The Ebola virus disease has existed for about 40 years now and with over 3,600 plus recorded cases to date. An average of 100 new infections yearly worldwide or 8 to 9 new infections every month. This disease has the natural capacity to always burn itself out without necessarily becoming a national health epidemic in any country that is affected, provided the family and the friends of those living with this disease do not touch any of the bodily fluids, which are the liquids that originate from inside the bodies of those persons living with this deadly disease in the name of love and caring for sick.
The bodily fluids are normally the excreted or the secreted liquids coming out from the human body, such as, blood, feces, pus, saliva, semen, tears, sweat, vomit, urine and vaginal secretion. The family and friends of those that die from this Ebola virus disease should also avoid touching the bodies of the dead during those ceremonial burial preparations in the name of their traditions, burial rites, cultures and showing their last affection to their loved ones who are now dead. The use of the medical quarantine or isolation of the persons that are affected by this Ebola virus disease and the bodies of those that are already dead from the same disease is the best practical method that can be used to contain the Ebola virus disease in any country that is affected effectively without becoming a major national health crisis. #NigeriaCanDefeatEbolaNow
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
WHO ATTEMPTED TO KILL GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI OF NIGERIA?
The answer points to the two different directions. Buhari's two main enemies today in the whole world are the PDP led- government of Jonathan Goodluck and the Boko Haram terrorist group in all reality, truth and honesty. Buhari remains the most significant threat to both entities in Nigeria and in all ramifications. The reelection of Jonathan Goodluck back to the Aso Rock villa in 2015 is going to be a very daunting political task if Buhari becomes the APC presidential candidate in 2015. Buhari has and enjoys huge political base in the Northern Nigeria that can practically guarantee him a very solid victory in the biggest voting block of Nigeria. The APC present political control of the South-West of Nigeria which is also the second biggest voting block in the country can pose a very significant obstacle to the reelection of Jonathan Goodluck in 2015. Buhari is the biggest living political barrier to Jonathan Goodluck and his reelection in 2015.
The Boko Haram terrorist group that wants the Islamization of the Northern Nigeria, the abolition of the western type of democracy and education, the immediate return to the full rule of Sharia as well as the suppression of women and girls sees Buhari as the biggest enemy to their political and religious goals for the Northern Nigeria today. Buhari is the biggest symbol of the representative democracy in the entire Northern Nigeria today. Buhari has the largest political followers in the Northern Nigeria. Buhari as a military dictator turned democratic leader now believes in the secular governance (separation between state and religion), the constitutional rule and western education. This is the main reason why the Boko Haram publicly announced to the world that Buhari is one of their targets they plan to eliminate. Finally:who wants General Muhammadu Buhari dead? Time will surely tell. #ThePDPGovernmentOrBokoHaram.
The Boko Haram terrorist group that wants the Islamization of the Northern Nigeria, the abolition of the western type of democracy and education, the immediate return to the full rule of Sharia as well as the suppression of women and girls sees Buhari as the biggest enemy to their political and religious goals for the Northern Nigeria today. Buhari is the biggest symbol of the representative democracy in the entire Northern Nigeria today. Buhari has the largest political followers in the Northern Nigeria. Buhari as a military dictator turned democratic leader now believes in the secular governance (separation between state and religion), the constitutional rule and western education. This is the main reason why the Boko Haram publicly announced to the world that Buhari is one of their targets they plan to eliminate. Finally:who wants General Muhammadu Buhari dead? Time will surely tell. #ThePDPGovernmentOrBokoHaram.
"MOST NIGERIANS ARE WORSE OFF TODAY UNDER THIS DEMOCRACY"
Nigerians are worse off today under this democratically elected government than anytime that I knew in the recent history of the governance of this country and in my own personal judgement. Nigerians are poorer today than anytime that I knew in the history of that country. Nigerians are more jobless, helpless and hopeless today than anytime that I knew in the past in that country. Nigerians earn lower wages today than anytime in the past.
The Nigerian Naira is weaker today than in the past. The standard of living of most Nigerians and their purchasing power are lower today than in the past years or decades. There is more unemployment today in Nigeria than in the past decades. There is more insecurity to the life and properties of Nigerians today than under any administration that I knew. The health care delivery in Nigeria today is worse than anytime that I knew. The quality of public education today in Nigeria is lower than in the years or decades that have gone by.
Nigerians have less access to the basic social services today than in the past. The national inflation rate on goods and services is higher today than under any government of the past. The unabated official corruption, resource mismanagement, oil bunkering, tax evasion, smuggling, dubious import duty waivers and money laundering are more rampant today than anytime in the past that I have personally witnessed or known growing up in that country.
