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Aliko Dangote & Other Private Sectors Establish Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID)

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Understanding how corruption impacted Nigeria's COVID-19 response, By Uche Igwe

Understanding how corruption impacted Nigeria’s COVID-19 response, By Uche Igwe

Worldwide evidence of large-scale corruption during the pandemic affected the resources destined to fight it. Transparency International found that five months into the pandemic, the government purchased some goods at 25 times the original prize. Corruption in service delivery was identified in more than thirty countries. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic took the world unaware, tested the…

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Super Eagles To Get 102M From Femi Otedola If They Win AFCON

Super Eagles To Get 102M From Femi Otedola If They Win AFCON

Femi Otedola, a billionaire businessman, has given the Super Eagles $250,000 in naira (N102,895,000) if they win the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon in 2021. The Eagles would also earn N49,389,600 ($120,000) from the Coalition Against COVID-19 for the six goals they scored in the ongoing continental showpiece’s group stage. CACOVID, a private-sector-led platform designed to aid the government…

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BUA slams CACOVID, reveals evidence of vaccine payment

BUA slams CACOVID, reveals evidence of vaccine payment

Don’t play politics with Nigerian lives-BUA cautions CACOVID A drama is playing out on the acquisition of a million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine as the BUA Group has expressed surprise and described a statement issued by the Coalition Against COVID-19, CACOVID, disowning its (BUA) earlier claims on the purchase as “petty”. CACOVID had issued a rebuttal on BUA’s earlier claim on the purchase of…

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No individual can purchase vaccine from manufacturer, CACOVID disowns BUA claims

No individual can purchase vaccine from manufacturer, CACOVID disowns BUA claims

No individual can purchase vaccine from manufacturer, CACOVID disowns BUA claims Following a widespread report that BUA has purchased a million doses of COVID-19 (AstraZeneca) vaccines for Nigerians, the Coalition Against COVID-19, CACOVID, has disowned the statement, stating that no individual or company can purchase vaccines directly from any legitimate and recognized manufacturer. In an…

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The Cacophonous Censure Between CACOVID and BUA over COVID-19 Vaccine Doses…

* Stop Lying, You Cannot Singlehandedly Purchase One Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Nigeria, CACOVID Tells Abdulsamad Rabiu of BUA “CACOVID is dismayed to learn of reports on social media today alleging that BUA is singlehandedly purchasing one million COVID-19 vaccine doses for Nigeria. “Alhaji Abdulsamad must have been misquoted because these claims are not factual as CACOVID operates on…

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Nigeria records 13 B117 COVID-19 variant

Nigeria records 13 B117 COVID-19 variant

[files] Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha. Photo: TWITTER/FAANOFFICIAL Mr Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, on Monday disclosed that Nigeria had recorded a total of 13 of the B117 variant of COVID-19. At a briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, Mustapha, also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said: “A total of 13 B117…

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CACOVID Rice: Osun Takes Delivery Of 40,332 Bags, Begins Immediate Distribution

CACOVID Rice: Osun Takes Delivery Of 40,332 Bags, Begins Immediate Distribution

Osun State Government has commenced with the immediate distribution of the rice component of Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) donated to the State. The state Coordinator of CACOVID Monitoring and Evaluation Team, Mr Ademola Adebisi, who made this known, stated that the bags of rice was delivered to the state government officials at the State Secretariat, Abere. He said the…

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Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic For Our Collective Humanity, By Femi Falana

Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic For Our Collective Humanity, By Femi Falana

COVID Vaccine In sum, the response to the crisis should, therefore, be based on the principles of compassion, cooperation and multilateralism. In fact, apart from the pandemic, other global issues such as climate change, social inequality, drugs and identity crisis require cooperation and multilateral approaches because they constitute dangers to our common humanity. The most telling lesson of…

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JUST IN: CACOVID denies BUA’s vaccine donation

