By Kemi Akintokun
No fewer than 800 widows received N50,000 cash gift from the Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), in commemoration of the 2024 International Widows Day (IWD).
Mrs Bolaji Dada, the Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, disclosed this at a media parley organised by the ministry to mark the day.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the day is annually celebrated on June 23 across the globe to raise awareness about violation of human rights that widows suffer following the death of their spouses.
The theme of this year’s global observance is ”Widows for Peace through Democracy”.
The commissioner noted that the challenges faced by widows are enormous, adding that it could only be rectified through access to decent living and justice for the oppressed, among others.
She reiterated commitment of the Lagos State Government in advocating and protecting the rights of widows toward attaining best international human rights practices, which emphasises equality of all persons.
According to her, Lagos State as a centre of excellence, joined the developed world to make provisions for laws geared toward protecting widows from discrimination, stigmatisation and violence.
She added that “all agents of socialisation must, in fact, be effectively engaged to secure a society free from discrimination against widows.
“It is in recognition of this that WAPA has been strategic in ensuring that some of these laws that require states to educate their populace toward changing negative societal norms and cultural practices are promulgated.
“The agenda of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for social inclusion to leave no one behind has endeared him to graciously approve funds to support widows yearly with cash gifts for inclusive governance.”
Dada disclosed that widows accounted for 10 per cent of the more than 70,000 women empowered by the ministry through various skills in the state.
She explained that beneficiaries of the cash gifts were selected from various NGOs, faith-based groups, widows from Lagos State Social Register (LASSR), and vulnerable widows from the ministry’s register.
She urged individuals that maltreat and victimise widows to desist from such evil act.(NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
A cross section of residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says they can no longer fend for their families due to the rising cost of foodstuff .
The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said that eating beans and yam have become a luxury due to its high cost.
This, they said, had affected their domestic food time table, making it impossible to eat varieties.
Mrs Glory Ocholi, a mother, said that beans have become so expensive that it is difficult to buy in bulk as she usually does to help in her nutrition plan.
“Before now, I used to buy 10 mudus of white beans for between N9, 000 to N10, 000, at N900 to N950 each.
“While the red one was usually slightly above N100 or N200.
“Currently, white beans cost N2,800 while red beans are sold for N3,000 to N3,500 , yam, Irish and sweet potatoes are also very expensive, it is only the rich that can afford them.
“You cannot buy corn or sorghum, vegetables are a no-go area, so at the end of the day, our children are forced to eat whatever we can provide,’’ she said.
Ocholi said that buying foodstuff at a higher cost had forced her to take off meals like ‘akara’ and pap which used to be a Saturday morning meal in her home.
She appealed to both the government and Nigerian Food Products Suppliers and Manufacturers to find ways to address the situation.
Mr Habila Makama, said that he could no longer afford certain foods in his household due to the high prices.
“I used to compliment yam with sweet or Irish potatoes when yam is not in season but now, I cannot afford any of them.
“Sweet potatoes that used to be the cheapest are also expensive. Rice is the only available food now in spite of the cost.
“We eat it every day of the week and probably exchange it with any available swallow with the soup you can afford,’’ he said.
A NAN correspondent who visited the Dutse-Alhaji market reported that five big tubers of yam now go for a negotiable price of N12, 000 to N14, 000.
At Karu market, corn and millet which previously sold for N850 and N900, is now being sold for N1, 300 per mudu.
NAN also reports that a bag of corn which was previously sold for N40, 000 and millet for N65, 000, are now being sold for N90, 000 per bag.
One of the traders in karu market, Mallam Bashiru Ahmed, said that prices of goods fluctuate daily and could increase by 20 per cent or more, within a week.
He said that traders sometimes go to the market to buy a bag of beans for N160, 000, but end up buying for between N180, 000 or N200, 000 due to price fluctuation.
Ahmed attributed the high cost to transportation of the goods from the northern states to the distribution units or towns, where other middle men or traders go to buy from.
“The cost of transportation has contributed to the increase in cost of these foods and it has really affected our business.
“We had to increase the price of grains to meet up with the expenses in logistics, and this is making our customers complain, thereby affecting patronage,’’ he said.
