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  • Amosun suspends council chair for dirty environment

    Amosun suspends council chair for dirty environment

    Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has suspended the Chairman of Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area, Bashiru Oladele Adeniji, for three weeks, over dirty environment in the council.

    It was learnt the governor suspended Adeniji yesterday on Ilo-Awela Road when he was travelling to Ipokia.

    A source said the governor and his convoy was on Ilo-Awela road enroute Ipokia, came across several vehicles driving against traffic and accosted one of them in a Sienna vehicle.

    Amosun, who is known for adherence to traffic rules and clean environment, alighted from his vehicle and interrogated the driver, who reportedly said it was because of the dirty environment in the area.

    The source added: “The driver of the Sienna car told the governor that he deliberately took one way because of the dirty environment, which he said he disliked.

    “The driver showed the governor piles of refuse on different parts of the road, which a rain flood reportedly caused and which he called an eye sore.”

    Amosun was said to have handed over the erring driver to the State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) for disciplinary action.

    The governor reportedly held the council chairman responsible for the dirty environment.

    It was learnt street hawkers almost took over everywhere, creating hectic traffic.

    At Ado-Odo/Ota council cleaning in and out of their offices.

    The Ilo-Awela road was filled with sanitary inspection workers on either side of the road down to the Toll gate.

  • Niger governor decries dirty hospitals

    Niger governor decries dirty hospitals

    Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has decried the unhygienic state of some hospitals.

    The governor spoke when he paid an unscheduled visit to Shehu Shagari Hospital, Nasko, where he was greeted with an unkept environment.

    He said: “I am disappointed with the level of hygiene in this hospital. If the consulting room is this bad, I do not want to go round the hospital because I do not want to see more frustrating things.

    “If a doctor’s consulting room can be left unkempt, with cobwebs and dirty toilet, I wonder how the entire hospital will look like. I am disappointed with what I am seeing now. Only God knows how the wards will look like.

    “If this hospital belongs to any of the doctors, will they allow it be in this unkempt state?

    “It is high time public servants know that the system of governance has changed. There is no room for indolence. This administration has zero tolerance for indolent workers”.

    The governor then directed the Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr. Mustapha Jibril, to look into the hospital to ensure proper maintenance of the facility.

    Bello also hinted that his administration has no plan to shut down the School of Nursing in Bida. He was shocked at the rumours alleging that the government intends to close down the school to establish a similar one in Kontagora.

    “Nobody can close the School of Nursing, Bida; only God can. The schools in Bida and Minna are not enough. We should have more schools to produce more nurses and midwives for our hospitals.

    “How can one contemplate closing the school when we are short of nurses? We should be careful with the messages we send or spread. Those spreading this rumour are not lovers of the state,” Bello added.

    He promised that his administration will rehabilitate the school, noting that the delay was due to some technicalities which will be resolved soon.

  • Houses get notices for dirty environment

    Houses get notices for dirty environment

    Residents of Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State have been enjoined to take the monthly environmental sanitation seriously or face sanctions.

    The council’s Executive Secretary, Adekunle Adeokun, who gave the advice, ordered that all houses on Alhaja Kofoworola Crescent except House 40, be served notices for not cleaning their surroundings.

    He spoke during an unscheduled visit to Kofoworola, Modupe, Olu-Akerele and Regina Coker Streets, and Alhaja Kofoworola Crescent during Saturday’s environmental sanitation.

    Adeokun, who led the council’s officials on the inspection condemned the blocked, dirty drainages and environment, and vowed to punish defaulters.

    “I am not too pleased that on Alhaja Kofoworola Crescent; only House 40 complied with the sanitation. Others chose to do nothing. It is quite unfortunate that this is happening in one of the reserved areas in our council, where the elites reside. Look at the drainages and see grasses beside their houses. It is shameful that some people are living here and they can’t observe simple hygiene.

    “We have taken a decision that all the houses, except House 40, be served notices to come to the council. We are going to impose sanctions on them.

    “When we see them, at the first instance, we will ask them to go and comply within seven days. But if they fail to do so, then, appropriate action will be taken.

    During the tour The Nation observed that there are illegal structures and shanties on Modupe Street; some buildings are also sinking.

    The drainages, are also blocked, leaving the streets flooded whenever it rains.