JUST IN: CACOVID denies BUA’s vaccine donation

The private sector-led coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) on Monday expressed dismay and disowned the statement by the BUA group, stating that the company has purchased one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for Nigeria. Earlier on Monday evening,  a statement issued by the BUA group had announced that it had secured one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, through the AfreximBank…

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Public Health Nigeria Condemns CACOVID's Attempt To Demonize BUA Over Vaccine

Public Health Nigeria Condemns CACOVID’s Attempt To Demonize BUA Over Vaccine

When the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) a private sector-led initiative was established to assist the government in combating the Coronavirus disease in the country, the Public Health community lauded the initiative because it was a noble idea. However, according to a statement by the Executive Director of Public Health Nigeria, Dr. Oche Joseph Otorkpa the events of the past 24 Hours has…

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ENDSARS Warehouse Looting: The Legality and Morality of Public Parade of Suspects

It is no longer news that Nigeria, with a population of about 200 million people has been described as the poverty capital of the world. With people living on less than one dollar per day, life is extremely hard for most people inhabiting this most populous black country of the world. The nation just exceeded India with the largest rate of people living in extreme poverty. This is according to the August report of borgenmagazine.com.

With enormous abundance of mineral resources deposited in virtually all the states in the country, such as crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, gold, etc., we have no reason to be poor at all. In fact, Nigeria is the 8th largest exporter of crude oil in the world according to the 2019 report of worldstopexports.com. Apart from this, we have large expanse of arable land in all states of the federation where cultivation of crops is highly viable. The irony however is that many Nigerians are living like the proverbial son of a butcher who feeds on bones. 

Events leading to the lockdown since March this year has aggravated the level of lack and hunger consciousness among Nigerians. Many people can no longer afford decent meals anymore. The people have been pauperized by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is largely because most people were asked to stay indoor to prevent the spread of the virus because it is believed that the virus spreads fast when people have contacts with one another. Curfews were imposed in the different states in the country in a bid to curtail the transmission of this deadly virus.

There were rumours flying round about the plan of the government to send money into individual bank accounts of all Nigerians as a measure to reduce the level of hardship caused by the lockdown but I am yet to receive any credit alert on my phone and most Nigerians also testified that they got no reprieve whatsoever either monetarily or in food supply.

During the lockdown, many well to do Nigerians, corporate organizations and religious institutions made handsome donations of palliatives to help alleviate the suffering of the people but unfortunately, many of the palliatives were kept under lock and key in different warehouses. There were reports that some politicians hijacked the palliatives meant for the poor Nigerians for their selfish gain. Some of them plan to use those items to boost their political career by donating to people of their own constituency and political leaning so that they can obtain cheap popularity and perhaps garner substantial votes during the next general election.

There were politicians who also kept those palliatives meant for the people in their warehouses till the time of their birthday party! What a shame! How can you expect people who are poor and vulnerable to wait till your birthday celebration before they can get materials which rightfully belong to them? I am sure some of those food palliatives would have expired before the birthday party. Some state governors also gave unjustifiable reason for keeping the palliatives. They claimed that they were waiting for the second wave of the Corona virus before they start sharing them! Why are they expecting the second wave of the deadly virus when we are still dealing with the first and praying for the flattening of the statistical curve of the pandemic?

Another event later surfaced after the ease of the Covid-19 lockdown— the ENDSARS protests. The protest started in a peaceful manner with many Nigerian youths calling for the abolition of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) because of the harassment and embarrassment many of them face from this police department on a daily basis. Nigerians were treated like second class citizens in their own country by these power drunk police officers who find it a pleasurable thing to trample on the fundamental human rights of the average Nigerian.

The protest was spread across the country and it was very peaceful till hoodlums found a mischievious way to turn the protest to a riot thereby causing arson and anarchy in different places. Public and private properties were destroyed and many items stored in warehouses looted. One major factor that led to the truncation of the protest was the unfortunate attack of peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. It was reported that the army attacked peaceful protesters who were only carrying the Nigerian flag and singing the national anthem, killing some of the protesters in the process while some were also injured— https://www.amnesty.org/killing-of-endsars-protesters-by-the-military-must-be-investigated. 