The age-long Nigerian Dream of good paying job, car and home ownership, decent living and retirement is eluding more Nigerians today than anytime in the life of that country. The only beneficiaries from the Nigeria's democracy of the last 15 years are the 17,500 (0.01% of all Nigerians) public elected and appointed state officials at all levels and their cronies who are milking the nation's resources dry in the name of democracy, public service, the privatization of those lucrative public corporations and the oil blocs #DemocracyForTheNigerianPoliticalElite
The Nigerian Naira is weaker today than in the past. The standard of living of most Nigerians and their purchasing power are lower today than in the past years or decades. There is more unemployment today in Nigeria than in the past decades. There is more insecurity to the life and properties of Nigerians today than under any administration that I knew. The health care delivery in Nigeria today is worse than anytime that I knew. The quality of public education today in Nigeria is lower than in the years or decades that have gone by.
Nigerians have less access to the basic social services today than in the past. The national inflation rate on goods and services is higher today than under any government of the past. The unabated official corruption, resource mismanagement, oil bunkering, tax evasion, smuggling, dubious import duty waivers and money laundering are more rampant today than anytime in the past that I have personally witnessed or known growing up in that country.
The age-long Nigerian Dream of good paying job, car and home ownership, decent living and retirement is eluding more Nigerians today than anytime in the life of that country. The only beneficiaries from the Nigeria's democracy of the last 15 years are the 17,500 (0.01% of all Nigerians) public elected and appointed state officials at all levels and their cronies who are milking the nation's resources dry in the name of democracy, public service, the privatization of those lucrative public corporations and the oil blocs #DemocracyForTheNigerianPoliticalElite
Saturday, July 26, 2014
"MY LETTER TO THE PASTORS AND IMAMS OF NIGERIA ON EBOLA"
The Ebola virus disease is real and alive just like the HIV/AIDS since it was first identified in Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976. The biggest outbreak of the Ebola virus disease since its detection almost 40 years ago is now affecting the nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in the West African subregion resulting in 759 cases and 467 deaths since March of 2014. The infection rates and the deaths from the Ebola virus disease in West Africa are as follow:Guinea has 413 cases and 303 deaths, Sierra Leone has 239 cases and 99 death, Liberia has 107 cases and 65 deaths and Nigeria has one case and one death so far.
The first case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed in Lagos on Thursday which later resulted in the death of the man from Liberia who had this disease. There is no vaccine for Ebola virus disease at the moment. The transmission of this disease is from one person to another through physical contact and the exchange of body fluids, such as, blood, sweat, saliva, mucus, tears, semen and vaginal secretion from a person with this disease to another person without this disease. The Ebola virus disease is not an air-born disease.
Since most Nigerians are either Christians or Muslims by their religious faiths and these Nigerians attend their local Churches and Mosques at least once a week. I will advice the pastors and the imams of Nigeria to share those medically proven and tested preventive measures against the Ebola virus disease with their congregations. These pastors and imams can also support the effort of the federal government of Nigeria and the local authorities by posting those important health advisory information about how to prevent Ebola virus disease on their bulletin boards, service leaflets and social media. To be foretold is to be forewarned. A stitch in time will always save nine in Nigeria. #EbolaInNigeria
The first case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed in Lagos on Thursday which later resulted in the death of the man from Liberia who had this disease. There is no vaccine for Ebola virus disease at the moment. The transmission of this disease is from one person to another through physical contact and the exchange of body fluids, such as, blood, sweat, saliva, mucus, tears, semen and vaginal secretion from a person with this disease to another person without this disease. The Ebola virus disease is not an air-born disease.
Since most Nigerians are either Christians or Muslims by their religious faiths and these Nigerians attend their local Churches and Mosques at least once a week. I will advice the pastors and the imams of Nigeria to share those medically proven and tested preventive measures against the Ebola virus disease with their congregations. These pastors and imams can also support the effort of the federal government of Nigeria and the local authorities by posting those important health advisory information about how to prevent Ebola virus disease on their bulletin boards, service leaflets and social media. To be foretold is to be forewarned. A stitch in time will always save nine in Nigeria. #EbolaInNigeria
Friday, July 25, 2014
"EBOLA IN NIGERIA:PREVENTION IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN A CURE"
Lagos is the main commercial nerve center of Nigeria and with about 22 million residents that lack access to the modern health care delivery and proper sanitation. The one suspected case of Ebola that was reported in Lagos yesterday and it is now under medical evaluation both locally and internationally is a good step in the right direction.
The medical knowledge of the Ebola which is one of the most deadly diseases in the world today is still lacking amongst the millions of Lagos residents. The traditional culture of superstition and religious belief amongst Nigerians can be the biggest barrier and the most serious obstacle to any effective fight against Ebola in Lagos in particular and in Nigeria in general.
The successive Nigerian governments did not consider HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s to be a national health disaster at that time when a handful of cases of HIV/AIDS were medically identified in Nigeria. The government was late and reluctant in educating the citizens about the health dangers of HIV infection and those effective prevention measures against HIV/AIDS infection. Most Nigerians also rejected those suggested preventive measures, such as, sexual abstinence, the use of condom, sticking to one sex partner and HIV testing due to their traditional and religious beliefs.