He pleaded with the government to put in place measures that could salvage the cost of transportation and control market price for grains.
This, he said would stop distributors and sellers from inducing unnecessary price increase.
The panelists’ session at the Group’s event to commemorate the World Day Against Child Labour in Lagos
By Oluwatope Lawanson
The Devatop Centre for Africa Development, an anti-human trafficking and human rights organisation, has urged state governments to strengthen enforcement of laws and implementation of policies protecting children against exploitation.
The Group Project Manager, Mr Andrew Adaji, gave the advice on Thursday at the group’s commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour.
The event, which held in Ikeja, was tagged: “TALKAM Against Child Labour”.
The World Day Against Child Labour is celebrated every June 12 to raise awareness and activism against child labour.
This 2024 edition had the theme: “Let’s Act on Our Commitments: End Child Labour”.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Devatop Centre for Africa Development is focused on combating human trafficking, gender-based violence and irregular migration, as well as supporting survivors and at-risk youths.
Adaji called on governments, organisations and individuals to intensify efforts in ending child labour and ensuring children’s rights to education, health and a safe environment.
He emphasised the need for concrete actions and fulfillment of commitments toward eradicating child labour.
“Governments should enforce the Child Rights Act and provide free and quality education.
“They should support families with economic opportunities to reduce poverty which is a key driver of child labour.
“Also, there is need for sensitilisation, public awareness campaigns to educate communities about the harm of child labour,” he said.
The manager also advised parents and guardians to refrain from engaging children in harmful work or exploiting them for financial gain.
According to him, every child deserves education, protection and childhood free from exploitation.
“Parents should ensure their children attend schools regularly and complete their education.
“They should provide a safe and nurturing environment for their children to grow, he said.
Mrs Mienye Badejo, South-West Zonal Director, Ministry of Labour and Employment, in her keynote address, said that no child should be exploited in any way.
In the address titled: “Our Corporate Responsibility In Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Child Domestic Workers”, Badejo said that children should be treated as children, not as adults.
She said that eradicating child labour required collaboration of everyone.
“Let us unite in the common cause of ensuring that every child in Nigeria is afforded the opportunity to grow, dream and learn.
“They should be given the chance to contribute meaningfully to the prosperity of our great nation without the burden of exploitative child labour, ” she said.
Earlier, in her goodwill message, Mrs Comfort Agboko, Commander, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Lagos Zone, called on all stakeholders to intensify interventions against child labour.
According to her, there is a difference between child work and child labour.
She said that no child should be reduced to a slave even within the family circle.
The zonal commander said that there was need to carry out evidence-based interventions with key performance indicators that would directly impact positively on children.
An Epidemiologist, Dr Japhet Olugbogi, has warned Nigerians against using mixture of carbonated drink and seasoning cubes as prevention and treatment measures for cholera disease.
Olugbogi, former Head of NMA Lagos COVID-19 response and Medical Officer of Health at Ifelodun LCDA, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
He gave the warning in response to several social media posts touting the use of Coca-Cola and Maggi combination as a prevention and treatment for cholera.
Olugbogi said the mixture was not a medical solution, noting that toxicology tests from the combination might be harmful for the health and well-being of individuals.
“That combination I believe is more expensive than using Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS). Why would anybody want to substitute ORS for Maggi and Coca-Cola?.
“That’s alarming. ORS is a solution that’s tested, proven and trusted to treat cholera or diarrhea or gastroenteritis disease.
“If somebody has hypoglycemia (low sugar), of course, the individual can be given Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Sprite, Miranda or Fanta or any of those carbonated drinks but in measured doses.
“Combining Coca-Cola with Maggi for cholera treatment is not a medical solution,” he said.
The public health expert emphasised that cholera could be easily treated through prompt administration of ORS or preparing the salt and sugar solution to help individuals.
He recalled that during the COVID-19 and Ebola outbreak, some people promoted using salt water to bathe as a cure for the diseases, stressing that it was a hoax that caused complications and death to some individuals.
Olugbogi cautioned the public against practicing things seen online, stressing that health advisory from physicians and health regulators should be strictly adhered to, to ensure health safety.
