\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u200b\u201dThis unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The statement read, \u201cThis is to inform the general public and especially candidates that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been constrained to reschedule the Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020, 10 am to 1 pm. The examination of this paper will now hold on Monday 16 November 2020, 10 am-1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dThis unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Azeez Sani who is the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, in a statement said that the protest had affected the supply of examination materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read, \u201cThis is to inform the general public and especially candidates that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been constrained to reschedule the Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020, 10 am to 1 pm. The examination of this paper will now hold on Monday 16 November 2020, 10 am-1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dThis unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The National Examination Council has rescheduled Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s slated for Monday, October 19, 2020, until November 16, 2020 over the ongoing protest across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azeez Sani who is the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, in a statement said that the protest had affected the supply of examination materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read, \u201cThis is to inform the general public and especially candidates that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been constrained to reschedule the Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020, 10 am to 1 pm. The examination of this paper will now hold on Monday 16 November 2020, 10 am-1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dThis unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe army hereby enjoins all law abiding Nigerians to go about their lawful activities unhindered as the Exercise has nothing to do with ENDSARS protest, but a yearly event set out to train NA officers and soldiers in its efforts to ensuring safety and security of Nigeria and her citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"'Operation Crocodile Smile' not against #EndSARS protesters \u2015 army","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"operation-crocodile-smile-not-against-endsars-protesters-%e2%80%95-army","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=678","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":675,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content":"\n
The National Examination Council has rescheduled Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s slated for Monday, October 19, 2020, until November 16, 2020 over the ongoing protest across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azeez Sani who is the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, in a statement said that the protest had affected the supply of examination materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read, \u201cThis is to inform the general public and especially candidates that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been constrained to reschedule the Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020, 10 am to 1 pm. The examination of this paper will now hold on Monday 16 November 2020, 10 am-1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dThis unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThus, to now insinuate that it is an exercise meant to stifle the ongoing ENDSARS protest is to say the least highly misinformed. Exercise CROCODILE SMILE VI has nothing to do with the ongoing protest and the NA has never been involved in the ongoing protest in any form whatsoever. So far, the army has acted professionally since the civil protest started over two weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe army hereby enjoins all law abiding Nigerians to go about their lawful activities unhindered as the Exercise has nothing to do with ENDSARS protest, but a yearly event set out to train NA officers and soldiers in its efforts to ensuring safety and security of Nigeria and her citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"'Operation Crocodile Smile' not against #EndSARS protesters \u2015 army","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"operation-crocodile-smile-not-against-endsars-protesters-%e2%80%95-army","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=678","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":675,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content":"\n
The National Examination Council has rescheduled Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s slated for Monday, October 19, 2020, until November 16, 2020 over the ongoing protest across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azeez Sani who is the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, in a statement said that the protest had affected the supply of examination materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read, \u201cThis is to inform the general public and especially candidates that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been constrained to reschedule the Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020, 10 am to 1 pm. The examination of this paper will now hold on Monday 16 November 2020, 10 am-1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dThis unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cFor the records, Exercise CROCODILE SMILE is a yearly exercise in the NA Calendar\/Forecast of Events which traditionally holds from October to December of each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThus, to now insinuate that it is an exercise meant to stifle the ongoing ENDSARS protest is to say the least highly misinformed. Exercise CROCODILE SMILE VI has nothing to do with the ongoing protest and the NA has never been involved in the ongoing protest in any form whatsoever. So far, the army has acted professionally since the civil protest started over two weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe army hereby enjoins all law abiding Nigerians to go about their lawful activities unhindered as the Exercise has nothing to do with ENDSARS protest, but a yearly event set out to train NA officers and soldiers in its efforts to ensuring safety and security of Nigeria and her citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"'Operation Crocodile Smile' not against #EndSARS protesters \u2015 army","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"operation-crocodile-smile-not-against-endsars-protesters-%e2%80%95-army","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=678","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":675,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content":"\n
