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  • Why defectors must follow SDP ideology, by Adewole

    Why defectors must follow SDP ideology, by Adewole

    The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has urged new defectors to strictly adhere to the party’s ideology and abandon the practices from their former political platforms.

    Speaking on a national television programme on Monday, Adebayo said all 36 state structures and Abuja chapters have been instructed to educate new members, regardless of their status, about the party’s core values.

    “We welcome new members, but we make it clear: no money politics, no fake structures, no ethnic politics,” he said. “This party is based on integrity, and we will not allow old bad habits to creep in.”

    He emphasised that SDP aims to transform new entrants rather than be changed by them, warning defectors not to impose external arrangements or expect rewards for past political deals.

    On the current administration’s policies, Adebayo reiterated SDP’s strong opposition, stressing that the party offers alternative solutions rather than seeking political appointments or alliances.

    “It is known that we are opposed to President Tinubu vehemently on policy, we do not have a history with him, we have no understanding with him. When they won the election and they were offering us positions, we did not accept, we did not dramatize it, we just told them sorry keep your position to yourself, run your government, we will be here offering alternative policies.

    “The same thing with the coalition, we are talking with the people. What we are saying is if you plan something out there on how to wrest power, don’t come to us. If you want to wrest power for the benefit of the people, you can start talking to us about what you are going to do differently.

    “Start talking to us about how you are going to show the people that you are repentant and you are accountable for your past actions, past words, past mistakes, past misgovernance.

    “Once you do all of that, you can then join our party, grow in the structure, and when we see that you have behaved very well, maybe not in this election, maybe in future elections, we will start to feature you”, Adewole explained.

  • Ex-Minister Adewole, 14 others named panel members to battle cervical cancer

    Ex-Minister Adewole, 14 others named panel members to battle cervical cancer

    The Federal Government has constituted a 15-member National Task Force Committee for Cervical Cancer Elimination (NTF-CCE).

    The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa, constituted the task force committee yesterday in Abuja.

    A former Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, is chairing the committee and is to be assisted by globally renowned cancer advocates, Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu (Vice Chairman), and Prof. Sani Malami (Secretary).

    Other members include Usman Waziri Mohammed, Yinka Olaniyan, Prof. Okechukwu Ikpeze, Modupe Elebute-Odunsi, Lolade Adeyemi, Prof. Mukhtar Gadanya, Prof. Imran-Morhasson-Bello, Rakiya Saidu, Nwamaka Lasebikan, Prof. Ima-Obong Ekanem, Mrs. Moji Makanjuola, and Garba Bakunawa.

    Alausa said the task force committee is mandated to provide expert guidance, mobilising resources and leading a comprehensive national effort to drastically reduce the burden of cervical cancer in Nigeria.

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    The minister said the formation of the committee aligns with the National Strategic Plan for Control of Cervical Cancer 2023-2027, adding that it is strategic to achieving the ambitious target of screening 50 per cent of eligible women, at least once in their lifetime, and treating 100 per cent of precancerous lesions detected by 2027.

    He said the committee’s terms of reference include mobilising potential stakeholders and partners and gaining their buy-in to support the nationwide campaign for the screening and treatment of cervical cancer.

    According to him, the committee will also establish a “basket-fund” to pool and administer funds, donations and grants secured from the government, the private sector, philanthropic organisations, development partners and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for effective implementation of the programme.

  • On Professor Isaac Adewole’s 70th birth anniversary!

    On Professor Isaac Adewole’s 70th birth anniversary!

    Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole, obstetrician, gynaecologist, academic, administrator and former Minister of Health, is 70 years old. So, congratulations to the Ilesa, Osun State-born role model for the youths who rose to become the 11th substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan.

    Longevity is the currency of life! Biblical researchers have confirmed that Psalm 90:10, which puts seventy years as the ‘benchmark’ of human life, was a Psalm written by Prophet Moses, who was recorded to have died at 120 years. By interpretation, therefore, God’s own words remain 120 years!

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    Genesis 6:3 but divided into three parts for Moses: 40 years in Egypt; 40 years in Midian; and 40 years to fulfill his mission as the messiah to the Nation of Israel. As we can therefore see, Adewole is just in the middle space of life, stepping into the last decade of the second part of life! After all, Moses began his real destiny fulfillment at 80!

    Now that the once-little bird is now an eagle soaring, may the Stone of Israel grant Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole the uncommon grace of perfect fulfillment in the last lap of life’s purposes!