On preventive measures against cholera, Olugbogi advised that people washed their hands with soap and running water, before and after eating, and after using the toilet.
“Washing our hands with soap and water alone is a huge step in controlling and preventing this viral outbreak.
“Apart from that, people should ensure they keep their waste safely in containers away from flies because flies pick up germs and bacteria from the waste or fecal matter and drop them when they perch on food items.
“We should also dispose of refuse properly, maintaining good hygienic practices is critical to reduce transmission of cholera,” he said.
He advised that vegetables and fruits should be washed thoroughly before consuming them and water boiled before drinking.
Olugbogi advised that proper washing of utensils such as spoons, cups, plates, glass cups, mugs, before eating with them.
“Cholera is transmitted from contaminated hand to mouth; so, if we can clean our hands, utensils and any item containing things that we put in our mouth, then we can prevent cholera from spreading,” he said.
Data from Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) show that Nigeria recorded no fewer than 1,141 suspected and 65 confirmed cases of cholera, resulting in over 30 deaths from Jan. 1 to June 11, 2024 in 30 states, NAN reports.
Lagos State on June 11, alerted residents that the state had recorded an excess report of severe gastroenteritis cases leading to 60 hospitalisations and five deaths mainly from patients presenting late with extreme dehydration.
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on June 15, disclosed that laboratory tests confirmed that the outbreak was due to cholera with the identified strain being highly aggressive and contagious, with potential for widespread transmission.
As at June 20, Lagos cholera outbreak had increased to 21 fatalities and 401 infections from multiple LGAs in the state.
Some residents of Nsukka, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have lamented the high cost of eggs, making it beyond their reach.
The residents expressed their views in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Nsukka while reacting to the present market price of a crate of egg that goes for N5,000.
Mrs Stella Nduka, a housewife said for some time now her children have not been able to eat egg because of its high cost.
“The present situation where one egg sells for N200 and a crate of egg sells at N5,000 is worrisome.
“Before, I usually used egg to cook noodles for my children but now I can’t afford it because of its high cost.
“My customer in Ogige Market Nsukka says the fault is not from the sellers as they sell according to how they buy from the poultry farms.
“My customer says presently he buys a crate at N4,500 from the poultry farms and sells a crate at N5,000,”she said.
Mr Jude Ugwuoke, who has a fast food joint at Aku Road, Nsukka decried the high cost of egg, which he said had adversely affected his business.
“Before, I used to prepare one packet of noodles with two eggs for my customers at N1,200 but because of the high cost of eggs it is now N1,500.
“I am losing many customers because my customers are complaining that the N1,500 is too much as only few now patronise me.
“Government should intervene before my business closes, by January this year, the cost of an egg crate was between N2000 and N2,200, ” he said.
Mrs Juliet Onah, who sells eggs together with other food items in Ogige market Nsukka food section, said the sellers should not be blamed on the present hike on egg price as they sell according to how they bought the commodity .
“I buy eggs from poultry farms, I bought these eggs on Tuesday this week and I bought a crate at the price of N4,500 and resold at N5,000.
“You can see my gain is only N500 in spite of the transport I paid to go buy the eggs.
“In January this year, we sold an egg crate at N2,000 while the retailers sold one egg at N100. I don’t understand the type of inflation in this country,” she said.
Mr Ernest Ugwu a poultry farmer attributed the high price of eggs to the high prices of chicken feeds.
Ugwu said that the only thing that would bring down the price of eggs was for the government to subsidise the ingredients used in producing feed.
“If a poultry farmer buys feed at a high price to grow the chickens that lay the eggs, he/she will sell the eggs to cover the production cost as well as make a little gain that will enable him/her to remain in business.
“No businessman or woman in the world will like to record losses rather than to make profit so as to remain in business, ” Ugwu said.
R-L:.Chief Babajide Awesu, President Rotary Club Ogba: Group Capt. Adebayo Eniola Bello, Representative of the Commander 661 Nigeria Air Force Hospital; Dr Eden Igbage, Consultant Pediatrician and a Staff of the Hospital
By Abiodun Azi
The Rotary Club Ogba, in partnership with Rotary Foundation, has commissioned its District’s Grant Project by donating a Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (bcPAP) system to the Pediatric Unit of Airbase Hospital, Ikeja.
