Women farmers in the South-South region of Nigeria have resolved to retire the hoes, machetes and other menial farm implements to the museum to give way for mechanized farming tools to aid food security and sufficiency.
To achieve this, they are appealing to government and other donor agencies to provide them with mechanized implements.
Correspondent DIANIME UKO, in this special report highlights some issues women farmers in Nigeria are facing and their demands in order to ensure food sufficiency and security in the country.
A magistrate court sitting in Uyo has ordered the State Police Prosecutor to hand over the case on defamation of character and Assault file involving MARGRET vs ANIEFIOK to Attorney General of Akwa State within 14 days.
At a resume hearing the new State Prosecutor for the plaintiff, appealed that the case file be handed over to him by the Police to enable him study the file and cross examine the client for further hearing which comes up on September 29, 2022.
In an interview with Inspiration FM, the programme manager for Association of women living with HIV/AIDS (ASWHAN), GLORY ALBAN, reiterated that there is need for the anti-stigmatization bill to be enacted into law to serve as deterrence to persons that wish to same others over their health status.
• Call for Government’s immediate intervention.
Statistics reflect that the Doctor to Patient ratio is widening rather than decreasing.
According to Data released by the Nigeria Medical Association NMA, the 1:600 doctor to patients ratio is no longer applicable as we now operate on a ratio of 1:5000 doctor to patients. What a frightening rise.
It has become a dire situation as Doctors leave Nigeria in droves to practice in other countries.
NMA in April 2022 raised alarm over the mass exodus of Doctors, who the body noted are accessing Jobs in Europe, America, and Asia. This leaves a deficit in Nigeria’s health sector with about 30,000 doctors to cater to patients and sustain the overburdened Health care system.
Inspiration FM gathered that Citizens are lamenting what they termed an omen as they also advised the Nigerian Government to quit acting unperturbed by the situation.
Our Correspondent GLORY SILAS in this report examines the situation, taking us through the challenges and critical aspects that need urgent interventions for change in the narrative.
Do take a listen.
State Immunisation Officer, DR IME UDOH says only 7% of persons eligible to take the COVID Vaccine in Akwa Ibom have received the jab.
This is a wide contrast from the 60%Â herd immunity target for the disease.
Last week, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control; NCDC had reported Akwa Ibom leading with 293 new infections for a period of 6days, ahead of Lagos which had recorded 101 cases.
DR IME UDO stated these in an exclusive interview with our senior Health Correspondent, IMA DEM.
Beyond accessing the jabs at Public and Private health facilities, the state immunisation officer specified that there is a mobile option which involves the vaccines being taken to the people in their communities.