The effect of this development has now resulted in the biggest health care crisis in Nigeria today with hundreds of thousands of deaths resulting yearly since the 1990s and with more than 4.5 million Nigerians who are now living daily with this HIV/AIDS. The infection rate in Nigeria is now the second highest number of new infections reported each year worldwide and with an estimated 3.7 percent of the Nigerian population who are living with HIV.
I hope the government of Nigeria and Nigerians who are at the risk of this Ebola infection will not treat it carelessly this time around in the same way and manner that the HIV/AIDS was treated in the past. The primary responsibility of the government is to continue to isolate the suspected cases of Ebola nationwide, aggressively educate Nigerians about the symptoms of Ebola and the preventive measures against Ebola infection. A stitch in time will always save nine in Nigeria. #ThePreventionOfEbolaIsBetterThanItsCure
The medical knowledge of the Ebola which is one of the most deadly diseases in the world today is still lacking amongst the millions of Lagos residents. The traditional culture of superstition and religious belief amongst Nigerians can be the biggest barrier and the most serious obstacle to any effective fight against Ebola in Lagos in particular and in Nigeria in general.
The successive Nigerian governments did not consider HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s to be a national health disaster at that time when a handful of cases of HIV/AIDS were medically identified in Nigeria. The government was late and reluctant in educating the citizens about the health dangers of HIV infection and those effective prevention measures against HIV/AIDS infection. Most Nigerians also rejected those suggested preventive measures, such as, sexual abstinence, the use of condom, sticking to one sex partner and HIV testing due to their traditional and religious beliefs.
The effect of this development has now resulted in the biggest health care crisis in Nigeria today with hundreds of thousands of deaths resulting yearly since the 1990s and with more than 4.5 million Nigerians who are now living daily with this HIV/AIDS. The infection rate in Nigeria is now the second highest number of new infections reported each year worldwide and with an estimated 3.7 percent of the Nigerian population who are living with HIV.
I hope the government of Nigeria and Nigerians who are at the risk of this Ebola infection will not treat it carelessly this time around in the same way and manner that the HIV/AIDS was treated in the past. The primary responsibility of the government is to continue to isolate the suspected cases of Ebola nationwide, aggressively educate Nigerians about the symptoms of Ebola and the preventive measures against Ebola infection. A stitch in time will always save nine in Nigeria. #ThePreventionOfEbolaIsBetterThanItsCure
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
"NIGERIANS AND CAR OWNERSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY HUMAN UNIVERSE"
The Punch newspaper of Nigeria reported that about 60,000 new cars and 200,000 used cars are sold yearly in the Nigeria's automobile market in a country of 170 million consumers and the largest economy as well as the consumers' market in Africa. Let us do the simple math here:the ratio is one new car to 2,833 Nigerians and one used car to 850 Nigerians. This data above means that most Nigerians will never own a car either a new one or a used one in their lifetime. It means that most Nigerians will continue to depend totally on the public transport for life. It means that car ownership in Nigeria whether it is new or used is meant for the wealthy and the top middle class Nigerians. It means that cars in Nigeria will continue to be a sign of status quo, well-to-do, luxury and never a necessity in all reality. As long as most Nigerians live below the present poverty line, lack of economic opportunities and earn the poverty wages that are paid to most of the Nigerian workers, then, the Nigerian Dream of car ownership will continue to be a dream for many and never a reality for most Nigerians"#CarOwnershipWillContinueToEludeMostNigerians
Monday, July 21, 2014
"HOW TO ACHIEVE PERMANENT PEACE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE" - JIMMY CARTER
The answer is in a two-state solution. The former American President Jimmy Carter has already proposed this political solution in his highly controversial book he titled "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" that became the New York Times' best seller when it was published in 2006. In that book, Jimmy Carter identifies "two interrelated obstacles to permanent peace in the Middle East:(i). Some Israelis believe they havethe right to confiscate and colonize Palestinian land and try to justify the sustained subjugation and persecution of increasingly hopeless and aggravated Palestinians; and (ii) Some Palestinians react by honoring suicide bombers as martyrs to be rewarded in heaven and consider the killing of Israelis as victories.
To bring an end to what he calls "this continuing tragedy". Carter calls for a revitalization of the peace process based on the following three "key requirements":
(a). The security of Israel must be guaranteed.
(b). The internal debate within Israel must be resolved in order to define Israel's permanent legal boundary.
(c). The sovereignty of all Middle East nations and sanctity of international borders must be honored. #PermanentPeaceInTheMiddleEast
(a). The security of Israel must be guaranteed.
(b). The internal debate within Israel must be resolved in order to define Israel's permanent legal boundary.
(c). The sovereignty of all Middle East nations and sanctity of international borders must be honored. #PermanentPeaceInTheMiddleEast
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