The National Examination Council has rescheduled Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s slated for Monday, October 19, 2020, until November 16, 2020 over the ongoing protest across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azeez Sani who is the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, in a statement said that the protest had affected the supply of examination materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read, \u201cThis is to inform the general public and especially candidates that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been constrained to reschedule the Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020, 10 am to 1 pm. The examination of this paper will now hold on Monday 16 November 2020, 10 am-1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dThis unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
He said \u201cThe attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to some social media stuff wrongfully condemning the Army and its Leadership over the announcement of Exercise CROCODILE SMILE VI particularly the Cyber Warfare Component of the Exercise. This year\u2019s Exercise CROCODILE SMILE is scheduled to commence from the 20th of October to the 31st of December 2020 has no relationship with any lawful protest under any guise whatsoever,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor the records, Exercise CROCODILE SMILE is a yearly exercise in the NA Calendar\/Forecast of Events which traditionally holds from October to December of each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThus, to now insinuate that it is an exercise meant to stifle the ongoing ENDSARS protest is to say the least highly misinformed. Exercise CROCODILE SMILE VI has nothing to do with the ongoing protest and the NA has never been involved in the ongoing protest in any form whatsoever. So far, the army has acted professionally since the civil protest started over two weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe army hereby enjoins all law abiding Nigerians to go about their lawful activities unhindered as the Exercise has nothing to do with ENDSARS protest, but a yearly event set out to train NA officers and soldiers in its efforts to ensuring safety and security of Nigeria and her citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"'Operation Crocodile Smile' not against #EndSARS protesters \u2015 army","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"operation-crocodile-smile-not-against-endsars-protesters-%e2%80%95-army","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=678","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":675,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content":"\n
The National Examination Council has rescheduled Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s slated for Monday, October 19, 2020, until November 16, 2020 over the ongoing protest across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azeez Sani who is the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, in a statement said that the protest had affected the supply of examination materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read, \u201cThis is to inform the general public and especially candidates that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been constrained to reschedule the Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020, 10 am to 1 pm. The examination of this paper will now hold on Monday 16 November 2020, 10 am-1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dThis unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Musa Sagir who made this known in a statement stated that it is wrong to say the exercise is targeted at protesters who are out in major cities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said \u201cThe attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to some social media stuff wrongfully condemning the Army and its Leadership over the announcement of Exercise CROCODILE SMILE VI particularly the Cyber Warfare Component of the Exercise. This year\u2019s Exercise CROCODILE SMILE is scheduled to commence from the 20th of October to the 31st of December 2020 has no relationship with any lawful protest under any guise whatsoever,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor the records, Exercise CROCODILE SMILE is a yearly exercise in the NA Calendar\/Forecast of Events which traditionally holds from October to December of each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThus, to now insinuate that it is an exercise meant to stifle the ongoing ENDSARS protest is to say the least highly misinformed. Exercise CROCODILE SMILE VI has nothing to do with the ongoing protest and the NA has never been involved in the ongoing protest in any form whatsoever. So far, the army has acted professionally since the civil protest started over two weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe army hereby enjoins all law abiding Nigerians to go about their lawful activities unhindered as the Exercise has nothing to do with ENDSARS protest, but a yearly event set out to train NA officers and soldiers in its efforts to ensuring safety and security of Nigeria and her citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"'Operation Crocodile Smile' not against #EndSARS protesters \u2015 army","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"operation-crocodile-smile-not-against-endsars-protesters-%e2%80%95-army","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=678","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":675,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content":"\n
The National Examination Council has rescheduled Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s slated for Monday, October 19, 2020, until November 16, 2020 over the ongoing protest across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azeez Sani who is the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, in a statement said that the protest had affected the supply of examination materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read, \u201cThis is to inform the general public and especially candidates that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been constrained to reschedule the Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020, 10 am to 1 pm. The examination of this paper will now hold on Monday 16 November 2020, 10 am-1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dThis unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The Nigerian Army has said that the \u201cOperation Crocodile Smile\u201d has nothing to do with #EndSARS protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Musa Sagir who made this known in a statement stated that it is wrong to say the exercise is targeted at protesters who are out in major cities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said \u201cThe attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to some social media stuff wrongfully condemning the Army and its Leadership over the announcement of Exercise CROCODILE SMILE VI particularly the Cyber Warfare Component of the Exercise. This year\u2019s Exercise CROCODILE SMILE is scheduled to commence from the 20th of October to the 31st of December 2020 has no relationship with any lawful protest under any guise whatsoever,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor the records, Exercise CROCODILE SMILE is a yearly exercise in the NA Calendar\/Forecast of Events which traditionally holds from October to December of each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThus, to now insinuate that it is an exercise meant to stifle the ongoing ENDSARS protest is to say the least highly misinformed. Exercise CROCODILE SMILE VI has nothing to do with the ongoing protest and the NA has never been involved in the ongoing protest in any form whatsoever. So far, the army has acted professionally since the civil protest started over two weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe army hereby enjoins all law abiding Nigerians to go about their lawful activities unhindered as the Exercise has nothing to do with ENDSARS protest, but a yearly event set out to train NA officers and soldiers in its efforts to ensuring safety and security of Nigeria and her citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"'Operation Crocodile Smile' not against #EndSARS protesters \u2015 army","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"operation-crocodile-smile-not-against-endsars-protesters-%e2%80%95-army","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 10:08:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=678","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":675,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content":"\n
