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Am not sure of staying with Chelsea next season- Courtois

 

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has fuelled speculation regarding his future by admitting he "does not know" whether he will remain at Stamford Bridge next season.

A miserable season start under Jose Mourinho saw the Blues boss sacked in December, yet interim coach Guus Hiddink has since steered his recovering side into 10th in the Premier League.

Hiddink has been unable to keep Chelsea in the race for honours, however, following exits in the FA Cup and Champions League in March, while European qualification also looks slim.

Speaking on international duty with Belgium, Courtois - who has been linked with a move to Liga giants Real Madrid this week - admitted his discontent at the season and refused to rule out a transfer away from the London club this summer.


"I do not say yes, I do not say no. I do not know," he told Belgian broadcaster RTBF when asked if he will stay at Chelsea beyond this season.

"I still have three years on my contract. We must see what Chelsea want.

"It is true that it [this season] has changed me. Until now I had always won a trophy every season. We hope that next season will be better."

Courtois, who prepares to face Portugal on Tuesday, added he enjoys training with the Red Devils' "world-class players" as opposed to Chelsea's "little less rated" stars.

"The level of training is higher among Devils," he said.

Dangote reveal secret of business success

- Dangote explains challenges associated to growth of Africa’s economy – States how they create their own power in every country they go Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has finally revealed the secret to his unrivaled success on the continent. Dangote, who recently dropped in the world’s richest billionaire’s list, explained further how the challenge of electricity was adversely affecting the growth of the continent’s economy,

. The president of Dangote group, who was speaking at the Africa CEO forum in Abidjan, informed that, “Where I come from, which is Kano in Nigeria, we have over 20 million people and we are sharing 35 megawatts only. “So when we started business as a group, we said that we would not go into the national grid. Every single country that we are operating in, we would create, generate our own power and that is why we have been very, very successful.” Speaking also during the event, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, stated that Africa must seek ways to light up the continent. He said: “If you walk in the dark, you’ll stumble and you will fall. But if you walk in the light, you will constantly see thing ahead of you. “The problem is, in Africa, you have today 645 million people without electricity. You have the GDP in which the cost of not having electricity is about four to five percent shaved off. “We cannot be competitive when it comes to value adding. We cannot industrialize because we have no electricity. The kids cannot go to school because we have no electricity. “Vaccines can’t be in hospitals because we have no electricity, and business are operating at very high cost, using diesel. In other words, what is the emergency power supply system has become the normal power supply system – no way! “And as Africa Development Bank, I know that the very blood of Africa’s transmission and life is what we do.”

Breakingnews:Netherlands great Johan Cruyff dies of cancer aged 68

 

Netherlands great Johan Cruyff has died of cancer aged 68, his official website has announced.

Cruyff, who made his name as a forward with Ajax and Barcelona, was surrounded by friends and family.

The three-time Ballon d'Or winner was told of his illness in October.

Cruyff won three consecutive European Cups with Ajax as a player and went on to manage Barcelona to their first European Cup win in 1992.

As recently as February, Cruyff said he felt he was "2-0 up in a match" against lung cancer and that he was "sure I will end up winning".

As a player, Cruyff helped his country reach the World Cup final in 1974, where they lost to West Germany.

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Dangote reveals secret to unrivaled success in Africa Dokunola

 

- Dangote explains challenges associated to growth of Africa’s economy – States how they create their own power in every country they go Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has finally revealed the secret to his unrivaled success on the continent. Dangote, who recently dropped in the world’s richest billionaire’s list, explained further how the challenge of electricity was adversely affecting the growth of the continent’s economy,

. The president of Dangote group, who was speaking at the Africa CEO forum in Abidjan, informed that, “Where I come from, which is Kano in Nigeria, we have over 20 million people and we are sharing 35 megawatts only. “So when we started business as a group, we said that we would not go into the national grid. Every single country that we are operating in, we would create, generate our own power and that is why we have been very, very successful.” Speaking also during the event, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, stated that Africa must seek ways to light up the continent. He said: “If you walk in the dark, you’ll stumble and you will fall. But if you walk in the light, you will constantly see thing ahead of you. “The problem is, in Africa, you have today 645 million people without electricity. You have the GDP in which the cost of not having electricity is about four to five percent shaved off. “We cannot be competitive when it comes to value adding. We cannot industrialize because we have no electricity. The kids cannot go to school because we have no electricity. “Vaccines can’t be in hospitals because we have no electricity, and business are operating at very high cost, using diesel. In other words, what is the emergency power supply system has become the normal power supply system – no way! “And as Africa Development Bank, I know that the very blood of Africa’s transmission and life is what we do.”

