TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Perhaps the greatest surprise relating to the current COVID-19 pandemic is that Nigerian political leaders are 'surprised' by the lack of public sympathy towards them. Rather than showing empathy towards all victims of coronavirus, Nigerians mock their leaders who test positive. This shouldn't really come as a surprise because their poor governance, enjoyment of the 'good life' at public expense, neglect of the healthcare system while guaranteeing themselves overseas medical treatment, and their habitual prioritising of 'security votes', humongous salaries, and luxury perks for themselves, has eroded public sympathy.
The Director General (DG) of the
Their true intellectual and moral weakness is being exposed as they are now becoming victims of their own maladministration and hubris. They failed to quarantine themselves as recommended after unnecessary overseas travels, and instead attended social functions and political meetings. Ironically, as the pandemic widens, these same failed political leaders will either fly out of the country for treatment or use the nation's limited supply of test kits and ventilators upon themselves! Neither the true numbers infected, nor the eventual number of deaths will ever be known because mass killings or deaths followed by mass burial have become almost routine in
It's simply scandalous and condemnable that even though the nation doesn't have up to 100 ventilators,
HOW OVER 5000 NIGERIA MEN HAVE PERMANENTLY OVERCOME TERRIBLE BEDROOM PERFORMANCE DUE TO THIS RECENT DISCOVERY BY MEDICAL CONSULTANTS
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven Legislators and the Executive to be so short sighted. Rather than build hospitals for themselves they approved N37 billion to renovate
Even where there has been some investment in healthcare, it has erroneously concentrated on constructing over-priced hospitals. Increasing the numbers of medical equipment, bed-spaces, operating theatres, and fully equipped ambulances in existing hospitals, while developing frontline healthcare personnel such as paramedics and making genuine drugs more affordable has never been a priority. Worse still, although medical personnel are in short supply, millions of qualified school-leavers are routinely denied the opportunity to pursue careers in medicine due to lack of capacity.
Meanwhile, Nigerian universities annually graduate thousands with degrees in social sciences who end up jobless because their qualifications aren't relevant to the nation's current developmental needs. Tragically , there is no system in place for training and employing much needed frontline medical personnel like para-medics. The COVID-19 pandemic is a game-changer for all governments around the word. It's a leveller which threatens both rich and poor countries. Although in developed nations affected by the virus, health services are struggling to cope, their leaders remain within their country's borders knowing they have done their best. Nigerian leaders on the other hand, routinely travel overseas for treatment knowing full well that they have done nothing of substance to develop their healthcare system. In 2017,
Even the President's daughter Zara complained, but in the succeeding years their husband and father along with most political leaders continued travelling overseas for treatment at public expense while leaving citizens to their fate. In an address to the nation,
He issued selective stay at home orders; but in nations like
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