Aleyita Hosts CEDI

In furtherance of its drive to re-echo the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene  (WASH) thrust of the World Health Organization, the Community Excellence Development Initiative (CEDI) made another sensitization outing at Junior Secondary School, Aleyita, a suburb of the Abuja Metropolis, on the 26^th of October 2018.

CEDI choose to sensitize the school as children spend long hours in school, and the physical environment and cleanliness of educational facilities significantly determine their health and well-being. Too often, schools are places where children get infected. More than 40 per cent of diarrhea cases in school children result from transmission in schools rather than homes. Diseases spread faster where many children gather for many hours a day in cramped spaces with limited ventilation, unsanitary conditions, no hand washing facilities or soap, and toilets in poor condition. The impact of poor sanitation, poor water quality and supply, and inappropriate hygienic behaviour is known to be disastrous for infants and young children and has a terrible impact on the health of school-aged children. This should not be normal as good water, sanitation and hygiene can reduce sickness by as much as 45%.

It featured targeted talks and lecturing from a resource person, Mrs Salako, a nurse of many years standing, who educated the children of the need for cleanliness and a culture of hand washing as an integral part of their daily routine, and also  the consequences of not inculcating it, as in diseases and infections.

Canada's deportation of illegal immigrants not a joke

Canadian authorities ahave finalized plans to deport ilegal immigrants who have been on asylum claims sice last year.
A lot of them walked into Canada from the United States, claiming that they feared that the American policy on immigration will clamp down hard on them.

Date a guy for more than five years at your own risk-Toke Makinwa

 
Media personality and socialite, Toke Makinwa, has warned ladies against dating guys for upwards of five years, calling it 'a waste of time'.

She took to her vlog to hand the free advice recently.

According to her:
“I do not understand why you should date someone for more than two and a half years. That is my take. I feel like if you meet someone, two years is decent, two and half years is decent, By three years, its like ‘what again are your trying to find out’.

What didn’t you find out in the first and second year. I feel like 5 years is taking the piece and for seven years, you are absolutely having a laugh. By 10 years, it’s like ”are you the lord of the rings? I can say this because I have been in a long term relationship so I can tell you how I feel about it. My answer is no because I feel like often times, long courtships do not translate to a happy marriage.


She went further to air her views on the recent split between Bad Boy CEO Sean 'Diddy' Combs and songbird Cassie, who allegedly dated for  years. she said Cassie shoudlt have waited that long before taking a walk from the relationship.

See the states that have agreed and disagreed over the new minimmum wage scheme

It has been a running battle with the Federal Government and the Nigerian Labour Congress over the new minimmum wage argument, with a strike action in between, and another one brewing very soon.
as a result, some states have agreed to implement the #30,000 figure whle some others have been adamant, citing different reasons for their inability to come to a compromise on the issue.


According to a source, it received memoranda from  Delta, Abia, Adamawa, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Ekiti (which said it was consulting), Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba, FCT, and Borno States. Aside from memoranda, oral submissions were taken, on which robust debates were held and analysed. To complement these, hearings were held in the six geo-political zones of the country.

In order to arrive at a realistic and doable figure, studies /research were done on the cost of living index, etc. Unwilling govs From the submissions of the governors to the committee,  the states that are opposed to the N30,000 minimum wage are not hidden. In fact, what the governors have done is to adpot the submission of Ondo State which is the second lowest figure besides Taraba State. From checks, it was found out that Kano with the biggest work force and a monthly wage bill of N9, 200,000.000, offered to pay N30,600.


Other states similarly, agreed to pay as follows: Adamawa, N23,000; Taraba, N20,000; Imo, not specific; Plateau, N25,000, N30,0000, & N57,0000; AkwaIbom, not specific,  Bauchi, N25 200; Abia, N42,000; Ekiti, still consulting; Gombe, N28,000; Jigawa, N32,000; Kogi, not specific; Katsina, not specific; Ondo, N22,000; Lagos, will be bound by Southern State Governors Forum; Oyo, not specific; Nasarawa, N24,750, N31, 348.30; Enugu, will implement anything agreed; Delta, cannot accommodate an increase for now on present Federal Government allocation; Borno, N27,000. Investigation revealed that at the October 4th and 5th, after a two day warning strike between September 27 and 28; “and in the spirit of give and take, the members mutually agreed at the figure of N30,000 which was not favourable to any party. It was concluded with a promise that the members would come together on an appointed date to sign and submit the report to President Buhari



“It is important to explain that preceding the arrival at the N30,000 figure, the Committee relying on evidence-based approach, debated the four scenarios submitted by the Figures Sub-Committee chaired by Dr. Ngige as follows: Scenario One yielded an average of N38,508.18, median of N42,032, and mode of N36,000; Scenario Two yielded an average of N36,522.18, median of N45,000 and mode of N50,000; Scenario Three yielded an average of N37,000; Scenario Four yielded an average of N35,000.


If by November 6, a definite holistic statement isn received, the Nigeria Labour Congress is set to shut the nation down totally in a robust industrial action.

CEDI begins sensitization on hygiene

The Community Excellence Development Initiative (CEDI) has launched its sensitization campaign on the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene mantra of the World Health Organization (WHO).

It is an effort towards amplifying and bringing closer to the grassroots the resolve of the World Health Organization to make quality health and hygiene accessible to Africa and the Third World.

The sensitization, the first of many to come, took place at Kuchingoro, a suburb of the Abuja metropolis, recently.

His name is not Jesus-Daddy Freeze

Controversial online religious sensation, Daddy Freeze, is out and about again.
He claims the name Jesus is false, as taught by the Christian community.
See his post on his Snapchat page:

 

Does he seem to know that names can b translated into different languages for convenience? hmmmmm

Indonesian worker killed by the law for resisting rape

An Indonesian migrant into Saudi Arabia has been executed for resisting rape.

She was found guilty of killing her employer after he wanted to have his way with her forcefully, but met with the wrong end of the adventure, sometime in 2011. She had been on death row ever since.
Mrs Tursilawati claimed she was acting in self defence.
It may seem that Indonesia-Saudi Arabis diplomatic relations may have been strained by this unfortunate incident, as no notice of the execution was given to the Indonesian government, for the third time in four years running.


The Saudi ambassador to Indonesia had been summoned to discuss the matter, the president said, but the Saudi embassy in Jakarta did not answer calls seeking comment.



'The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has ignored principles of human rights, including a right for everyone to live,' said Abidin Fikri, a member of Indonesia's parliament.