ICPC Tasks Lawyers On Proper Direction Of Clients
Medical practitioners have identified insecurity, poor working conditions, infrastructure decay and others as remote causes of medical brain drain and in Nigeria.
The minister of state for health, Hon. Joseph
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has directed the deployment of at least one trained safety officer per unit to mitigate the dangers of poor safety management.
The CAS gave the order at the “NAF Safety Review Board” (SRB) meeting in Lagos with him as the chairman.
The director of public
Ekumankam, said medical brain drain was a source of concern for the federal government, saying the government welcomes suggestions from experts.
Ekumankam stated this at the 30th Scientific conference and annual general meeting of the Nigerian Society of relations and information, Air Cdre Edward Gabkwet, in a statement, said the meeting was usually held primarily to review safety issues in the NAF with the aim of appraising the progress made so far in furtherance of efforts to enhance safety practices.
Declaring the meeting open, Air Marshal Amao said because safety was at the core of NAF’s daily routines, the
Anaesthesistists in Abuja with the theme “Technology for the Advancement of Anaesthesia.”
Major General Obashina Ogunbiyi (rtd), who is a medical doctor, in his lecture titled: “The turning point: the nexus between Anesthesia workforce and research in Nigeria' at the 4th Prof. Christopher Famewo
Service remained committed to developing, implementing and reviewing policies to ensure that NAF activities were conducted with utmost safety in an optimally safe environment.
He reiterated the importance of the SRB, which is to guide the NAF in appropriately allocating resources to support all safety systems and build organisational culture that fosters safe practices. memorial lecture said brain drain in the health sector reached an alarming rate globally particularly the SubSaharan African region.
He said following the ' japa' syndrome only 4.7 percent of specialists were available to carter for the millions of people.
Air Marshal Amao added that the meeting was expected to provide an avenue to examine prevalent and evolving safety challenges to enable the NAF adopt safety processes to uphold high safety standards in all its activities.
"Above all, the CAS noted, the meeting was expected to enable members proffer realistic and lasting solutions to NAF safety related issues in operations,
Ogunbiyi recalled that over 9,000 Doctors moved to the UK,US and Canada between 2016-2018.
He blamed insecurity and poor working conditions for the menace and called on the government to improve welfare and working conditions of doctors. maintenance, health environmental practices.
"Air Marshal Amao also stated that beyond the discussions dwelling on safety in air operations, the year 2022 safety meeting must also deliberate on health and environmental safety measures and strategies, bearing in mind the consequences of neglecting the working and living environments as well as poor personal health management. and
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, has said that the wrong trajectory being observed in the legal profession in the country can be corrected if lawyers provide leadership and direction to members of the public who engage their services.
Owasanoye stated this while hosting members of the new national executive committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) who were at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Owasanoye, who decried the alarming rate of how some lawyers undermine the profession, cited examples of lawyers who enmeshed themselves in questionable acts that have overtly rubbed off on the legal profession in the country.
He said, "Many who claimed to be lawyers are not living up to the name and they embarrass all of us. Many of them undermine the integrity of the profession by betraying the very essence of our training. How do you explain why a lawyer would put forward or try to defend an illegal contract? We have seen an agreement prepared by a lawyer for people to engage in illegal transaction. While the agreement was violated, a lawyer who we believe should know better wrote to ICPC to intervene. We all know it is wrong for someone to pay to get a job in public service and here we are seeing a lawyer drafting an agreement for the parties involved.”
The ICPC chairman added that the unprofessional conduct of some lawyers were reason why the perception of the legal body was low in the country just as he warned that Nigeria was at risk of being grey-listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
“You may be aware that there is a mutual evaluation on the country by the Financial Action Task Force and Nigeria is currently at the risk of being grey-listed. One of the reasons for that is because the legal profession has been seen to be resistant to the anti-money laundering and financing autonomy requirements. This may lead to the grey-listing of Nigeria by FATF in February next year. The implication of the grey-listing is that Nigeria’s economy is running on loans and when you are grey-listed, you will have to borrow at a premium. If you neighbour borrows at four per cent, you will have to borrow at 12 to 25 per cent," the ICPC boss stated."