The leadership of of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), whose members have been on strike for sometimes now, have raised an alarm that government has started using quacks health officers to service innocent patients.
In a statement after an emergency meeting today to review the strike which has been adversely affecting health service across the country said that the claim by the management that it had employed and deployed unqualified hands to render health services is not true, saying that such workers were not trained or licensed to do the job.
Chairman of JOHESU, Tony Asiodu, said that the workers advised the public to be careful and not to play with their health.
“The management has thrown away tenets of professionalism and ethics of professional conducts in a bid to create a posture that the hospital is providing services, when in actual sense they are rendering unhealthy and quack services, which poses a great threat to Delta State citizens and members of the public at large.
“All the qualified professional, whose job they are trying to do, are on strike.”
He said non-qualified and non-licensed casual staff were employed to carry out laboratory and nursing services.
From left: Senate President, David Mark; wife of Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo, Mrs. Amina Sambo: Vice President Mohammed Namadi ambo: President Goodluck Jonathan: First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and PDP National chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu at PDP Presidential primary election in Abuja today, Wednesday, December 10. [myad]
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN; VICE-PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO ACKNOWLEDGING CHEERS DURING THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE EAGLE SQUARE FOR THE THE PDP PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN ABUJA ON WEDNESDAY (10/12/14)
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and an Abuja High Court are now in a running battle over a book: an autobiography titled: My Watch. While the court found the former leader guilty of contempt for defying it directive barring him from releasing the book, Obasanjo insisted that the court order came after he had written it.
The court had ordered that the book launch be put on hold over claim the three-volume series contained details of a libel case already before the court. The case involves a drug trafficking allegation made by Mr. Obasanjo against Buruji Kasahmu, a leader of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the southwest.
Kashamu had requested the court order to stop the release of the book, citing the case. But the move is believed to have been a cover to block Obasanjo from making public some of his most scathing assessments of President Goodluck Jonathan, as contained in the book.
On Tuesday, the former president proceeded with the book launch saying the judge acted in error and deserved to be sanctioned. The former president also said the book had already been published before the court gave its order.
Justice Valentine Ashi, in a ruling today in Abuja, gave Obasanjo 21 days to demonstrate why he should not be punished for going ahead to publish the book. The court also ordered the Inspector General of Police, the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) and the Comptroller of Customs to recover all the books all book stands, sales agents, vendors, the sea and airports and deposit them with the court’s registrar pending the determination of the case.
Justice Ashi said that it is immaterial that the book was published before the interim orders were made, adding that Obasanjo should not have in the first place published the book since the Kashamu case was already in court.
“The fact that the book was published in November is irrelevant. As long as the substantive suit is not yet determined, no party is entitled to publish or comment on material facts that are yet to be decided on by the court,” the judge said.
“I hold the defendant, not only in contempt of the court, but to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt and ordered to undo what he has wrongly done.”
“The defendant, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo shall be given 21 days, from the day this order is served on him, to show cause, via affidavit, why he should not be punished for contempt committed by publishing and distributing for sale to the public, the book, My Watch, in plain disregard of the pendency of substantive the suit and the order of this court made on December 5, 2014 restraining him from doing so.
“The defendants, whether by himself, agents, servants, privies or whatever name called, is hereby restrained from further publication or offering for sale or distribution, in any way or manner, the book called My Watch or the like of the visual or written materials which contains a re-publication or statement extracted from the letter referred to by the plaintiff.”
He also directed that orders of the court be served on all media houses in the country and be equally served on Obasanjo by publication in two national dailies.
The judge rejected claims by Obasanjo’s lawyer that Kashamu failed to produce the book to prove it contained libellous details.
The judge said it was the duty, instead, of the defendant, in whose custody the book was, to show the court that the plaintiff’s fear was misplaced.
He said Obasanjo’s failure to do so, showed he had something to hide.
But Obasanjo’s lawyer, Realwon Okpanach, said the former president will appeal the ruling.
He said the court order, which the former president flouted, was given in error since it was not proven that the book contained libellous materials.