The National Examination Council has rescheduled Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s slated for Monday, October 19, 2020, until November 16, 2020 over the ongoing protest across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azeez Sani who is the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, in a statement said that the protest had affected the supply of examination materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read, \u201cThis is to inform the general public and especially candidates that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been constrained to reschedule the Paper I Computer Studies Practical\u2019s earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020, 10 am to 1 pm. The examination of this paper will now hold on Monday 16 November 2020, 10 am-1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dThis unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance two days earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Council wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that the affected examination materials have been retrieved intact and are in the custody of NECO\u2019s vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u201dWhile regretting any inconveniences this rescheduling may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examinations procedures for seamless conduct of the Council\u2019s examination.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"NECO reschedules exam over #EndSARS protests","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"neco-reschedules-exam-over-endsars-protests","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-18 18:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=675","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
During the jailbreak, armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in a gunfight which resulted in some persons sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS: Edo govt. declares 24-hour curfew","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-edo-govt-declares-24-hour-curfew","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=694","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe responsibility of government is to protect lives and property and maintain law and order, therefore, anyone found outside in violation of the curfew would be dealt with according to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the jailbreak, armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in a gunfight which resulted in some persons sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS: Edo govt. declares 24-hour curfew","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-edo-govt-declares-24-hour-curfew","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=694","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cParents are advised to rein in their children, youths and wards, to forestall further breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe responsibility of government is to protect lives and property and maintain law and order, therefore, anyone found outside in violation of the curfew would be dealt with according to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the jailbreak, armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in a gunfight which resulted in some persons sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS: Edo govt. declares 24-hour curfew","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-edo-govt-declares-24-hour-curfew","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=694","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cBy the directive, schools and businesses are to shut down activities accordingly. Those who cannot move safely are to stay put between now and 4pm till calmness is restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cParents are advised to rein in their children, youths and wards, to forestall further breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe responsibility of government is to protect lives and property and maintain law and order, therefore, anyone found outside in violation of the curfew would be dealt with according to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the jailbreak, armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in a gunfight which resulted in some persons sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS: Edo govt. declares 24-hour curfew","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-edo-govt-declares-24-hour-curfew","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=694","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cWhile the government of Edo State respects the rights of its citizens to undertake legitimate protests, it cannot sit idly when hoodlums have taken laws into their hands to cause mayhem on innocent citizens and the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy the directive, schools and businesses are to shut down activities accordingly. Those who cannot move safely are to stay put between now and 4pm till calmness is restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cParents are advised to rein in their children, youths and wards, to forestall further breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe responsibility of government is to protect lives and property and maintain law and order, therefore, anyone found outside in violation of the curfew would be dealt with according to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the jailbreak, armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in a gunfight which resulted in some persons sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS: Edo govt. declares 24-hour curfew","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-edo-govt-declares-24-hour-curfew","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=694","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The statement read in part, \u201cThis decision has become necessary because of the very disturbing incidents of vandalism and attacks on private individuals and institutions by hoodlums in the guise of #ENDSARS protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the government of Edo State respects the rights of its citizens to undertake legitimate protests, it cannot sit idly when hoodlums have taken laws into their hands to cause mayhem on innocent citizens and the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy the directive, schools and businesses are to shut down activities accordingly. Those who cannot move safely are to stay put between now and 4pm till calmness is restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cParents are advised to rein in their children, youths and wards, to forestall further breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe responsibility of government is to protect lives and property and maintain law and order, therefore, anyone found outside in violation of the curfew would be dealt with according to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the jailbreak, armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in a gunfight which resulted in some persons sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS: Edo govt. declares 24-hour curfew","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-edo-govt-declares-24-hour-curfew","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=694","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Apart from the jailbreak, there were reports of vandalisation and alleged attacks on residents in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read in part, \u201cThis decision has become necessary because of the very disturbing incidents of vandalism and attacks on private individuals and institutions by hoodlums in the guise of #ENDSARS protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the government of Edo State respects the rights of its citizens to undertake legitimate protests, it cannot sit idly when hoodlums have taken laws into their hands to cause mayhem on innocent citizens and the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy the directive, schools and businesses are to shut down activities accordingly. Those who cannot move safely are to stay put between now and 4pm till calmness is restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cParents are advised to rein in their children, youths and wards, to forestall further breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe responsibility of government is to protect lives and property and maintain law and order, therefore, anyone found outside in violation of the curfew would be dealt with according to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the jailbreak, armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in a gunfight which resulted in some persons sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS: Edo govt. declares 24-hour curfew","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-edo-govt-declares-24-hour-curfew","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=694","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
It was gathered that suspected hoodlums on Monday broke into the Benin Prison popularly called White House and freed several inmates in one of the cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apart from the jailbreak, there were reports of vandalisation and alleged attacks on residents in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read in part, \u201cThis decision has become necessary because of the very disturbing incidents of vandalism and attacks on private individuals and institutions by hoodlums in the guise of #ENDSARS protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the government of Edo State respects the rights of its citizens to undertake legitimate protests, it cannot sit idly when hoodlums have taken laws into their hands to cause mayhem on innocent citizens and the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy the directive, schools and businesses are to shut down activities accordingly. Those who cannot move safely are to stay put between now and 4pm till calmness is restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cParents are advised to rein in their children, youths and wards, to forestall further breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe responsibility of government is to protect lives and property and maintain law and order, therefore, anyone found outside in violation of the curfew would be dealt with according to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the jailbreak, armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in a gunfight which resulted in some persons sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS: Edo govt. declares 24-hour curfew","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-edo-govt-declares-24-hour-curfew","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=694","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nhoodlums on Monday broke into the Benin Prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
It was gathered that suspected hoodlums on Monday broke into the Benin Prison popularly called White House and freed several inmates in one of the cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apart from the jailbreak, there were reports of vandalisation and alleged attacks on residents in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read in part, \u201cThis decision has become necessary because of the very disturbing incidents of vandalism and attacks on private individuals and institutions by hoodlums in the guise of #ENDSARS protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the government of Edo State respects the rights of its citizens to undertake legitimate protests, it cannot sit idly when hoodlums have taken laws into their hands to cause mayhem on innocent citizens and the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy the directive, schools and businesses are to shut down activities accordingly. Those who cannot move safely are to stay put between now and 4pm till calmness is restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cParents are advised to rein in their children, youths and wards, to forestall further breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe responsibility of government is to protect lives and property and maintain law and order, therefore, anyone found outside in violation of the curfew would be dealt with according to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the jailbreak, armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in a gunfight which resulted in some persons sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS: Edo govt. declares 24-hour curfew","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-edo-govt-declares-24-hour-curfew","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=694","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The government, in a press statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, on Monday, described the development as disturbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\nhoodlums on Monday broke into the Benin Prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