The criminal elements seized the moment of chaos to perpetrate their wanton destruction of lives and properties. Public and private properties worth billions of naira were destroyed and vandalized. It is worthy to note that some Nigerians who had been victims of the first lockdown and the second one got wind of the fact that the palliatives meant for them since March were kept in different warehouses in the country. They seized the moment to open the warehouses and took away many food palliatives and some other items. From the tabloid and a viral video circulating online, a member of the paramilitary service was also discovered to be part of the looters of the palliatives— www.premiumtimesng.com/nscdc-dismisses-officer-for-looting-covid-19-relief-item.

This singular act shows the level of poverty and hunger in the land. What would make people open a warehouse in broad daylight to go steal food palliatives if not hunger? As a matter of fact, the looting of the warehouses was just a physical and psychological reaction to the years of oppression and suppression of Nigerians as a result of poverty and bad governance. The ENDSARS protest was therefore not just about an end to that brutal police formation, but it is a call for end to bad governance and poverty in the land. It is a misnomer for Nigerians to be living in abject poverty in the midst of plenty. The Covid-19 palliatives should have been distributed to the people as at when due by the state governors. Does it mean that looting and plundering should be encouraged? That’s not the point.The fact is that the people “took��� what rightfully belong to them. Whatever the people must have taken from the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) warehouse, I suggest they are pardoned and given a second chance. If corrupt politicians who looted billions of naira from our commonwealth get respite and a reprieve, these poor Nigerians accused of looting the warehouses for food palliatives deserves pardon. However, other properties stolen by the hoodlums can be recovered from them and they too can be pardoned and given civic orientation on how to become better citizens. In my opinion, if the members of terrorist groups gets a second chance, these poor Nigerians too should be pardoned.

Moreover, the act of parading the CACOVID palliatives looters before the public and the media is rather unfortunate. In my opinion, these people should have been given fair hearing in a court of competent jurisdiction and allowed access to a lawyer as Nigerian citizens. They are innocent till proven guilty —that’s the position of the law. According to Mr Olawale Apanisile, “lawyers say parading of suspects is unconstitutional and damaging to the person involved. They said that often those paraded were innocent and in the event of being pronounced innocent by the courts of competent jurisdiction, the police never re-parade them“—https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/illegal-parade-trial-criminal-suspects/. 

In his submission, he further stated that parading suspects before the public and media as criminals before trial is a violation of Section 34(1) and 36(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.

In another report by Murtala Adewale—crime suspects and the legality of media parade, Mr Adewale argued that Section 36 subsection 5 of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria as amended presumed every person who is charged with criminal offence as innocent until such person is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction—https://m.guardian.ng/features/crime-suspects-and-the-legality-of-media-parade

With the tripod stand of legal framework and the standpoint of morality and humanness, I hold the view that those warehouse looters should not be openly paraded before the public and the media since the amended Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria of 1999 declares every person charged with criminal offence innocent until they are convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction. 

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Tension over rising oxygen demand in hospitals

Tension over rising oxygen demand in hospitals

• Reliance On Cylinders For Oxygen Responsible For Shortage – Okwesil • Health Institutions Depending On Vendors For Supply Endanger Patients – Amah • Teaching Hospitals, FMC Must Have Oxygen Generating Plants • Lagos Commissions Oxygen Plant, Uses 300 Cylinders Daily • Consumption Of Medical Gas In Rivers State Shots Up • Patients At Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Consume 100 Cylinders Daily –…

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COVID-19: Oyo govt spent N2.7 billion on fight against Coronavirus- Official

COVID-19: Oyo govt spent N2.7 billion on fight against Coronavirus- Official

The Oyo State government has spent N2.7 billion in the fight against the spread and containment of the Coronavirus pandemic in the state, the Commissioner for Finance in Oyo State, Akinola Ojo, has said.

The official noted that the amount was spent on setting up of treatment and isolation centres, procurement of palliatives and seedlings for a section of the residents and farmers as well as on…