Breakingnews:Ahmed Musa announces Mikel as new Super Eagles captain

– Mikel Obi is now the captain of the the Super Eagles Barely 24 hours to the crucial 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifier against the Pharaohs of Egypt in Kaduna, former skipper Ahmed Musa has announced Mikel Obi as the new captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria. 

 Ahmed Musa steps down for Mikel as captain Mikel speaking at the press conference in Kaduna on March 24. Speaking at a press briefing in Kaduna today March 24, Musa stated that Mikel is the new captain of the team as the Eagles get set to file out on Friday March 25 for the first time, since the return of Samson Siasia as the head coach Delighted by the gesture and his level of maturity, the Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi thanked Ahmed Musa and the team for the rare opportunity, adding that it would be the beginning of great things to come for the country. “Thanks to Musa and the team. It will be a new Super Eagles with a new approach,” Mikel said.

Sydney schoolgirl 'wired cash to IS'

A Sydney girl, 16, has appeared in court on terror financing charges which carry a maximum term of 25 years' jail.

She is accused of sending thousands of dollars to the so-called Islamic State group in Syria through a Western Union money transfer, reports say.
The girl and a male accomplice, 20, who allegedly gave her the money were arrested in raids on Tuesday.
The pair allegedly met in a park on Tuesday to discuss a plan to send money to Syria that day, reports said.
They had reportedly developed a "sophisticated facilitation path" of wiring funds and had completed successful transfers before.
The man, named by media as Milad Atai, was also arrested during Australia's biggest counter-terror raids in September 2014.

Transfers

The girl is accused of admitting to a police informant that she had wired A$10,000 ($7,600, £5,400) to Syria at the behest of an Islamic State fighter.
She was also allegedly planning to conduct another transfer of A$5,000 when she was caught on Tuesday morning in a park along with Mr Atai, who had handed her the money.
But her lawyer argued that the prosecution's case was based on inferences in her conversations with the police informant and said it may have amounted to entrapment.
Mr Atai faces charges similar to the girl's.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said Mr Atai was still under investigation over the death of police accountant Curtis Cheng, who was gunned down by 15-year-old Farhad Jabar.
Police have reiterated concerns over extremists targeting young Australians.
"[It is] disturbing that we continue to deal with teenage children in this environment," NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn told reporters on Tuesday.

Nigeria Senate house passes 2016 budget

The Nigerian Senate has passed the 2016 Appropriation Bill, though it slashed the budget proposal submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari by about N17 billion.
President Buhari presented a total of N6.08trn budget, out of which N351bn was for statutory transfers, N2.8trn for recurrent expenditure and N1.8trn for capital expenditure.
However, a sum N1.587 trillion was approved by the Senate as the capital expenditure while N2.646.3 trillion. was earmarked for recurrent expenditure of
The senators also approved N351.37 billion as statutory transfers, N1.475.3 trillion for debt service, and N2.2 trillion for fiscal deficit.
The budget was approved based on an oil benchmark of $38, crude production of 2.2000m barrel per day and the exchange rate of N197 to $1.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje, admitted that the initial budget had a lot or errors of omissions, especially in the area of personnel cost and that is how the difference in N17 billion came about.
He said his committee, therefore filled some of the gaps could still raise serious concerns in the course of the year because there were many outstanding cases.
Bukola Saraki, the President of the Senate said that after the formal passage of the appropriation bill that his colleagues had done his part and requested the president do the needful by signing it to law for immediate implementation.

Donald Trump makes wild threat to 'spill the beans' on Ted Cruz's wife

 

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump escalated his feud with Ted Cruz on Twitter Tuesday — but this time he also involved the Texas senator's wife.

The real estate mogul tweeted that the Texas senator should "be careful" or he would "spill the beans on your wife" Heidi Cruz. 

"Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!," he tweeted Tuesday evening, just minutes before polls closed in Arizona. Trump tweeted and deleted a similar version of the Tweet about 10 minutes earlier. 

Trump appears to be referring to a Facebook advertisement targeted to Mormons that shows Trump's wife, Melania, posing nude. That ad was produced by an anti-Trump super PAC, Make America Awesome, which has no known connection to the Cruz campaign.