The event which held on Wednesday was part of the club’s commitment to supporting humanitarian causes.
Chief Babajide Awesu, President, Rotary Club Ogba, said that the donation was a testament to the club’s dedication to supporting lives.
Awesu said that the club was proud to make a difference in the lives of others, and that the equipment would undoubtedly save many young lives.
He said this was not the first time the club had supported the hospital, having previously donated essential equipment which had been effectively utilised.
Group Capt. Adebayo Bello, representative of the Commander of the 661 Nigeria Air Force Hospital, expressed his gratitude for the donation.
He said that the bcPAP system was worth millions of naira and exactly what the pediatric unit needed at this time.
“This equipment will greatly enhance our ability to provide quality care to our young patients, and we are deeply grateful to the Rotary Club Ogba for their generosity,” Bello said.
Also, Dr Eden Igbage, a Consultant Pediatrician, expressed her joy and appreciation for the support.
Igbage said that the donation was a timely intervention for the hospital.
“We are thrilled to have partners like the Rotary Club Ogba who share our commitment to providing excellent healthcare services,” she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bcPAP system is designed to aid the respiratory system of babies, and its donation is a significant boost to the hospital’s pediatric unit.
The Rotary Club has a long history of engaging in projects that support human life, with numerous initiatives undertaken regularly in schools, villages, and hospitals to promote human development. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
Blood donation exercise at the occasion of World Blood Donor Day at LUTH on Friday in Lagos
By Lilian Okoro
A Consultant Haematologist, Prof. Adedoye Dosunmu, has canvased the need for more Nigerians to cultivate the habit of voluntary blood donation to save lives and enhance access to readily available safe blood.
Dosunmu made the call at a lecture organised by the Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) to commemorate ‘2024 World Blood Donor Day’ on Friday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Blood Donor Day is celebrated annually on June 14, to raise awareness about the need for safe blood and blood products to save lives.
The programme has the theme: Celebrating 20 Years of Giving: Thank You Blood Donors.
Dosunmu, a Guest Speaker at the event, spoke on the significance of the day, calling for more advocacy in Nigeria as most people doid not understand the need for regular blood donation.
According to him, there is an urgent need to orientate Nigerians on the importance of blood donation, especially as voluntary givers, as it saves more lives if blood can easily be accessed by the health institution and patients when needed.
Highlighting the benefits of voluntary blood donation, Dosunmu said that it reduced the risk of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, stroke, depression and elongates life.
The haematologist explained that regular blood donors had the opportunity of having regular medical checkup, which predisposed the individual to a healthier lifestyle.
He said that an individual could donate blood in three months intervals, which translated to donating blood up to three or four times per year.
“The World Health Organisation explains that blood is an important resource, both for planned treatment and urgent interventions.
“Blood can help patients suffering from life-threatening conditions live longer and with a higher quality of life and supports complex medical and surgical procedures.
“It is also vital for treating the wounded during emergencies of all kinds (natural disasters, accidents, armed conflicts, etc.) and has an essential, life-saving role in maternal and perinatal care.
“Hence, the need for more people to voluntarily donate blood to not only save lives but also help to enhance access to safe and readily available blood,” he said.
Prof. Titi Adeyemo, a Consultant Haematologist from the Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, LUTH, said that regular blood donors stood the chance of living five years extra than people who were not regular blood donor.
Adeyemo explained that blood donation kept the bone marrow active, which in turn kept the individual younger.
She decried that Nigeria still heavily relied on family replacement donor, where relatives were forced to donate blood.
Adeyemo, therefore, urged people not to wait for an emergency before they start donating blood.
“So, what we have decided to do this year is to also invite secondary school students so that we start identifying and building them young to be regular future blood donors.
“As soon as they are 18 years of age, let them register with any nearby blood transfusion service and start maintaining healthy lifestyles, be committed to regular blood donation and be saving lives.
“It is very safe for people between 18 and 65 years of age to donate blood three or four times a year.