    May the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, grant us peace in Nigeria!

  • Bagudu, Adewole seek early detection of cancer

    Regular screening will help detect and prevent deaths from cancer, founder of Medicaid Cancer Foundation and wife of Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, has said.

    Mrs. Bagudu noted that cancer is preventable, if detected early.

    She gave the advice during the World Cancer Day celebration organised by the foundation in Abuja.

    Health Minister, Prof Isaac Adewole, Women Affairs Minister, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, and Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, led other participants in lightening up the Abuja city gate in orange and blue to create awareness about the disease.

    Mrs Bagudu, who was appointed into the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) last year, said there were late detection cases as well as poor screening in the country.

    “We detect it in stage three and four as opposed to industrialised countries where detection is as early as stage one and two. So, when we pick it early, it makes sense that the treatment will be easier and more successful,” she said.

    The foundation presented a cheque of N10 million to 10 cancer survivors. Bagudu said there were  investments  in cancer advocacy, adding that the country has moved to a stage where awareness is so great that there is increased clamour for the inclusion of the disease in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

    Adewole said it was important for Nigerians to note that cancer was not a death sentence, saying: “40 per cent of cancers could be prevented; 40 per cent could be detected early and cured; while 20 per cent would require palliative care. However, the challenge in Nigeria is that 80 per cent of cancer cases are diagnosed late, thus 80 per cent of sufferers die within five years,”

    The minister added that two  linear radiotherapy machines had been installed at the National Hospital, Abuja, adding that they  cater for at least 200 people daily.

    He said bunkers and brachytherapy machines were also installed at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), University Teaching Hospital Benin (UNBTH) as well as the teaching hospitals in Sokoto, Ibadan and Ilorin, among others.

     

     

  • FG commissions erosion control, water projects in Adamawa

    The Federal Government has commissioned N431m erosion control projects in Ganye and Jada local government areas of Adamawa State.

    The projects, executed through the Ecological Fund Office (EFO) were part of the 27 ecological interventions contracts approved by President Muhammadu Buhari to salvage ecological challenges in different parts of the country.

    Speaking at the commissioning, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, identified significance of the intervention to improving livelihood of the rural dwellers especially farmers and other small business holders in the host communities.

    The project cost was estimated at N431, 538, 058.23.

    The minister said the erosion control project in Ganye LGA and the reconstruction of Jada Water Works System projects were approved in the second quarter of 2017.

    Adewole also commissioned the Ganye-Yelwa Erosion Control project and 11 kilometres road project in the state.

    He said the project would address the devastating effects of erosion, flood and water supply challenges in the communities.

     

  • Oyetola will build on Aregbesola’s legacies, says Adewole

    The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has assured residents of Osun State the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the September 22 governorship election, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, will consolidate on the legacies of outgoing Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

    Adewole spoke during a visit to the Ilerioluwa office of the Gboyega Oyetola Campaign Organisation in Osogbo, the capital.

    He said: “Over time, I have convinced myself that we need someone who can build on the infrastructure Aregbesola has put in place, someone who can continue with good speed and in the right direction. I’m happy the larger percentage of APC members found you worthy. I have no doubt in my mind that you will perform excellently well on assumption of office, by the special grace of God.”

    On the outcome of the party’s primary, he said: “In this contest, there’s no winner, there’s no vanquished. I am happy you have kick-started the process of reconciliation, which is a good attribute of sportsmanship.

    “The presence of other aspirants, like Dr. Ismail Saka-Layonu and Chief Olugboyega Alabi, in your office today is a testament to your humility. We must all work together to win the coming election.”

    Pledging his loyalty to the party and its candidate, the minister said he would support the project.

    He said: “While I will use this medium to thank Mr. Governor, our party chairman and the leaders of the party across the state for the steadfastness in steering the ship of the state, I charge us all to deliver Osun not only to ourselves but deliver it in September 2018 and in the 2019 general elections.”

  • Adewole and Buhari’s health status controversy

    IN two separate interviews, Health minister, Isaac Adewole, a professor of medicine, insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari had the right both to seek medical care abroad and to decline to disclose the nature of his ailment. The minister argued that if the president sought help abroad, it was probably because Nigeria had unfortunately been unable to manage information with the discreteness and circumspection that would not further jeopardise a patient’s health. He added that seeking medical care abroad did not imply that the president had lost faith in Nigeria’s healthcare system.