Cruz responded on Twitter by saying that the ad was not from him and if he went after his wife, then Trump is a "coward."

"Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless," Cruz tweeted. 

Heidi Cruz is a senior executive for Goldman Sachs, and took a leave from in order to help her husband's campaign. She has become one of the campaign's most accomplished fundraisers.

CNN has reached out to the Trump and Cruz campaigns for comment. 

Trump previously has used Twitter to threaten the Ricketts family, which has financed a negative ad campaign against him.

Cab driver and Surveillance footage,offer clues in investigation in Brussels attack

 (Police say they are looking for the man on the right in connection with the Brussels attack).

Brussels, Belgium (CNN)In grainy images from surveillance footage, a man wearing light-colored clothes and a hat pushes a baggage cart through the airport.

It's one key piece of evidence authorities are looking at as they search for suspects after two explosions at the Brussels airport and another at a busy metro station in the Belgian capital Tuesday killed at least 30 people and wounded 230 others.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks, but authorities said it's too soon to say for sure whether the terror group was behind the blasts.

So far, police have released photos of three men they say are suspects tied to the airport attack, standing side-by-side.

Police say they are looking for the man on the right in connection with the Brussels attack.

Two of the men, wearing black in surveillance images, are believed to be suicide bombers who died in the explosions in the airport's departure lounge.

But investigators believe the one in light-colored clothing planted a bomb at the airport, then left. Authorities called him a wanted man and asked for the public's help tracking him down.

"The third man left a bomb in the airport, but it didn't explode. ... And we are now looking for this guy," Belgium's Interior Minister Jan Jambon said.

A photograph released by investigators shows the three suspects side-by-side.

Federal Prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said the two men wearing black in the photograph were likely the suicide attackers.

Video shows the men exiting a taxi and moving through the airport, according to two U.S. officials. The man dressed in white left the airport after accompanying the other two, they said -- a move the officials said appeared to be planned.

Taxi driver tip sparks raid

A break in the investigation may have come from a taxi driver who took the suspects to the airport.

The driver contacted authorities after seeing surveillance footage and gave them the address where he picked the men up, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the investigation.

That information prompted authorities to raid a residence after the attacks, the officials said.

Investigators found a nail bomb, chemical products and an ISIS flag during a house search in the northeast Brussels neighborhood of Schaerbeek, Belgium's federal prosecutor said in a statement.

Hours later, they were still combing through the building for evidence.

Security was high. At one point, a helicopter hovered overhead, carrying a sniper with a weapon trained on the building.

As masked, armed officers stood guard outside the building, the burst of camera flashes inside could be seen from the street below. Officers left the building carrying bags of evidence they loaded onto vehicles.

Two Buried Alive in Ondo for alleged #130,000 Theft

Two robbery suspects have been reportedly buried alive by two siblings at Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State for allegedly stealing N130,000.
The siblings-Omoniyi Alaleran and Oluwaseun Enikuomehin- accused Igbekele Orisabinole and Ogbaro Erinbo of stealing their mother’s money.
The siblings have been arrested by the police and transferred to the Special Investigative Bureau at the police headquarters in Akure, the state capital.
It was gathered that their mother, Mrs. Ogunnuga, lost N130,000 and accused Orisabunole and Erinbo of stealing the money.
She told her children who tortured the duo to confess and bring out the missing money.
 

 The deceased were said to have claimed innocence of the offence but the brothers refused to accept the pleas.
After the torture, the suspects allegedly led the deceased inside a bush, dug a pit and pushed them inside and covered the pit up to their necks.
Police spokesman Femi Joseph said the incident occurred at Omonira Street, Igbokoda on March 12.
Joseph said: “We have almost concluded investigation on the matter. The suspects will be charged to court very soon.”

Deactivation of redundant social media pages - Presidency

 Geoff Iyatse

 The Presidency has signed up on Facebook page, bringing the number of social media pages President Muhammadu Buhari is associated with to six.

This comes at a time the media team is auditing the digital media presence of the President with a view to deactivating those that are no longer active.

Buhari has two accounts on Twitter, one on Facebook and another on Instagram. The Presidency, as an institution, owns an account on Twitter in addition to the newly-created Facebook page.

Some of the pages were signed up during the 2015 general elections. They were created as part of campaign tools of the President. After the elections, some of the accounts went dormant, but they have not been taken down.

