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Nigeria Healthcare Crisis?

The vast majority of Africans in the diaspora cannot afford to pay for health care due to problems such as poverty and hunger. The World Health Organization‘s definition of health is not merely the absence of disease but the attainment of a state of physical, mental, emotional and social well being.

To sustain a healthy economy and steady economic growth, Nigeria needs a functioning health care system from the federal, state, and local government. Healthcare should be considered a national emergency because is in crisis. Access to quality healthcare is Nigeria is either limited or nonexistent, and people die of minor illnesses that can be prevented with healthy life style and/or health education.

  • The life expectancy of the country is low and about 20% of children die before the age of 5.
  • The 2000 WHO report on the performance of health care systems rank the country 187 out of 191.

Please take a listen to my panel of  expertise: Dr Olayiwola Ajileye, specialist in Psychiatry/Mental Health in the United Kingdom. Also, a Publicity Coordinator of Champions for Nigeria, and Omoh Tsatsaku Ojior, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science Executive Director/CEO of Onima Institute, Atlanta, GA, as we tackle Nigeria Healthcare Crisis. Enjoy!

I Have a Dream Nigeria

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By Princess Asha

I have a Dream Nigeria that there was a rebirth of conscience in our leaders, both the young and old alike came out of the wilderness in solidarity and became the new face of nation building.

I have a Dream Nigeria that we were no longer defined by ethnicity, corruption, radicalism or religion but by heroism and patriotism.

I have a Dream Nigeria that the tears and pains of our motherland gave birth to a new nation, our land flourished once again with resources, innovation and technology to heal, feed and provide for the poor, and destitute.

I have a Dream Nigeria that the conscience of Nigeria returned back to Nigerians and that the oppressed and forgotten danced to the sound of freedom, equality and justice for all.

I have a Dream Nigeria that change may not come easy,  and will come at a cost or perhaps, may not happen in our life time, but because the young and old dare to dream dreams of a better tomorrow, Nigeria will wake up from its sleeping slumber by kiss of destiny, and that history is waiting on you to be written.

 

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Young At Heart Poetry Vol 4 – I-U-UR

I hear your footsteps distance away

I see your face in my sleep, whenever you call my name

I feel your breath in the wind of the night, until sunshine

I hear gossip uttered, while truth waits in time and place

I say you feel nothing, because promises were broken, even fools wonder because they know better

You cause the tsunami of your sweetness to awake my sub-conscious

You unveil the child in me, like a new born, I feel a rebirth taking place

You talk my worries away into the land of no return

You watch over me, when I sleep in your arms

You say you feel nothing because promises were broken, even fools wonder because they know better

Your innocence is without compromise

Your love like lava solidifies every thing in it’s path

Your aura can be compared to the seven wonders of the world

Your caring and nurturing nature is without a doubt

Your heart skip a bit, when I tell you I miss you

Your heart feels nothing, because promises were broken,  even fools wonder because they know better


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Young At Heart Poetry Vol 5 – The solemn promise to you:

The solemn promise to you:

To be your lover when you need to be loved

Your doctor when you are ill

Your army when you go to war

Your umbrella when life rains down on you

Your rock when you get weary

Your shield when you need defense

Your spirit when you are drained

Your pillow when you need to rest

Your voice when no one can hear you

Your ear when no one will listen

Your comfort when you feel pain

Your hero when you are under duress

Your sunshine when darkness falls

Your answer when questions arise

Your inspiration to overcome obstacles,

Your hand to hold when you are frightened

Your kiss that wakes you everyday

And your “I love you” each and every night

I am yours all of me.

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