Itsrm:


You don't even need Tinubu to enter and remove it before you know what will happen.

Nigeria Labour Congress has already done a summersault that subsidy removal will be resisted.

I pray they succeed anyway because I'm heavily reliant on fuel and it will take the grace of God to get any significant raise at work to compensate.

izzou:


Yes sir.

Unlimited22:

The thing is crystal clear

The intentions of the lawmakers are good but this is like painting a cemetery white.
The putrid bones are still inside.

afrodoc2:


There are so many reasons why this policy will not give you the expected outcome. Let me just list a few.

1) You don't become a paediatrician within 5 years of graduation, so this bill if passed into law WILL NOT ensure that there is a paediatrician for your child.

2) The average work experience of doctors japaing is probably about 5 or more years already so the actual positive effect of this bill in terms of adding to the medical work force will be minimal. Most japa doctors spend close to 5 years already in Nigeria before exiting so the only thing this bill will do is antagonize the few that want to leave early by its similarity to indentured servitude/modern slavery.

3) Even if you are abkle to keep them back for 5 years what you will get will be a situation whereby doctor exit after the 5-year period will explode beyond what we have now, leading to a situation whereby only inexperienced doctors would be left in the country.

4) You will also have some medical graduates leaving the country for other African countries (and Caribbean countries) to start work as house officers and getting their full registration after 1yr rather than wasting 5 years in Nigeria to get the same full registration. You will be losing these ones from Year 0 not Year 5.

We have not mentioned the illegality involved in witholding full registration form doctors when the standard practice in all the sane parts of the world is to award full registration after completion of internship/housemanship.

Then there is the fact that all other public university students are also "subsidized" so i wonder why only doctors are being targeted to bear the brunt of a failed system. If we ask now, people will say doctors' jobs are special and they need to make the sacrifice. If we ask for better conditions and pay now, the same people will say doctors are not doing any special job and should go and sit down jo.

izzou:


Like.....

I intentionally kept quiet yesterday because i can imagine the insensitivity on their part.

But till now, all i see is how everybody supporting the bill is wicked and selfish.

Well, i am wicked and selfish, and i want to live forever

That bill will be passed, and you will add another 5 years here.

Nonsense

sod09:

Is he not the commissioner for health in lagos

sod09:

Na the lawmakers are selfish, these politicians don't like us one bit forget all these initial gragra
They know health sectors are the major route to japa

larride:


He is.

larride:


iz.zou point is valid also tho.

If every medical practitioner japa finish, who go treat those wey remain? 😩

sod09:

Una sha wan carry Lagos go Abuja sha😁😁
Using Lagos blueprint I like it sha

Itsrm:


If you also notice that when Unlimited22 came on board I stepped aside because I understood where he was coming from and I didn't want to come across as insensitive.

This idea of calling people evil or APC members because they don't see things the way you see it is not acceptable.

larride:
Prosper wan make them pay Doctors 750k - 1m. Per month. 😂

Na to kuku Dey use the national budget to pay doctors only. 😂

Itsrm:


If you also notice that when Unlimited22 came on board I stepped aside because I understood where he was coming from and I didn't want to come across as insensitive.

This idea of calling people evil or APC members because they don't see things the way you see it is not acceptable.

sod09:

Doctors are not the foundation to this problem you know?
Just like professors they ain't the problem, but all of a sudden they should endure just to serve humanity while the culprits enjoy the good thing in life
Not fair na

larride:


They are not the foundation of the problem they are definitely going to be part of the solution.

Just look at the working conditions Unlimited described some pages back, if na me personally I go don run comot sha. 😂

sod09:

Do you think they don't deserve it
Does the lawmakers deserve their salaries and allowances?

TrebleChamp:
But Nigeria is poor, it cannot pay Doctors good salary, it cannot build new standard hospital or fully remodel and equip existing one. Nigeria is broke so some State Governors cannot pay ₦30k minimum wage, many State including Lagos are owing backlog of Pension and Gratuity. Nigeria is broke so Govt must remove subsidy without putting in place palliative measures like fixing Electricity. Nigeria is broke only to the masses but not the Politicians..

https://www.nairaland.com/7644978/five-star-retirement-matawalle-wike-okowa

larride:


They are not the foundation of the problem they are definitely going to be part of the solution.

Just look at the working conditions Unlimited described some pages back, if na me personally I go don run comot sha. 😂

izzou:


I support subsidy removal till tomorrow, but i will never go about insulting or rubbing it on people's faces because of the insensitivity

Even when it was discussed here recently, i stayed away because i truly understood people's fears.

When the bill was adopted, i personally told him i understood his point, and at some point i stopped commenting because it is insensitive to a doctor. I even said I do not buy the defense of subsidised fees

But you want to tag me wicked because of my choice?

I am extremely wicked

That bill must come to pass

larride:


Do they deserve it? I’m not sure.

Does our lawmakers deserves their salaries? Yes

Do they deserve their ridiculous allowances? No

Do we have the money to pay doctors 750k - 1m as basic salary? No

larride:


They are not the foundation of the problem they are definitely going to be part of the solution.

Just look at the working conditions Unlimited described some pages back, if na me personally I go don run comot sha. 😂

TrebleChamp:
But Nigeria is poor, it cannot pay Doctors good salary, it cannot build new standard hospital or fully remodel and equip existing one. Nigeria is broke so some State Governors cannot pay ₦30k minimum wage, many State including Lagos are owing backlog of Pension and Gratuity. Nigeria is broke so Govt must remove subsidy without putting in place palliative measures like fixing Electricity. Nigeria is broke only to the masses but not the Politicians..

https://www.nairaland.com/7644978/five-star-retirement-matawalle-wike-okowa

sod09:

How do we pay such figures to politicians and can't remove half for doctors
This life no balance true true

sod09:

Our politicians always get supply of latest cars every year, yet naija is poor
This is why I can't pity any politicians if evil befall them

Unlimited22:

Issue with subsidy removal is the timing
The economy is already in shambles. Look at how many poor people we have.

How many will be able to chest the resultant effect of subsidy removal? Given the track record of our politicians, how sure are you that the money won't be embezzled in some other way?


If I say don't remove subsidy until we see actual Economic improvement, will I also be pointing fingers at you?

larride:


iz.zou point is valid also tho.

If every medical practitioner japa finish, who go treat those wey remain? 😩

Unlimited22:

Omo if you support a bill that wants to keep people in those conditions for five years even after we're saying let's look at other solutions, I don't know chief. I don't know.

izzou:


Just rest, bro

The fact that you have been throwing shades since yesterday to anybody that doesn't agree with you, is why i said what i said.

I no dey debate subsidy at this point, and i don't intend to

larride:


That’s because it doesn’t work that way. All the people in the politician in the National Assembly are not up to 600. Do you know the number of doctors or medical practitioners we have in the country?

Unlimited22:

My dear respected elder brother, why would you want me to work 120 hrs weekly for 5 years?

O wrong nau