters, provision of rescue and fire service operations and hospitals to attend to health emergencies when the impending disasters at the coastlines happened.

“With rising global temperatures and the warming of the oceans, a fallout of climate change; we can expect more natural disasters and damaging floods.

“We do not currently have the adequate infrastructure or the preparedness to respond to protect the victims.

“Emergency preparedness is also very weak and those living along the coastlines will be vulnerable,” he said.

The don said that land reclamation and building close to the coastlines should be temporarily stopped until the development authorities come out with an environmental resilient plan.

“It must contain good coastline embankment wall, excess water holding empty reservoirs, well-planned heavy water holding drainages and ensuring water channels are free from refuse and silts,” Madu said.

U.S Dollar Plumbs One-Month Low, Set For Worst Streak

Elizabeth Williams
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U.S Dollar Plumbs One-Month Low, Set For Worst Streak

The dollar languished near a one-month low on Friday and was set for its worst weekly performance since May as dovish remarks by the U.S. Federal Reserve together with underwhelming economic data took the steam out of a month-long rally.

The dollar index, which measures the greenbackagainst a basket of six other currencies, was last at 91.853, a level not seen since June 29.

For the week, the index is off 1.1%, its worst weekly showing since early May. For the month, the index is down 0.5% so far, following a 2.8% rally in June.

The dollar’s downtrend began after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell wrong-footed bulls following a policy meeting this week by saying that rate increases were “a ways away” and the job market still had “some ground to cover”.

“While the Fed continued to say it was moving towards winding back its money printing program, the Fed’s move towards this shift looks likely to be slower than previously anticipated,” said Steven Dooley, currency strategist at Western Union Business Solutions.

“The Fed’s caution is seen due to a slowdown in U.S. growth, easing in inflation and worries about the Delta variant,” Dooley added.

The dollar found little support overnight from U.S. gross domestic product numbers.

While the U.S. economy expanded at a 6.5% annualised rate in the second quarter, boosted by massive government aid, growth fell short of economists’ expectations for an 8.5% acceleration.

The dollar held near a two-week low against the safe haven Japanese yen at 109.52.

The euro climbed to a one-month high against the dollar to be last at $1.18955 ahead of preliminary second quarter gross domestic product data for the euro area as well as preliminary July inflation prints for France, Italy and the euro area. The euro area also gets June unemployment data.

The German economy returned to growth in the second quarter but bounced back less strongly than expected, as coronavirus-related restrictions were eased and households started spending again, data showed on Friday.

“In general, the eurozone’s rebound from its technical recession should not be a game changer for the ECB (European Central Bank) expectations or for the euro, and the short-term fate of euro/dollar still looks mostly tied to the U.S. dollar and global dynamics,” ING strategists said in a note. “Fresh signs of turbulence from Asia suggest that it may be too early to see euro/dollar break back above $1.19.”

The British pound hovered near its highest in over a month helped by the U.S. dollar’s weaker tone and a fall in coronavirus cases in Britain.

Investors will keep a close eye on a bunch of U.S. macro indicators due later in the day including second-quarter employment cost index, personal income and spending for June and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for July.

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