ChiemezieMadu
Personal views on society, culture, politics, policy, church, religion and people
Federal Medical Centers in Nigeria: how much does it cost to run them?
Federal medical centers (FMC) have a long history in Nigeria dating as far back as the immediate post-independence era. Most of them (especially the old ones) started off as departmental health facilities before being converted to an FMC. For instance, FMC Ebute-Metta...
The unhealthy airport competition in Nigeria
'Soon, every big man will want an airport at the doorstep of his bedroom'. These are the words of Allen Onyema, Air Peace CEO, sometime in 2020 or thereabout, expressing his concern over new airport licences being granted to states and how it is bad for the aviation...
For the good of the patient…..Yes, refer them early!
I recently stumbled upon a tweet by the respectable Senator Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker and a vociferous critique of the present administration. In his tweet he took a veiled jab at private hospitals in the country, mocking them for referring their patients...
Garden city or garden ‘sooty’?
I stumbled onto a picture making the rounds on social media a few days ago and I realized that I am probably among a handful of Nigerians who have been oblivious about the Portharcourt (PH) soot issue. To be fair I have heard about it a couple of times (mostly on...
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