“The orders made cannot be enforced. They want the court to stop an act that had been concluded. That is impossible. We had published the book in November, they came before the court in December and asked that the publishing shroud be stopped. Is that possible?” he said.
“We shall file our appeal within the stipulated time of 14 days in the case of interlocutory orders.”
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) seems to be facing trouble as Adamawa State Executive committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) whose governorship primary he won yesterday, has rejected his election, even as the party stakeholders in the state have resolved to boycott the presidential primaries in Abuja tomorrow.
At a press conference today, the National Working committee (NWC) said that its decision was based on the fact that Ribadu is an unpopular candidate that is being imposed on the party.
Professor Andrawus Sawa who read the text of the press conference said that such imposition of candidate would erode the strength of the party in the state, adding that it would also truncate democracy.
“It is evident that Adamawa state is a stronghold of PDP and in 2011 overwhelmingly voted Mr. President. It is unfortunate that this flagrant and open abuse of rule of law and impunity it is leading to the complete eradication of the party in the minds of our grassroot supporters”.
Adamawa PDP lamented that without due recourse to the party’s constitution of a 7 day notice, the purported Governorship primaries was said to have taken place at Abuja instead of Adamawa.
“More to that, the purported election was conducted in contravention of a court order restraining the PDP and INEC from using any delegates list order than the one recognized by all the party executive at all levels.”
All the governorship, senatorial and House of Representatives aspirants with the exception of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu were in attendance at the conferences.
Some of them called on the President to out rightly order a re-run of the governorship primaries in the State.
One time National chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Barnabas Gemade has dumped the party and moved to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) where he picked up the senatorial primary ticket.
Gemade won the party primary of the APC for the Benue North East senatorial zone today and will contest against incumbent governor, Gabriel Suswam during next year’s general elections.
President Robert MugabeZimbabwe’s President, Robert Mugabe has sacked his deputy, Joice Mujuru along with eight ministers aligned to her, days after she lost her post in the ruling party.
Officials said that Mugabe sacked Mujuru, 59, todayafter weeks of accusations that she had led a “treacherous cabal” to try to unseat him.
The sacked officials received their dismissal letters on Monday night, citing two government sources it said declined to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media.
Mujuru blamed “a well-orchestrated smear campaign and gross abuse of state apparatus” that led to the loss of her ruling party post and shook Zimbabwean politics.
Mujuru, who once looked likely to succeed Mugabe – in power for 34 years – has been accused of plotting to assassinate the 90-year-old and removed from the ruling ZANU-PF party’s central committee.
She said she was being victimised after exposing infiltrators conspiring to destroy the party, which has ruled the country since independence in 1980.
“I have become the fly in the web of lies whose final objective is the destruction of ZANU-PF and what it stands for and ultimately the present government,” Mujuru said in a statement.
“A vociferous attempt has been made to portray me as ‘a traitor’, ‘murderer’ and ‘sellout’, yet no iota of evidence has been produced to give credence to the allegations.”
ZANU-PF held an elective congress last week which endorsed Mugabe as president and his wife Grace as head of the women’s wing.
“I think we are over defining our democracy today by quarreling as if democracy is about competitors quarreling just like motor park workers.” This was the word by President Goodluck Jonathan at the public presentation and official launch of the Kukah Centre, founded by prominent cleric and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah.
Among other aims, the centre is aimed at strengthening national debate, improve governance and encourage Nigerians to take an active role in the country’s leadership.
President Jonathan, who called on politicians to stop ceaseless quarrel and engage in robust political debates that would strengthen the country’s democracy said that the nation’s democracy should be deepened by robust debates, stimulation of innovative ideas and healthy engagements by all actors.
“I call on everyone, the political class, our citizens and more importantly, the academic community to rise up to these challenges posed by this initiative.
The president urged politicians to use the 2015 elections to renew their commitment to the country’s unity.
“As elections draw close, I call on all politicians to see this as another opportunity for us to renew our commitment to deepen our democracy and strengthen our bond of unity.
