Senate asks FG to suspend 5G network deployment

The Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to suspend the planned deployment of the Fifth Generation Network in Nigeria.

The red chamber stated this after the deliberation on a motion by Senator Uche Ekwunife, drawing the attention of the senators to the status of the 5G network in the country.

Ekwunife said her motion was borne out of the need to assure Nigerians of their safety by asking the Federal Government to postpone the launch until a proper investigation was carried out.

The Deputy Majority Leader, Senator Ajayi Boroffice, said the 5G network deployment remained a controversial issue.
He said the experts should be allowed to handle it and deliberate on the merits and demerits of its deployment.

Senator Opeyemi Bamidele said it would be irresponsible of any government to subscribe to a technology that won’t be safe for its citizens.

SIMPLE SOLUTION TO COVID-19

We are about 200 million Nigerians. About 250  of us are said to have contracted COVID-19 because they tested positive. Contact tracing is ongoing and test for those who qualify for it is also ongoing. Our question is: CAN NCDC TEST THE ABOUT 200 MILLION OF US, or even one-tenth of that number? Do we have the resources? Can we afford that time, during which more would probably get infected?

Someone has proposed a solution which sounds reasonable. It is that we know the clinical features of COVID-19. We have also been told of treatment regimens that have saved many lives of recent. Instead of waiting to test every symptomatic person, WHY NOT STOCK EVERY PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY HEALTH FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY WITH THOSE DRUGS AND TREAT EVERY SYMPTOMATIC PERSON WITH THEM?

That to us is wisdom.
NCDC . . . over to you.

WE SAY NO TO CHINA INTERVENTION ON COVID-19

Once beaten, they say, twice shy.

That is what must guide Nigerian authorities in their romance with China in the fight against COVID-19. This is a disease said to have originated from Wuhan, a Chinese city and spread like wildfire over the whole world. They are said to have recovered from theirs - and why not, if as allegedly said, they invented it. What is the guarantee of goodwill in a people about whom scary tales of domination evolve?

WHAT TO DO IN THE PRESENT GLOBAL CRISIS OF COVID-19

This article was initially published by World Health Organization (WHO) as "Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19" on March 12, 2020. It is a comprehensive guide to how every one should conduct himself/herself in the face of the present global challenge. In January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. WHO stated there is a high risk of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreading to other countries around the world. In March 2020, WHO made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. WHO and public health authorities around the world are acting to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. However, this time of crisis is generating stress in the population. These mental health considerations were developed by the WHO’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Use as messages targeting different groups to support for mental and psychosocial well-being during COVID-19 outbreak.

Coronavirus: 6 actions all countries must effect now – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged nations to take urgent steps in the fight against coronavirus.

The global pandemic has affected 200 countries and caused over 20,000 deaths globally.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, at a briefing lauded the lockdown that has been affected is many countries.

He stated that the period should be used to do more to suppress the spread of the disease.

“We understand that countries are trying to assess when and how they will be able to ease these measures”, Ghebreyesus said.

“Asking people to stay at home and shutting down population movement is buying time and reducing the pressure on health systems, but on their own, these measures will not extinguish the epidemics.”

He added that the point of these actions is to enable the more precise and targeted measures that are needed to stop transmission and save lives.

 

“We call on all countries that have introduced so-called “lockdown” measures to use this time to attack the virus. You have created a second window of opportunity. The question is: how will you use it?”

Terror group worse than Boko Haram may emerge, says Sultan

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Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji  Sa’ad Abubakar,  has warned about another future Boko Haram because of the over 50,000 orphaned youths in the North.

Speaking at a security meeting in Kaduna on Thursday, the monarch also condemned the setting up of Operation Shege-Ka-Fasa by the Coalition of Northern Groups in the region, calling on northern elders to caution them and  “don’t allow the youths to take over leadership from you”.

He said if nothing was done about the orphans, they would turn out to be worse than Boko Haram if northern governors failed to act.

He blamed the northern elite for the socio-political challenges facing the region.

The CNGs unveiled the symbol of the security outfit in Kaduna on Wednesday.

The Sultan said, said, “Governors must see that they do more to address insecurity, just imagine that there are over 50,000 orphans. They will be worst than Boko Haram if allowed to grow without proper care.

Buhari applauds CAN, Pastor Adeboye, RCCG members for anti-killing protest march

  

The Presidency has lauded the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for rising to its duty of sensitizing Nigerians to stand against the evil being wrecked on the country by bloodthirsty terrorists.

In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, made available to State House Correspondents Tuesday evening, the Presidency also observed that the protest march, as was carried out last Sunday, was in order and an exercise of a civic right.

The statement observed that all Nigerians, irrespective of religious inclination, must join the government to take actions that disapprove of the activities of the murderous terrorists, respect the rights others to hold their religious beliefs without harassment from anyone.

It emphasizes President Muhammadu Buhari’s, as well as other members of his government, in the standard that all lives, irrespective of classes or affiliations, are sacred and must be protected.