On what the media team intends to do with the inactive accounts, Special Assistant to the President on Digital/New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, said an audit had commenced on Buhari’s social media platforms with a view to deactivating the redundant ones.

“We are currently doing an audit on all the Presidency’s social media platforms so that we can streamline the messaging. Redundant platforms will be deactivated,” Ogunlesi, who also revealed a plan to create a YouTube channel, said via an SMS.

@AsoRock, the Presidency’s Tweeter handle, has stopped publishing since May 31, 2015. It was used to announce the appointment of Buhari’s media aides – Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu – after which it was abandoned.

The page, which invites Nigerians to follow it for “latest information from the administration of Buhari”, started tweeting on May 28, 2015, a day before the administration was inaugurated.

Buhari’s personal Twitter page – @MBuhari – played a key role in the social media profiling of the President during the 2015 presidential election. The President, even after an official Twitter handle (@NGRPresident) was created, continued to use @MBuhari after he was sworn-in.

But like @AsoRock, @MBuhari was abandoned on September 6, 2015. Its last tweets included what the administration considered as its achievements in its first 100 days in office. Notwithstanding its status, @MBuhari remained the highest-followed digital page of the President. It is followed by 525,000.

On June 18, 2015, the President took to his verified Facebook page to mourn Nigerians who lost their lives to terrorism, after which he urged for cooperation to end insurgency.

“I mourn every single death of a Nigerian as a result of terrorism. That is why security is my number one priority. Our efforts to strengthen security cooperation with our neighbours and adjust our own response to Boko Haram will yield results very soon. Our resolve and capacity to end terrorism is much greater than the threat we face. Nigeria will prevail,” he posted.

The message made headlines on blogs and other social media. But the post seemed to serve as the sign-off message on the page.

Over nine months after it hit the cyberspace, the page has not been updated. Yet, hundreds of people go on the platform daily to express their views on policies and pronouncements by the President.

Instagram also welcomed @ThisIsBuhari sometime during the presidential campaign with excitement. In the early days of the administration, the page was ‘kept going’. It was, however, suspended before Buhari marked 100 days in office.

For now, only the newly-created Facebook page and @NGRPresident are functional. The two accounts, which are linked together, publish activities of the President and his vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

Except the unused platforms are deactivated, Buhari is currently ahead of his peers, at least, in Africa in terms of number of digital media pages.

Nigerian doctors abroad give FG conditions to return home for Practice

 

ABUJA – PHYSICIANS of Nigerian origin practicing abroad have given the Federal Government some conditions under which they can transfer their services home, among which include granting them low interest loans and high reduction in tariff of transportation of medical equipment into the country. But the Senate swiftly advised them to seek request for the former from the governments of America and the United Kingdom as according to it, Nigeria lacks such financial strength. Speaking yesterday, during a courtesy call on the Senate Committee on Health, the medical practitioners under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas, ANPA, said they had intention of moving their trade back home given what they called “ineffective medical health care” in Nigeria but but being prevented by the issues listed. The physicians, who spoke through their National President, Nkem Chukwumerije,said they had passion to return and work for their fatherland but lamented that government was not doing enough to encourage their relocation. Chukwumerije listed poor remuneration, inadequate modern equipment to work with, and lack of low interest loans for those who want to set up medical facilities in Nigeria, among others, problems hindering their return. “The major barrier preventing the relocation of medical doctors back to Nigeria is incentive. Every human character and behaviour are linked to incentives. Some of the incentives to get back the medical doctors abroad to Nigeria, are not in place. “Most of us here love our country and our hearts are in Nigeria but we just have to be physically at another country but we are very passionate about improving healthcare system here but the incentives especially finance, remuneration sends people out and force them to remain abroad. “Another thing is lack of proper equipment to work with. Most people abroad honestly wants to come back but to physically relocate, we will need the right financial incentives. “The Federal Government should provide low interest loans for healthcare, so that medical practitioners abroad could bring their money and have access to low interest loans. “Majority of our people wanted to come back home but they cannot finance the relocation process and the cost of setting up modern medical facilities in Nigeria. To bring in medical equipment is expensive because of the customs tarriff and other fees. “Government need to reduce the tarriff so that our people can bring in the equipment. The government should also give us the opportunity to work in a structured arrangements with the federal, states and local governments, and also with private sector without barriers”, he said. Speaking at the occasion the committee’s chairman, Senator Lanre Tejuosho, expressed the commitment of the federal government to address the issue of Nigerian doctors who are relocating abroad in droves for greener pastures as according to him, the country loses over a billion dollar annually to medical tourism. He said the government wa also determined to reverse the trend starting with the ANPA members who he urged to take advantage of the technology they are using in America to consult for doctors in Nigeria. He, however, urged the medical practitioners to take the advantage of the low interest loans available in their country of residence to access finance because the country currently lacked the financial capability to grant such request. “For instance we have a lot of MRS scan machines all over Nigeria but unfortunately, most of our doctors in Nigeria cannot interprete the images. We still need you in this regard especially since you are very experienced in the use of this equipment, to tell us what the images are saying. “We can do the investigation in Nigeria, do the process and through technology send it to you in the United States and within 30 minutes, you will send the result back to us. “This is one of the reasons why we want to come to you for a sacrificial service because we cannot afford to pay you. We want to build a new system to make good quality healthcare services available to Nigerians. “Our commiittee is planning a road show in the United States and wherever we have Nigerian doctors all over the World, there is no way we can have a perfect healthcare system in Nigeria if we don’t have enough doctors considering the population being 170m people. “The World Health Organisations ratio of doctors to patients, shows that we are lagging behind in Nigeria. We want to take advantage of technology and the advantage of having our brothers and sisters all over the world. “I am sure if we withdraw the number of Nigerian medical doctors in the United Kingdom today, the health system in the United Kingdom will break down and Nigeria is suffering for that because our people went for greener pasture, “he said.