    The team also visited the new Alade Market site were shops have been built for the relocation of 500 traders.

    Adeokun, who hinted that the project will be commissioned by the end of this month, said there were 300 lock up shops and 200 KAA clamps.

    “We are relocating about 500 traders from Alade Market to the new site. We are targeting May ending for the commissioning. This new site has three access roads to avoid causing traffic and inconveniencing residents.

    “More than 400 traders have complied by paying the necessary fees. For the lock up shops, allocation fee is N150,000 while the fee for allocating the KAA clamp is N50,000 and over 400 traders have complied. We are not going to encourage the use of ‘I pass my neighbour generators’ here. So, the facility will include a 360KVA generator which will be maintained and fuelled by the council,” he said.

  • ACN, group accuse Ladoja of playing dirty politics

    ACN, group accuse Ladoja of playing dirty politics

    The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Oyo State yesterday said the inaction of some former governors gave Oyo the image of the dirtiest state in Nigeria.

    It accused former Governor Rashidi Ladoja of playing “dirty politics” with the urban renewal programme of the Governor Abiola Ajimobi administration.

    Ladoja had accused the government of insensitivity in the demolition of shops, adding that it should have provided alternative markets before the demolition.

    In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Dauda Kolawole, ACN condemned Ladoja’s criticism.

    It said: “The example of the Bola Ige administration given by Ladoja was self-serving and inappropriate because the late Cicero relocated an entire market to Gbagi.

    “What the Ajimobi admiinistration is combating is street trading and erection of shops by the roadside, which have had grievous effects on our people. Often times, vehicles veer off and kill them. The shops are often built on drains and canals and these lead to flood.

    “If Ladoja is comfortable with our people trading under the Molete Bridge with its attendant dangers to their lives, we are not. Ajimobi moved them to the Scout Camp where about 2,000 decent markets are available for them. Those trading by the roadside in Challenge, Oke Ado, Bode and Idi Arere also benefited from the Scout Camp market.

    “Ajimobo has provided an auto mart at NITEL in Molete for those selling cars indiscriminately at Oke Ado. For those displaced at Gate, Loyola, Sawmill, Onipepeye and Iwo Road, he provided a market on the NITEL/Old Ife road. He provided the Plank Market at Ajoda for those relocated from the Saw Mill area.

    “For those formerly at Sango/UI, Oremeji, Poly Road, the Trade Fair Complex was provided to take care of them. For those at Agbeni/Ogunpa, Labaowo and Akilapa, the government has provided the Olorunsogo (SAWIA) alternative.

    “We challenge Ladoja to name the market he built during his inglorious term. What alternative did he provide for the church and construction company he demolished on Ring Road?

    “What alternative did he provide when he demolished shops at Orita Aperin-Adesola, Orita Aperin-Elekuro, Orita Aperin-Adekile and Academy Under-Bridge?

    “Oyo State has gone beyond the dirty politics that threw up Ladoja and his cohorts. Our people remember his administration as laid-back with zero initiative.”

    Also yesterday, a group, the Asiwaju Grassroots Foundation (AGF), condemned Ladoja’s “statement” that the Ajimobi administration should not attempt to rig the forthcoming council election.

    AGF Coordinator Alhaji Bello Folawiyo said the statement should not have come from a man whose party (Accord) enjoys “largesse” from the Ajimobi administration.

    He wondered why somebody the governor holds in high esteem would utter such “a reckless statement”, which he said is capable of disturbing the peace in the state.

    Folawiyo urged Ladoja to desist from “cheap blackmail” and face the numerous challenges facing him and his party.

     

  • I’m a young girl having a serious virginal odour but I am not the dirty type

    Sis Adeola, please I really need your help….its personal. I am a young girl having a serious virginal odour which just started a month ago. I am not the dirty type so I wonder what could be the cause; maybe it’s an infection but it’s getting out of hand so much that even when I’m in class I perceive it. Just want you to help me find out what is happening through your experience and a possible treatment.

     

    Vaginal Odor: Causes and Treatment

    Vaginal odor can be a very embarrassing problem. Even if your sexual partner doesn’t notice it, a fishy or unusual vaginal odor can make you feel very self conscious about yourself. What are the possible causes of vaginal odor? What are some of the ways to treat it? When should you worry? Here are some of the things that all women should know about vaginal odor.