It was gathered that suspected hoodlums on Monday broke into the Benin Prison popularly called White House and freed several inmates in one of the cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apart from the jailbreak, there were reports of vandalisation and alleged attacks on residents in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read in part, \u201cThis decision has become necessary because of the very disturbing incidents of vandalism and attacks on private individuals and institutions by hoodlums in the guise of #ENDSARS protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the government of Edo State respects the rights of its citizens to undertake legitimate protests, it cannot sit idly when hoodlums have taken laws into their hands to cause mayhem on innocent citizens and the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy the directive, schools and businesses are to shut down activities accordingly. Those who cannot move safely are to stay put between now and 4pm till calmness is restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cParents are advised to rein in their children, youths and wards, to forestall further breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe responsibility of government is to protect lives and property and maintain law and order, therefore, anyone found outside in violation of the curfew would be dealt with according to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the jailbreak, armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in a gunfight which resulted in some persons sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS: Edo govt. declares 24-hour curfew","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-edo-govt-declares-24-hour-curfew","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 13:33:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=694","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":689,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content":"\n
Community Oriented Resource Persons go house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuel Kaalu, Communications Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When his community chose him to be among those to be trained as a Community Oriented Resource Person (CORP), Bala Mohammadu Abubakar didn\u2019t realise the impact he would have on the women and children of Beti ward, in the Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But thanks to that training, Bala now helps dozens of children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age. In his role, he goes house-to-house looking out for danger signs in pregnant women and sick children to identify those in need of urgent help. When he finds them, he either treats those with minor illnesses or refers the more serious cases to the local primary healthcare centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel fulfilled,\u201d he said. \u201cMy training as a CORP is helping save lives.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his expertise, some community members have taken to calling him likita, which means doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat gives a good feeling although that\u2019s not what gives me fulfilment as a CORP because I know I\u2019m not a doctor,\u201d the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNICEF Nigeria\/2019\/Owoicho<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
While Bala may downplay his contributions, those who has helped do not do so. In communities without access to healthcare facilities, he has provided crucial care to scores of under-5 children, nursing mothers and women of child bearing age with whom he shares information on health issues such as diarrhoea and shares treatment techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Husbands and fathers also appreciate how the work of CORPs like Bala help improve the health outcomes of their wives and children. One such husband is Abubakar Bello, 42, a father of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At his home near a ridge of hills close to Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, Abubakar tells of how Bala\u2019s ability to recognize potentially dangerous symptoms in pregnant women saved the life of his wife Hawau in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawau had been sick for many days but I didn\u2019t know what was wrong with her. We have no hospitals, so I just resigned to fate after efforts to treat her with herbs proved futile,\u201d he says, with Hawau by his side, nodding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bala learnt of Hawau\u2019s situation, he hurried to the Bellos\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom my training, I quickly recognized this was a case of severe anaemia,\u201d says Bala. \u201cI just took one look at Hawau and told the husband she had to be taken to the nearest hospital immediately. That meant the Chigari Primary Health Care Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the Chigari Centre was a full two hours away by bike, and the Bellos did not have the money to hire one. So Bala volunteered to take Hawau on his bike. They faced further hurdles on the way, including a marshy foot path and a river to cross, but finally arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Chigari, Hawau was referred to a hospital at Fufore, an hour\u2019s trip away. When we got to Fufore, the doctors said Hawau had to have an urgent Caesarian Section,\u201d said Bala. \u201cThe family had no money for the procedure, so I appealed to the doctors to perform the procedure, assuring that as a CORP, I\u2019ll ensure Hawau\u2019s medical bill was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery went ahead and Hawau survived. But sadly, her baby did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawau is happy and gratefully for Bala\u2019s efforts, but ultimately wishes for better access to facilities that would make such heroic actions unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on government to provide us health facilities in our community,\u201d she says. \u201cIf we had a health facility in our community, I wouldn\u2019t have had to look far to access healthcare services, and perhaps my baby wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nigeria: Community resource persons fight maternal and childhood diseases","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"nigeria-community-resource-persons-fight-maternal-and-childhood-diseases","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:57:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":685,"post_author":"11","post_date":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content":"\n
<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Activities in some areas of the nation's capital was disrupted Monday morning as EndSARS protesters continued their call for an end to police brutality and bad government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protesters who trooped out in their numbers in Kuje, one of the six Councils of FCT did not only asked for an end to police brutality but also asked for a better welfare package for police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even claims by the government that their request are been addressed was enough to assuage the youths who blocked the Kuje road leading to the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuje protesters in Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The protesters also blocked the Airport road, preventing motorists from the right of way. Several people have been prevented from going to their place work. Commercial vehicles going to the city center could not go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EndSARS protests which have been going on for more than a week seems not to be ending soon as it is spreading gradually across the country.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EndSARS protesters block Kuje, Airport road","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"endsars-protesters-block-kuje-airport-road","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-19 12:09:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=685","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":35},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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