“Democracy is not about political parties and politicians alone, it is not just about winning or losing elections; it is about freedom, about development and above all a forward march of our civilisation and encouragement of creativity.
“It is in this regard that we must seek to identify and support the growth of structures and institutions that will help strengthen our democracy to meet our aspirations as a people.”
Jonathan noted that policy research institutes like the Kukah Centre had been pivotal to the social economic transformation of leading countries of the world.
According to him, such centres have served as the laboratories of the development, inter-relation and the refinement of key government policies.
He likened the Kukah Center to the Brooklyn Institute in America, which pioneered fact-based studies of government policies, using science as a key to analysis.
The president then challenged Nigerian politicians to draw inspiration from it. “I’m personally convinced that the centre could not have finer mentor than the revered gentleman of long patriotic standing, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah,” he added.
Reports has it that the centre also aims at promoting conversations among Nigeria’s faith communities, as well as between leaders in faith and public policy.
As all are set for the Presidential primary election of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), a frontline contestant, Atiku Abubakar has called for fair, free and credible primary. Atiku, who is Nigeria’s ex Vice President advised APC not to leave any stone unturned in its quest to ensure free, fair and credible presidential primary tomorrow which he said, would provide the impetus for enthroning the change that Nigerians have clamoured for. In a press statement issued by his media office in Lagos today, Atku welcome the national delegates of the party to its national convention to be held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos. “I do not need to overemphasize the importance of tomorrow’s event and the impact which the choice you make at this historic event will have on both our party and the nation at large,” Atiku told the delegates. He stressed that the choice the delegates will make tomorrow will set the country on the path of enthroning the much-needed change for socio-economic and political progress and development. “The choice you make, the aspirants you choose to fly the flag of our party at tomorrow’s (Wednesday) presidential election will make the difference between victory and defeat for our party. It will also determine whether the teeming population of Nigerians will get the political change they are yearning for to give them the opportunity of a better life.” He charged the delegates to be guided by the fact that for the past 16 years, Nigerians have been forced to live under the most oppressive and despicable system of governance during which the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) rode rough shod over the nation and used the nation’s resources as they liked. “The result of PDP’s misrule and disregard for the people of Nigeria is the sorry state in which we find ourselves today and we cannot afford to thread this path again,” Atiku said adding that he remains the best choice of the delegates to lead charge for the change that will enthrone an inclusive Nigeria for all. He assured the delegates that he will make good on his commitment as enshrined in his policy document in critical areas of infrastructure, education, health, social services and employment in particular to the teeming army of unemployed youth. He bemoaned that austerity is the clearest indication that the so-called transformation agenda of the Jonathan government has failed. “Perhaps, the worst thing that this government has done to our country and our people is the imposition of austerity measures on a people who have been battered by poor government policy, waste and monumental corruption in the past 16 years.” Atiku called on the delegates to pitch their tents with him in the quest to begin the arduous task of pulling the country back from the brink and setting it on the path of progress, economic rejuvenation and development. “Let us put an end to continuous poverty, austerity and insecurity by making a sound choice for the APC. The envisaged change starts today by the choice that you make.”
A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Malam Nuhu Ribadu has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Adamawa state. He beat incumbent governor, Bala Ngilari; the son of former National Chairman of the PDP, Bamanga Tukur, Auwal; and Markus Gundiri with a total votes of 688.
Tukur’s son got 33 votes, Gundiri scored 30 votes while Ngilari came a distant fourth with 25 votes. The PDP electoral officer, Senator Rufai Hanger, announced the results.
In his acceptance speech, Ribadu said that he was burdened by the people who chose him.
“My brothers and sisters, the true representatives of the people of Adamawa State, I am burdened by your choice this evening. I am challenged by it.
“I extend my hand of friendship to all those who aspired for this ticket. I believe in our collective desire to make Adamawa peaceful and a prosperous place to proudly call home.”
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The leadership of of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), whose members have been on strike for sometimes now, have raised an alarm that government has started using quacks health officers to service innocent patients.
