OVERHAUL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE NOW, INTERFAITH TELLS FG
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE FORUM (IDFP) HAS ASKED PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI TO OVERHAUL THE NATION’S SECURITY ARCHITECTURE AND ENTRENCH STATE POLICING BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE KIDNAPPINGS AND KILLINGS OVER THE YEARS WHICH SHOWS NIGERIA IS FAST BECOMING A FAILED STATE.
IDFP WHICH SAID GOVERNMENT’S INABILITY TO SECURE CITIZENS FROM THESE CATASTROPHES IS AN INDICATION THAT NIGERIA IS FAST BECOMING A FAILED STATE SAYS IT IS WORRIED AND APPREHENSIVE THAT NO ONE SEEMS SAFE ON THE ROAD, RAILWAY TRACKS AND EVEN IN THEIR HOMES IN A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY WITH VAST AND SOPHISTICATED SECURITY ARCHITECTURE.
INTERFAITH ALSO SAYS IT IS TROUBLED GOVERNMENT, SECURITY AGENCIES WHICH ARE TRAINED AND COMMISSIONED TO SECURE THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF ORDINARY CITIZENS SEEM IMPOTENT TO DEAL WITH THE HUGE SECURITY CHALLENGES.
THE GROUP SAYS IT REGRETS THE NATION’S COMMONWEALTH IS USED FOR THE WELL-BEING OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, POLITICIANS, SECURITY AGENCIES AND WORKERS WITH NO POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE SECURITY OF LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE CITIZENRY.
IDFP SAID THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION WHICH WAS ADDRESS BY THE CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE IDFP, BISHOP SUNDAY ONUOHA AND KUNLE SANI WHERE THE GROUP ADVISED NIGERIANS NOT TO BE DETERRED BY TERRORISTS ACTIVITIES AND ENCOURAGED TOLERANCE, PEACE, PATIENCE AND INTERFAITH HARMONY AND RELATIONS IN NIGERIA TO MAKE NIGERIANS LIVE IN PEACE FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
AVOID MALPRACTICES THAT COULD INTRODUCE COUNTERFEITS, PHARMACISTS TOLD
NIGERIAN LADY PHARMACISTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED TO ENSURE ZERO-TOLERANCE FOR MALPRACTICES THAT COULD INTRODUCE COUNTERFEITS IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEM AS ANY FUNCTIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM REQUIRES AN EFFICIENT VALUE CHAIN THAT CAN ENSURE A CONSISTENT FLOW OF AFFORDABLE AND HIGH-QUALITY MEDICINES FOR USERS.
THIS CHARGE WAS MADE AT THE 2022 BIENNIAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF LADY PHARMACISTS, ALPS, WITH THE THEME: “PHARMACEUTICAL VALUE CHAIN FOR OPTIMAL UTILISATION: WHERE ARE WE?” IN LAGOS, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF JNC INTERNATIONAL LTD AND CHAIRMAN, VACCIPHARM LIMITED, CLARE OMATSEYE RECALLED THAT ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE DIE ANNUALLY IN AFRICA FROM FAKE DRUGS, HENCE, THE NEED FOR ALPS TO JOINTLY ADVOCATE WITH THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA, PSN, THAT ALL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A CLEAR AND COMMON GOAL OF MEETING PATIENTS’ REQUIREMENTS FOR BETTER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE SERVICES, IN TURN OPTIMISING THE PHARMACEUTICAL VALUE CHAIN.
OMATSYE SAYS IN ADOPTING A SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY, PLAYERS IN THE CHAIN NEED TO BE MORE CUSTOMER-CENTRIC BY PUTTING THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS FIRST.
SHE ALSO SAYS WOMEN ARE GREAT ADVOCATES AND MUST THEREFORE ADVOCATE GOVERNMENT ON THE CRITICAL NEED TO CREATE AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT TO FURTHER INCENTIVIZE INVESTORS TO PLACE THEIR FUNDS IN THE PHARMA VALUE CHAIN, AND STOP BEING OVERLY DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN AID, OR AN FDI TAKES OVER AS PARTNERSHIP WITH REGULATORS IS CRITICAL TO ENSURE PHARMACISTS TRANSIT FROM A MANUAL, UNFRIENDLY BUREAUCRACY TO ONLINE APPROVALS.
Owo massacre victims to get mass burial on June 17th
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S’COURT JUSTICES DEPLORE POOR SERVICE CONDITIONS
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Owo massacre: S’West governors declare 3 days mourning
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A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AFTER THE VIRTUAL MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS STATED THAT THE MOURNING PERIOD WILL HOLD BETWEEN TODAY AND WEDNESDAY, TO SYMBOLISE THE COLLECTIVE LOSS ACROSS ALL SOUTHWESTERN STATES OF THE COUNTRY. THE COMMUNIQUE WAS SIGNED BY ALL THE GOVERNORS, LED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND ONDO STATE GOVERNOR, MR ROTIMI AKEREDOLU.
Terror Attacks Won’t Stop Christians from Worshipping God
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Seme Customs impounds 10,865 kegs of fuel with N66m DPV
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