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DELE FAROTIMI: Original Sin

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

Make no mistake… it is equally important that decisions of court are not only made in accordance with the law, but that there is equally a determination to ensure that they are not only enforced but obeyed without any form of interference.¹ When THISDAY Newspaper carried those words on the 21st of February, 2023, the writer could not have known that they would have bearing… Read more

DELE FAROTIMI: Baba’s “Mistake”

December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

The following are said with the utmost respect to all parties involved… In my humble opinion, Baba made a mistake. When you are fighting injustice, there are at least three courts to consider: 1. Court of Law: what the law of the land says 2. Court of Public Opinion: the optics of the matter 3. Court of Conscience: what is known between you and your… Read more

#EndBadGovernance Protests: A call for increased Government Transparency and Inclusivity

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 Adeola Adebowale Leave a comment

In light of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria, it is essential to address the various issues at hand with a balanced perspective. The calls for change are not just about immediate grievances but also about the long-term need for a government that is transparent, inclusive, and genuinely caring for its people. As a developing country, Nigeria faces numerous challenges. These challenges are not unique… Read more

NMA Ogun On Strike AGAIN

July 25, 2024 Easy9ja Direct Leave a comment

Three-Day Warning Ongoing, Preparing for Indefinite. In Nigeria of today, everybody wants to be related to a medical doctor since everyone cannot be one however long they so wished. Medical emergencies are half penny a dozen yet becoming a medical doctor is no mean feat even as the medical-school course work is noted to be more voluminous and strenuous than any other university course up… Read more

NMA Ogun Strike: Who Won What?

October 7, 2023October 7, 2023 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

Good day, elders and colleagues. With your kind permission, I say with due respect that “igba ara l’aa búra…”. At the launch of this strike on earlier in September, yours truly proposed that that was only the “first phase” and that we might have to “modify the modality of the strike” at some point. I do not identify as a seer but we entered the… Read more

Hazard Allowance: Strike or Stroll?

October 1, 2023October 1, 2023 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

Good day, elders and colleagues. Permit me to stand on existing protocols as I say the following with the utmost respect: b’a ba pẹ lori emi, eṣin k’eeṣin a maa ba ni nibẹ! We had two years to fight for hazard allowance. We… (I shan’t say we didn’t) but obviously, our agitation got overtaken by peculiar allowance and the hazard was neutralised by same. If… Read more

Matters Arising: Peculiar Allowance vs Hazard Allowance

September 26, 2023September 28, 2023 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

Dearest colleagues, At the commencement of the first phase of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Ogun strike action, I find it necessary to make the following comments. I beseech my elders to permit me to revisit certain histories without holding me in contempt. The agitation for review of Hazard Allowance for health workers must be more than two years old. At the national level, the… Read more

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