ABUJA – PHYSICIANS of Nigerian origin practicing abroad have given the Federal Government some conditions under which they can transfer their services home, among which include granting them low interest loans and high reduction in tariff of transportation of medical equipment into the country. But the Senate swiftly advised them to seek request for the former from the governments of America and the United Kingdom as according to it, Nigeria lacks such financial strength. Speaking yesterday, during a courtesy call on the Senate Committee on Health, the medical practitioners under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas, ANPA, said they had intention of moving their trade back home given what they called “ineffective medical health care” in Nigeria but but being prevented by the issues listed. The physicians, who spoke through their National President, Nkem Chukwumerije,said they had passion to return and work for their fatherland but lamented that government was not doing enough to encourage their relocation. Chukwumerije listed poor remuneration, inadequate modern equipment to work with, and lack of low interest loans for those who want to set up medical facilities in Nigeria, among others, problems hindering their return. “The major barrier preventing the relocation of medical doctors back to Nigeria is incentive. Every human character and behaviour are linked to incentives. Some of the incentives to get back the medical doctors abroad to Nigeria, are not in place. “Most of us here love our country and our hearts are in Nigeria but we just have to be physically at another country but we are very passionate about improving healthcare system here but the incentives especially finance, remuneration sends people out and force them to remain abroad. “Another thing is lack of proper equipment to work with. Most people abroad honestly wants to come back but to physically relocate, we will need the right financial incentives. “The Federal Government should provide low interest loans for healthcare, so that medical practitioners abroad could bring their money and have access to low interest loans. “Majority of our people wanted to come back home but they cannot finance the relocation process and the cost of setting up modern medical facilities in Nigeria. To bring in medical equipment is expensive because of the customs tarriff and other fees. “Government need to reduce the tarriff so that our people can bring in the equipment. The government should also give us the opportunity to work in a structured arrangements with the federal, states and local governments, and also with private sector without barriers”, he said. Speaking at the occasion the committee’s chairman, Senator Lanre Tejuosho, expressed the commitment of the federal government to address the issue of Nigerian doctors who are relocating abroad in droves for greener pastures as according to him, the country loses over a billion dollar annually to medical tourism. He said the government wa also determined to reverse the trend starting with the ANPA members who he urged to take advantage of the technology they are using in America to consult for doctors in Nigeria. He, however, urged the medical practitioners to take the advantage of the low interest loans available in their country of residence to access finance because the country currently lacked the financial capability to grant such request. “For instance we have a lot of MRS scan machines all over Nigeria but unfortunately, most of our doctors in Nigeria cannot interprete the images. We still need you in this regard especially since you are very experienced in the use of this equipment, to tell us what the images are saying. “We can do the investigation in Nigeria, do the process and through technology send it to you in the United States and within 30 minutes, you will send the result back to us. “This is one of the reasons why we want to come to you for a sacrificial service because we cannot afford to pay you. We want to build a new system to make good quality healthcare services available to Nigerians. “Our commiittee is planning a road show in the United States and wherever we have Nigerian doctors all over the World, there is no way we can have a perfect healthcare system in Nigeria if we don’t have enough doctors considering the population being 170m people. “The World Health Organisations ratio of doctors to patients, shows that we are lagging behind in Nigeria. We want to take advantage of technology and the advantage of having our brothers and sisters all over the world. “I am sure if we withdraw the number of Nigerian medical doctors in the United Kingdom today, the health system in the United Kingdom will break down and Nigeria is suffering for that because our people went for greener pasture, “he said.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/nigerian-doctors-abroad-give-conditions-return-home/

