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3 min read Amidst the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent spike in infection cases, Nigerian health workers have called for an increase in their hazard allowance as they are major front liners in the fight against the pandemic. Speaking at a webinar recently, the President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Innocent Ujah, said all health workers are being paid N5,000 a month as hazard allowance, a sum he described as degrading and insulting. “At the moment, health workers are being paid N5,000 as hazard allowance despite an increased risk in dying and il...

Views: 311 The Nigerian health workers have called for an increase in their hazard allowance as they are major front liners in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at a webinar recently, the President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Innocent Ujah, said all health workers are being paid N5,000 a month as hazard allowance, a sum he described as degrading and insulting. “At the moment, health workers are being paid N5,000 as hazard allowance despite an increased risk in dying and ill health. This is an insult,” he said. The webinar, titled ‘Citizens’ Response ...

Poverty kills faster than COVID-19, says Falana Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The interim Chairman of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), says poverty kills faster than COVID-19. He, therefore, stated that while the government goes ahead to purchase vaccines to tackle the disease, it must invest in initiatives that will alleviate poverty and curb the spread of other diseases. The senior advocate said this at a webinar on Wednesday titled, ‘Citizens’ Response to COVID-19 Second Wave and the State of the Health Sector in Nigeria’. “There is a medical emergen...

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That happened today, might blunt to the question that i asked those gentlemen, a citizen response. >> this is human nature. people will say, this is a dud. all of this preparation, where was the gigantic wave toppling the buildings in waikiki beach? it's human nature, but we have to take this into consideration to say that sometimes the monster event does han in our lifetimes. >> granted, and that's example so. but doesn't our experience today indicate to you that perhaps the scientists have not matched the reality yet in terms of prediction into. >> exactly, w predict how high t was. it was 6...