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NOA, UNICEF commit to new level of partnership
…as Mallam Issa-Onilu outlines reposition plan The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in collobration with the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have committed themselves to a new level of partnership that will ensure that the strategic objective of health for all citizens becomes realistic in Nigeria. This was the outcome of the first day of a strategic meeting between the…
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FG stops ‘Leave of Absence’ for health practitioners relocating abroad
The federal government has said no leave of absence for health practitioners relocating abroad. The government added that the relocating practitioners must resign their appointments. Minister of state for health, Tunji Alausa, made this known in a chat with journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Alausa said a presidential executive order has been forwarded to chief medical directors of government-owned health…
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FG mulls legislation to sanitise health sector
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The federal government has said it would soon come up with legislation that would regulate the healthcare sector to eliminate quacks and ensure improved service delivery. Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, stated this on Friday when he paid a courtesy call on the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun at the Presidential…
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Abduction of students in Kaduna unacceptable- UNICEF
Innocent Raphael The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has condemned in strong terms the recent abduction of students by bandits in Kaduna State, enjoining iimmediate and determined action from all levels of government and society to curb further occurrences. UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, in a statement on Friday, explained that UNICEF was in consonance with local officials and…
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500 patients benefit from Ogun free surgical intervention programme in one week
The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that over 500 surgeries have been performed on patients under the Free Surgical Intervention Programme in one week. Abiodun made the disclosure when he received the Committee of Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria who paid him a courtesy call in his office at Oke-Mosan,…
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UCH Doctors commences 3-day strike over alleged assault
Resident doctors under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital, Ibadan in Oyo State, on Thursday, began a three-day strike over alleged assault on one of their members by relatives of a patient in the hospital. Speaking with journalists, the ARD President, John Oladapo, said that the doctors were demanding a public apology from the people…
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We’ll take actions against non-performing CMD, Health Minister warns
Kunle Sanni The coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Ali Pate has stated that non-performing chief Medical Directors (CMDs) of the country’s tertiary health institutions will face severe consequences. Pate addressed in Abuja on Wednesday as part of the federal ministry of information and national orientation’s third ministerial press briefing series (MPBS). According to Pate, the CMDs should be…
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FG, UNICEF, states partner on climate resilient wash sector
Kunle Sanni The Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and state governments across the country to tackle the pressing sustainable development challenge posed by climate change in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Shehu Shinkafi, made this…
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OGSG flags off free surgical intervention in Abeokuta, Ilaro, Ijebu Ode
The Free Surgical Intervention Programme for indigent people, initiated by the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has been flagged off with surgical operations performed on patients at the State Hospitals in Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode, and Ilaro. The programme which began with the registration of beneficiaries would involve major and minor surgical operations as part of the governor’s medical palliative to…
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FG launches National Deratisation exercise to prevent,control spread of Lassa Fever
Kunle Sanni The Minister of State for Environment, Iziaq Salako has launched the National Deratisation framework exercise to prevent and control the spread of Lassa fever in the Country. The Minister who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Environment, Mahmud Kambari while briefing the Press in Abuja stated that ‘I stand to provide an update on the…
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