Election Connection: Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District Board of Directors
Lake Sun Staff
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As the April elections draw near, the Lake Sun will be publishing a number of Q&A articles centered around races in the tri-county area. In this edition, the candidates for the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection Board of Directors will discuss their talking point and vision for the district. In April 2020, voters approved increasing the number of Board of Directors from three persons to five persons. The two additional seats were not up for election until April of 2021. Below are the responses from candidates John Smiley, Laurie Preator, Robert Dye and Rick Butler. Betty Hovey and Donna Meyer did not provide answers to the questions provided.
Doctors under the auspices of the Nigeria Medical Association and Joint Health Sector Unions, representing other unions in the country’s health sector are presently at logger heads with each other over matters relating to the proposal for the Repeal And Re-enactment of Medical And Dental Council Of Nigeria Act, 1988. Though the Bill is still at the early stage of discussion at the National Assembly, it has already generated a lot of heat leading to the threat of industrial action by JOHESU. Onyebuchi Ezigbo presents the various positions canvassed by the unions and professional associations in the health sector
The country recently witnessed a flurry of hostilities between the key unions and professional bodies in the health sector. The health sector groups, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) in the last few days or weeks, had engaged each other in exchange of words in the media over a proposed amendment to the Medical And Dental Council
As controversy over the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) Bill 2020 rages, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Lagos Chapter, has kicked against a deliberate attempt by sponsors of the bill to undermine the constitutional power of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) as the only body that can regulate Pharmacy Practice at both the private and public sector levels in Nigeria.
The pharmacists’ body accused the Chairman of Senate Committee on Health, Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, of attempting to force unimaginable clauses into the MDCN Bill in collaboration with his Medical and Dental Council colleagues.
The Chairman of the PSN, Lagos Chapter, Gbolagade Iyiola, in a press statement said: “We observe with dismay, the undisguised attempts by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, to force through the unimaginable sacrileges he and his medical collaborators had smuggled into the MDCN Bill 2020.”
As controversy over the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) Bill 2020 rages, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Lagos Chapter, has kicked against a deliberate attempt by sponsors of the bill to undermine the constitutional power of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) as the only body that can regulate Pharmacy Practice at both the private and public sector levels in Nigeria.
Ruth Lee Resuello Announces New Song “Merry Quarantine Christmas” To Share Hope and Love This Festive Season First discovered on OPM Rising editorial playlist on Spotify, Ruth Lee Resuello writes about the true meaning of Christmas. Despite the trials we are facing, God is with us. She hopes that this song will inspire people affected by the pandemic and not lose hope, but to put our hope in our Lord, Jesus Christ.
The song reminds everyone to be happy and celebrate in this season of love, despite the raging COVID 19 pandemic. No isolation, lockdowns, or depression can stop the joy of Christmas