Proposal by the National Democratic Congress rsquo; Member of Parliament for Bawku-Central, in the Upper-East Region, to have the compulsory retirement age raised from 60 to 65 years old is clearly a vacuous propaganda ploy by the Parliamentary Minority Caucus that is purely aimed at scoring cheap political points, as it were (See ldquo;Mahama Ayariga wants Compulsory Retirement Age Extended from 60 to 65 rdquo; Modernghana.
Mohammed Sambo, executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), says his scheme needs N3 trillion annually to cover citizens health insurance
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Published 17 February 2021
Some mischievous individuals think that the olive branch overtures of the Fulani political elite on the herdsmen and farmers’ clashes is a red herring, an offering to halt the ire of the South-West against the renegade herdsmen who some suggest are the advance party for a future Fulani attack. This shouldn’t be true.
But what do you make of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore promising to retaliate attacks on herders, whereas Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Idris Abubakar and Sule Mohammed, Seriki Fulani of Igbo Ora and Eruwa, respectively, are apologising on behalf of the herders who violate other Nigerians?
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawsl
Ilorin, Feb. 16, 2021 Prof. Abdulwaheed Olatinwo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ilorin, on Tuesday, said that over 30 per cent of Nigerians had fertility problems.
Olatinwo said this in a research paper, he made available to newsmen which he had earlier presented at an inaugural lecture of the university entitled: “Help for the helpless and hope for the hopeless: the medicine of productive possibility”.
He observed that “about 180 million couples are infertile globally and majority of these are from developing countries. Infertility is a global problem with a general prevalence rate of about 10 to 15 per cent.
“Reports from sub-Saharan Africa ranges from 20 to 46 per cent, depending on the population, while up to 20 to 30 per cent have been reported in Nigeria.
The health and wellbeing of a person are to some extent, determined by the level of healthcare in the place he or she resides. When a country has a good standard of healthcare, the citizens will enjoy good medical services and thus live healthy lives.
Today, I have compiled a list of the top 10
countries with the best healthcare in 2021. Let us get this useful knowledge, and see what we can learn from these countries.
First off, there are many ways or criteria used to rate the level of health care in a particular country. They may include the life expectancy, mortality rate, heart disease & cancer survival rate, and successful birth rate. Others may take into account the healthcare facilities, equipment, healthcare professionals, or preventive care. They are actually so many criteria used, but I don’t want to bore you with the details in all of them, I did the research for you. The most widely accepted method is the Health Care Index. The Health Care Index is an estimation