“Blood donation keeps the bone marrow active and once the bone marrow is active, it keeps the individual younger.
“And some evidence have shown that regular blood donors live five years extra than people who were not regular blood donor; because their bone marrow is continually renewed,” she said.
The Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, said the day aimed to sensitise people on the importance of having safe blood and blood products in the blood bank to assist health institutions save lives.
Represented by the Deputy Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, LUTH, Dr Babawale Bello, Adeyemo said the hospital partnered with a lot of organisations, communities and the society at large to encourage voluntary blood donation.
According to him, for every blood donated, a life would have been saved and blood donation creates room for an individual to be tested for physical fitness.
A regular Blood Donor, Mr Olumide Omoge, said it gave him joy to save lives through blood donation.
According to him, donating blood keeps me fit and my body becomes rejuvenated.
NAN reports that secondary school students from different schools across Lagos State were present at the lecture.
(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
Some participants at facility tour of Coleman Wires and Cables on Friday in Ogun
By Rukayat Moisemhe
The Minister of Power, Adedayo Adelabu, says the ministry is working on new local content legislation aimed at supporting indigenous manufacturers within the power sector ecosystem.
Adelabu made this known during a facility tour of Coleman Wires and Cables on Friday in Arepo area, Ogun.
He said the tour was for the Federal Government to better understand the capacities of stakeholders across the power value chain and support the patronage and sustainability of the sector.
The minister stated the government’s readiness to improve and develop local content manufacturing to drive import substitution, make them champions and engender global competitiveness.
“It is important to commend the resilience and capabilities of manufacturers in the country.
“The magnitude of import dependence is huge and those that have supported government’s efforts at import substitution must be acknowledged.
“Government’s ultimate target is 100 per cent import substitution to drive productive manufacturing, reduce pressure on foreign exchange and make Naira stronger.
“What coleman is doing is in line with the objectives of the Federal Government on manufacturing and ending the importation cycle and we are ready to support such activities,” he said.
In his remarks, Managing Director, Coleman Wires and Cables, Mr George Onafowokan, said that with the right support and incentives for local content utilisation, Nigeria would be well positioned as a processing country, creating more jobs and being sustainable.
Onafowokan noted that the company had proven that Made in Nigerian goods and services could cater to local and export needs and match up to international standards and global competition.
Coleman Technical Industries Ltd., manufacturers of Coleman Wires and Cables, largest cable company in sub-Saharan Africa.
He, however, stressed the need for the federal government to localise solutions to power transmission by developing the capacities of indigenous manufacturers and creating a more enabling incentivised business environment.
“In the drive for solutions to power transmission in the country, there must be a move that is seen from a local perspective, deliberately pushing for local industries to grow.
“Nigeria can be a processing country with the volumes of population we have, but it is important to have that much needed balance between fiscal and monetary policies to address foreign exchange volatility and create an enabling environment.
“Enablers for transition to a processing country must allow import of raw materials easily and export of finished products easily and focus on value addition for every sector to grow.
“We must also push domestic direct investment, incentivise them and address counterfeiting to drive Nigeria’s non-oil exports.
“At Coleman, we are working with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to drive the identification process on each product to address counterfeiting,” he said.
To address the skill gaps observed in technical manufacturing, Onafowokan called for a review of the tertiary institution curriculum to accommodate intense practicality on automation and machinery engineering to enhance production.
Some members of the Youth Wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide during an interactive session with newsmen on Friday in Awka
By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu
The Youth Wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has lauded the Senate for ensuring that the Bill seeking to establish ranches at herders’ states scaled the second reading.
Mr Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, the Acting National Youth Leader of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, made the commendation during an interactive session with newsmen in Awka on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the bill was sponsored by Sen. Titus Zam (APC- Benue North-West Senatorial District).
It passed through the second reading on Wednesday.
It is entitled: “A Bill to Establish a National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission for the Regulation, Management, Preservation and Control of Ranches Throughout Nigeria; and for Connected Purposes, 2024”.
Okpalaezeukwu said that the bill would serve as an antidote for the perennial clashes between farmers and nomadic herders.
He described farmer-herder clashes as a recurring crisis that had claimed lives and property and affected the country’s economy.
