COVID-19 IN NIGERIA: WE SAY NO TO CHINA INTERVENTION

Can the world ever trust China again? Would Nigeria romance with the prime suspect of the current global crisis (COVID-19)? How can we? In 2012 China handed over a fully funded and built headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to the African Union (AU). A great gesture of friendship and solidarity, perhaps. But not long after, it was alleged to have been bugged, leaking vital, confidential information of the Union to China in faraway Shanghai! True or false, the Union had to change its computer servers to check the alleged mischief. But issues of health are different. Misfiring means losing a life, or even lives. On a national scale, that can amount to thousands. Painful loss. Avoidable loss. The authorities must tread with caution here. Face masks, test kits, ventilators, vaccine and doctors - all from or of China. Hmmmm, caution we must exercise. Until now we have been using our indigenous doctors, and they have been doing well. WHY CHANGE THE WINNING TEAM? Please let us DISCARD this idea of Chinese intervention. WE DON'T NEED IT. Let us stay safe Stay indigenous. Stay Nigerian We shall overcome

Tuesday 18 March 2014

Obasanjo Laments Infrastructure Deficit In Africa


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, lamented the level of infrastructural decay in many African countries.

Obasanjo however advocated a policy-change towards addressing the problem.
The former president spoke at the third International Conference on Infrastructure Development in Africa with the theme,  “Environmental Sustainability, Safety and Health in Infrastructure Development in Africa’ organised by the Bells University of Technology which has the theme.
The three-day conference is being conducted in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
Obasanjo, who was the chairman of the occasion, said time had come  for African countries to develop critical infrastructure to overcome environmental challenges.
He argued that efforts at socio-economic development, growth and progress would amount to nought if there was no adequate infrastructural base.
“The challenges of human insecurity stare us in the face not only in Nigeria but across the continent. These include, amongst others, food and nutrition, healthcare, power, transportation and housing.It is glaring that there is need for a change in policies and technique of actualization to achieve excellence,” the former president said.
Obasanjo therefore enjoined participants at the conference to break new grounds in infrastructure development in the African continent.
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