Gov Fubara approves N300m for Medical Residency Training

August 9, 2024

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has approved the allocation of over N300 million as a grant to support 389 medical doctors in the State Civil Service undergoing residency training.

This funding will cover two consecutive years, 2023-2024, with individual payments ranging between 800,000 and 900,000 naira per resident doctor annually.

For 2023, a total of 215 resident doctors received the grant while 174 have been funded in 2024, the government said.

This initiative marks a significant advancement in healthcare funding under Governor Fubara’s administration, as residency training grants have only been disbursed twice in the past 16 years, with the most recent distribution occurring in 2018.

In a statement on Friday from the Rivers State Government House Press Unit, Governor Fubara emphasized that this support aims to “enhance the dedication and effectiveness of resident doctors during their critical training phase, which is essential for acquiring the skills necessary for delivering high-quality medical services while employed by the state.”

State Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Chidinma Oreh, lauded the initiative, noting the crucial role of updated training in enhancing the capability of healthcare personnel to tackle challenges and improve the quality of healthcare delivery in the state.

Dr Oreh said, “These are essential for doctors to stay current with the latest medical knowledge and practices, ensuring they can provide the best possible care to patients.

“Research is a critical component of medical training, and these funds help cover the costs associated with developing and presenting research proposals and dissertations.

“Also, travelling to examination centres can be costly, especially for doctors stationed in various parts of the State.

“For these examinations which are usually held outside the State, and in some cases, outside the country, this funding ensures that transportation costs do not hinder their ability to attend necessary examinations,” she added.

The commissioner emphasized that the gesture of Governor Fubara, barely one year in office, will ultimately yield better health outcomes for Rivers people in particular and Nigerians at large.

Gov Fubara approves N300m for Medical Residency Training

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Ohanaeze youths slam Obasanjo over comments against INEC boss

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has criticized former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments on Nigeria’s recent elections.

The group also expressed disapproval of the ex-president’s remarks targeting the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

DAILY POST recalls that during the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum held at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, the former president reportedly described the 2023 general elections as a travesty and called for the appointment of new and credible leaders for INEC with short tenures to prevent corruption and re-establish trust.

He also accused the electoral body of deliberately sabotaging the process in the 2023 general elections.

“As a matter of urgency, we must make sure the INEC chairperson and his or her staff are thoroughly vetted. The vetting exercise should yield dispassionate, non-partisan actors with impeccable reputations.

“Nigeria must ensure the appointment of new credible INEC leadership at the federal, state, local government, and municipal—city, town, and village levels—with short tenures—to prevent undesirable political influence and corruption and re-establish trust in the electoral systems by its citizens.

“The BVAS and IReV are two technological innovations that, before 2023, were celebrated for their potential to enhance the accuracy and transparency of our election results, eliminate the threat of election rigging, and boost public trust in electoral outcomes,” Obasanjo said.

Responding, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, accused the former president of laying the foundation for a flawed electoral system in the country.

Okwu, in a statement, alleged that during the former president’s tenure, election results were announced even as voters were still on queues voting across Nigeria.

“Results were written at government houses and politicians’ houses. ‘Go to court’ was popularized under Obasanjo’s leadership, where all that mattered was for INEC to declare the president’s preferred candidate winner, and those crying were expected to go to court.

“Little wonder late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, a man with integrity, cried out that the election that brought him to power was deeply flawed. The said election was under Obasanjo’s presidency,” Okwu said.

According to him, Obasanjo did not initiate any meaningful electoral reforms during his leadership.

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