According to him, the establishment of ranches will control and manage the incessant and unnecessary crisis.
“The basic responsibility of any government is to protect the lives and property of its citizens and open grazing is detrimental to it.
“Rearing of cattle is not an ethnic phenomenon, it has become a matter of national security and not something to be sentimental about.
“There are many countries that produce more cattle and do other dairy businesses than Nigeria but do not encounter such crisis, and that is because they do not engage in open grazing.
“We urge Nigerians to consider ranching as a viable option at this critical time,” Okpalaezeukwu said.
Dignitaries at the 2024 Administrative Professionals’ Day at Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday
Lilian U. Okoro
A Professor of Human Resources Management, Foluso Jayeoba, has urged administrative professionals to focus on cooperation and collaboration rather than competition to enhance their productivity and service delivery.
Jayeoba of the Department of Industrial Relations and Human Resources, Lagos State University, Ojo, gave the advice at a lecture organised by the Administrative Department, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, on Wednesday in Lagos.
The lecture was organised to mark the ‘2024 Administrative Professionals’ Day’.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the programme is: “System Thinking for Effective Organisational Performance”.
Jayeoba, also the keynote speaker at the programme, said that administrative professionals should work together to be able to deliver largely toward achieving the goal of the organisation.
According to him, more achievements will be made when work are done collectively rather than individuals, stressing that workers should focus on system thinking by working toward the overall goals and objectives of their organisations.
He explained that every part of the organisation was as important as the other, saying it was important to understand the need for interaction between all the parts of an organisation if the set goals would be actualised.
He identified the benefits of system thinking to include enhanced productivity, improved decision making and enhanced problem solving, amongst others.
“The perception of system thinking as implied in the theme, entails that people should work together to deliver effectively to the clients and equally meet the purpose of the organisation.
“No individual is bigger than the organization. So, if the workers cooperate and collaborate, there will be room for increased productivity.
“If workers should have that perception of system thinking, works become easy and people will have the right attitude toward work and there won’t be competition but rather cooperation,” Jayeoba said.
Prof. Akin Osibogun of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, said that the roles of administrators were critical to the implementation of policies and overall management of an organisation.
Osibogun, also Chairman of the programme, said that administrators were the custodian of rules and regulations of an organisation, saying that without them, effective management in an organisation might be jeopardised.
“Administration department is the pillar of an organisation. I am excited that administrative professionals of the hospital are developing this skill.
“Be mindful that it’s a journey that requires continuous development through skills acquisitions, trainings and learning. There are bound to be challenges on the way but I pay that God will see you through,” Osibogun said.
The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Olugbenga Owoeye, urged the administrative professionals to continually develop and update themselves with the new developments in the profession for effective performance.
According to him, the administrative professionals should be more devoted to their jobs, while upholding the ethics of the profession.
Owoeye, who congratulated the administrative professionals for their self-developments and organising the programme, said it was a wake-up call for other various departments in the hospital.
“Personal development is key; ensure you continually update and develop yourselves with the developments in the profession as well as the ethics.
“I congratulate the administrative department for coming up to develop themselves and organise this programme.
“It is like encouraging other various departments in the hospital to follow suit,” Owoeye said.
Earlier, the Director of Administration of the hospital, Dr Adeyinka Antwi, called on administrative professionals to develop work culture/ethics to enhance their performance and productivity.
Antwi said that workers’ attitude to work needed to improve in terms of the hour, way and methods devoted to the work so that the productivity would improve.
According to him, workers’ inputs must be equal to the outputs but some workers wanted to be paid even without doing work.
“Basically, work ethics and culture need to improve; the way we do our work, the hours we give to the work, must improve so that our performance can also improve.
“So that at the end of it all, you can now boldly make a demand for your organisation to compensate you accordingly.
“Unfortunately, some people want to be paid even when they did not work.
“As a nation, the first thing to do is to ensure we have a good work culture so that we raise the productivity level of the country.
“And as we raise the productivity and we are well; then we can tell the government to give us more for what we are doing and also bring to task those in governance if they are not doing what we expect them to do,” Antwi said.
Edited by Adeleye Ajayi
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