    Possible Causes of Vaginal Odor

    Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of vaginal odor. This vaginal infection is even more common than yeast infections, and many women do not realize that they have it. Vaginal odor may worsen after sexual intercourse. Women who have bacterial vaginosis may also notice a thin, white or gray vaginal discharge.

    Yeast infections can also be a cause of vaginal odor. Women who yeast infections are more likely to notice symptoms than those with bacterial vaginosis. A cottage cheese-like discharge and vaginal itching are two other common symptoms of yeast infections.

    According to MayoClinic.com, chlamydia and gonorrhea are two sexually transmitted diseases which can cause an unusual vaginal odor. Most women do not experience symptoms with either of these STDs. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which can occur if chlamydia or gonorrhea are left untreated, can also cause an unusual vaginal odor.

    Women who wear tampons may experience vaginal odor if one gets left inside the vagina. However, this is a very uncommon cause. Poor hygiene is one of the more common causes of vaginal odor. Less common causes of vaginal odor include cervical cancer and vaginal cancer.

  • Dirty nation, dying people

    Dirty nation, dying people

    • Nigerians groan under increasing health challenges

    If healthy nations are wealthy nations, then Nigeria must be one of the world’s poorest countries. Two sobering revelations recently confirmed the critical state of its health situation. The first came from the World Health Organisation (WHO), which raised an alarm on what it called the worsening health crisis in the country, characterised by unacceptably high levels of infant and maternal mortality, low access to healthcare in the rural areas and truncated life-expectancy rates. The second was from the United Nations, and stated that about 34 million Nigerians –nearly 20 per cent of the total population – defecate in public, despite the obviously negative consequences the practice posed for public health.

    While these revelations are a disturbing indication of the depths to which the country has sunk, they cannot be said to be surprising. Nigeria’s very high infant and maternal mortality rates are a huge scandal in a nation that ranks as one of the world’s top oil exporters. Years of rural health programmes have failed to ensure that the bulk of citizens who live in the rural areas get access to the health services that they need so desperately. The country has been turned into a giant open-air latrine, thanks to a fetid combination of inadequate infrastructure, widespread ignorance and a refusal to consider innovative solutions to the problem.

    Nigeria’s health and sanitation crises are attributable to causes which have gone unresolved over decades and have, as a result, mutated into almost-intractable challenges. The country’s infant mortality rates are the consequence of the failure to build upon the sterling work carried out by the late Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti in enhancing child immunisation in the late 1980s. Instead of making progress in this area, the country has performed so poorly that it now endangers other nations by being one of few places in the world where polio is yet to be eradicated. A steady decline in the quality of pre-natal and ante-natal services made available to pregnant women has ensured that maternal mortality rates remain stubbornly high. It has now become the norm for anyone who can afford it to give birth outside Nigeria’s shores.

    The country’s woeful record on personal sanitary habits is another case of deep-rooted incompetence on the part of successive governments. Open-air defecation is a medieval practice that was supposed to have died a natural death with the emergence of modern water-closet toilets. However, the failure to build social infrastructure, especially the non-provision of potable water, has made it convenient for large sections of the populace to adopt easier, if dirtier, methods of relieving themselves. Apart from the practice of shamelessly defecating in broad daylight, there is also the so-called “shot-put” method, which involves voiding faecal matter into the ubiquitous black polythene bags and throwing the package as far away as possible. So widespread is this filthy practice that even students in higher institutions have become notorious for doing it.

    No nation can begin to seriously contemplate economic advancement of any kind if its citizens are rendered perpetually unhealthy by basic health challenges and unsanitary habits. Policy concerns must move away from ludicrous white-elephant projects to those which directly affect the masses. In this regard, Nigeria must revive the vibrancy that its childhood immunisation programme had under Ransome-Kuti. Efforts must be re-directed towards ensuring that its primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities are revamped in order to deal with increasing populations and higher expectations. The nation must ensure that the millions of dollars in local resources and foreign counterpart funding reach the health projects that they are meant for. Above all, the federal and state governments have to wage a comprehensive war against the widespread poverty and deprivation that have made Nigerians so vulnerable to disease and death.