Nationwide protest: Bring your demands – Gov Alia begs organizers to shelve idea

July 28, 2024

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has called on unions, groups and individuals intending to join the planned August 1st protest across the country to shelve the idea.

The governor urged the intending protesters to “bring forth their demands and give the government a chance to look into them”.

Alia stated this on Sunday shortly after Mass at the Chapel of Grace, Government House, Makurdi.

Recall that August 1st, 2024 has been muted as the planned date for demonstration by Nigerian youths across the country.

They are protesting against hardship and bad governance.

Commenting on the issue, Alia said it was imperative for the planned protest to be shelved, especially as the present government is trying its best to put smiles on the faces of the people.

He commended the State Commissioner of Police, CP Hassan Steve Yabanet, as well as the Department of State Services, DSS, for inviting some union leaders and groups for a round table discussion, dissuading them and their members from joining the protest.

He noted that the government has uncovered plans by some individuals to infiltrate the protest, causing destructions.

Nationwide protest: Bring your demands – Gov Alia begs organizers to shelve idea

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The federal government has concluded plans to launch a national policy on organ transplantation next month. Daju Kachollom, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, made the disclosure during a stakeholder meeting in Abuja on guidelines for organ donation and transplantation. The meeting was organised by the National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee
Nigerian govt to launch organ transplantation

The federal government has concluded plans to launch a national policy on organ transplantation next month.

Daju Kachollom, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, made the disclosure during a stakeholder meeting in Abuja on guidelines for organ donation and transplantation.

The meeting was organised by the National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee (NTHISC) alongside other partners.

Dr Jimoh Salaudeen, Director of Hospital Services, who represented Kachollom, explained that the ministry has established the NTHISC committee to create guidelines addressing irregularities and criminal exploitation in organ donation and transplantation in Nigeria.

She explained, “The draft guidelines are currently under validation and will proceed to ministerial and presidential approval before becoming official policy.”

She added that monitoring to ensure compliance with the policy is expected to begin about two months after its launch.

Prof. Philip Olayele Abiodun, The NTHISC chairman, Prof Philip Olayele Abiodun, explained that the draft of Nigeria’s first organ donation and transplantation guidelines covers critical areas like ethical standards, kidney and liver transplants, eye and tissue transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, and a chapter addressing gamete and embryo donation, storage, and surrogacy.

The chairman of the NTHISC kidney committee, Prof. Jacob Awobusuyi, stated that efforts are ongoing to regulate private health facilities to prevent unethical practices in kidney donation and transplantation.

Nigerian govt to launch organ transplantation