ABUJA – PHYSICIANS of Nigerian origin practicing abroad have given the Federal Government some conditions under which they can transfer their services home, among which include granting them low interest loans and high reduction in tariff of transportation of medical equipment into the country. But the Senate swiftly advised them to seek request for the former from the governments of America and the United Kingdom as according to it, Nigeria lacks such financial strength. Speaking yesterday, during a courtesy call on the Senate Committee on Health, the medical practitioners under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas, ANPA, said they had intention of moving their trade back home given what they called “ineffective medical health care” in Nigeria but but being prevented by the issues listed. The physicians, who spoke through their National President, Nkem Chukwumerije,said they had passion to return and work for their fatherland but lamented that government was not doing enough to encourage their relocation. Chukwumerije listed poor remuneration, inadequate modern equipment to work with, and lack of low interest loans for those who want to set up medical facilities in Nigeria, among others, problems hindering their return. “The major barrier preventing the relocation of medical doctors back to Nigeria is incentive. Every human character and behaviour are linked to incentives. Some of the incentives to get back the medical doctors abroad to Nigeria, are not in place. “Most of us here love our country and our hearts are in Nigeria but we just have to be physically at another country but we are very passionate about improving healthcare system here but the incentives especially finance, remuneration sends people out and force them to remain abroad. “Another thing is lack of proper equipment to work with. Most people abroad honestly wants to come back but to physically relocate, we will need the right financial incentives. “The Federal Government should provide low interest loans for healthcare, so that medical practitioners abroad could bring their money and have access to low interest loans. “Majority of our people wanted to come back home but they cannot finance the relocation process and the cost of setting up modern medical facilities in Nigeria. To bring in medical equipment is expensive because of the customs tarriff and other fees. “Government need to reduce the tarriff so that our people can bring in the equipment. The government should also give us the opportunity to work in a structured arrangements with the federal, states and local governments, and also with private sector without barriers”, he said. Speaking at the occasion the committee’s chairman, Senator Lanre Tejuosho, expressed the commitment of the federal government to address the issue of Nigerian doctors who are relocating abroad in droves for greener pastures as according to him, the country loses over a billion dollar annually to medical tourism. He said the government wa also determined to reverse the trend starting with the ANPA members who he urged to take advantage of the technology they are using in America to consult for doctors in Nigeria. He, however, urged the medical practitioners to take the advantage of the low interest loans available in their country of residence to access finance because the country currently lacked the financial capability to grant such request. “For instance we have a lot of MRS scan machines all over Nigeria but unfortunately, most of our doctors in Nigeria cannot interprete the images. We still need you in this regard especially since you are very experienced in the use of this equipment, to tell us what the images are saying. “We can do the investigation in Nigeria, do the process and through technology send it to you in the United States and within 30 minutes, you will send the result back to us. “This is one of the reasons why we want to come to you for a sacrificial service because we cannot afford to pay you. We want to build a new system to make good quality healthcare services available to Nigerians. “Our commiittee is planning a road show in the United States and wherever we have Nigerian doctors all over the World, there is no way we can have a perfect healthcare system in Nigeria if we don’t have enough doctors considering the population being 170m people. “The World Health Organisations ratio of doctors to patients, shows that we are lagging behind in Nigeria. We want to take advantage of technology and the advantage of having our brothers and sisters all over the world. “I am sure if we withdraw the number of Nigerian medical doctors in the United Kingdom today, the health system in the United Kingdom will break down and Nigeria is suffering for that because our people went for greener pasture, “he said.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/nigerian-doctors-abroad-give-conditions-return-home/