    Of course, in the face of death or severe incapacitation, a man would demonstrate excessive fortitude not to seek help wherever it can be found. But, contrary to what the minister said, President Buhari is not just a man, any man. He is president, elected into office, and sustained by tax payers’ money. As a public officer, he owes those who elected him into office, and the rest of the country as a whole, full disclosure concerning the ailment afflicting and probably debilitating him. No matter the severity or mildness of the affliction, the president ought to commonsensically disclose the nature of the health crisis he is contending with.

    Prof Adewole is wrong to dismiss Nigerians as incompetent in managing information. On the contrary, it is the government that has proved spectacularly incompetent in managing information. Had the government fully and timeously disclosed the nature of the president’s health problem, there would be no reason to mismanage the information or engage in wild speculation about it. Furthermore, contrary to what the minister said, the president’s foreign medical trip is undoubtedly an indication that he thinks Nigerian hospitals are incapable of handling his ailment, whether it has to do with personnel or equipment.

    The president is about to embark on another round of political campaigns. Regardless of the arduousness of the campaigns, he is now even more unlikely to want to disclose his ailment. This attitude is an indication of his own and his aides’ understanding of democracy. As far as he is concerned, he is recuperating very well, and that is all that matters. That is all the information he believes Nigerians should be entitled to, sadly.

  • JOHESU had no agreement with FG – Adewole

    The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Wednesday disclosed that the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) had no agreement with the Federal Government to warrant the current strike action.

    According to him, the federal government had already constituted a high level body to look into all aspects of JOHESU demand including the financial implications.

    He briefed State House correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    He said: “But let me also put it on record that when we came on board, JOHESU approached us that they have an agreement with government but we discovered that there was really no agreement with government.

    “What they were able to provide were minutes of meetings held previously and we told them that no responsible government will implement minutes of previous meetings and of the 15 points demands, we have met 14 of them over the one and half years.”

    According to him, the high level body, which met last week, is expected to meet again on Wednesday night.

     

  • Adewole praises Shell for donating cancer treatment machine

    Adewole praises Shell for donating cancer treatment machine

    Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has praised oil giant Shell Petroleum Development Company for donating a radiotherapy machine for cancer treatment to the National Hospital, Abuja.

    He spoke while inspecting the Elekta machine for Linear Accelerator (LINAC), made up of several components, would be put to use in June.

    Adewole said the Abuja Radiotherapy Centre would be running on two linear accelerators.

    He said: “The beauty of having two machines is that if one packs up, the second one will be in use for the benefit of cancer patients.’’

    Adewole the machine will contribute immensely to the fight against cancer.

    He called on other multi-national organisations, individuals and groups to emulate Shell.

    He reiterated Federal Government’s commitment to the reduction of cancer, which is being demonstrated by the phased installation of one cancer treatment machine in each of the six geo-political zones and two in Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    The National Hospital, Abuja, Chief Medical Director, Dr. Jeff Momoh, noted that the second machine would assist in providing  standard cancer treatment to patients in Nigeria and other African countries, thereby reducing cancer burden in the continent.

    The representative of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Dr. Akinwumi Fajola, said the donation the machine was one of the company’s way of giving back to the society.

  • We are tracking Lassa fever, three others – Adewole

    We are tracking Lassa fever, three others – Adewole

    The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has submitted the weekly report of the State of the Nation’s Public Health to the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

    He told statehouse correspondents at the end of the weekly FEC meeting in Abuja that the ministry was tracking four major diseases out breaks in the country.

    He said: “Council received the weekly report on the state of public health in Nigeria and we did inform Council about four major outbreaks that we are currently tracking.

    “One is Lassa fever and we are quite happy that there is a major decline in a number of reported cases. We have also not reported any deaths in the last two weeks but we still have two cases reported from Edo last week.

    “We still have cholera in some parts of the country, particularly in Kano, Kebbi, Borno and Zamfara but the outbreak in Borno State is the most significant of all of them.

    “So far since the outbreak started we have recorded 2,719 suspected cases of cholera and we reported 51 deaths in total.

    “We have started cholera vaccination in Borno State as a way of stemming the tide.’’

    Adewole added that the ministry informed FEC about one reported case of yellow fever in Kwara, adding that public health and surveillance officers were deployed to the state to access the situation with a view to commencing immunisation.

    He said the immunization would be in two local government areas, one each in Kwara and Kogi.

    The minister expressed delight that the country had not reported any case of polio since the last reported case in August.

    He commended the field officers and the armed forces helping in the containment of the disease in Borno by vaccinating the children in the difficult and security-challenged areas.