NCDC has confirmed that about 80% of cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria is as a direct result of folks that travelled from abroad. The other 20% are most likely secondary spread from this same cohort. The recklessness of the Elite is unforgivable in this regard.
NCDC gave instructions on self-isolation; but these very few Nigerians disregarded it and put the entire nation at risk. Yet if this pandemic takes hold; it’s the poor that will suffer the most. All those that ignored guidelines should be prosecuted for endangering the public.
At the least; they should all be fined heavily. It is irresponsible to ignore public health guidelines and expose millions to this virus needlessly. And example should first be made of those at the top. Enough of this impunity. Lessons need to be learnt for the good of all.
If the government fails to act; Private prosecution by those affected as a class action should be considered. Given the global happenings; it was foreseeable that ignoring NCDC could lead to the spread of the virus. It’s not rocket science.
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SOME PROVISIONS FROM THE NEW POLICE ACT THAT NIGERIANS SHOULD BE AWARE OF.
The Nigeria Police Force (Establishment) Act 2020 was signed into law by President Buhari in September 2020 as a replacement for the antiquated 1943 Legislation we have been using since Independence.
While the Act contain many provisions that relates to the operations of the Police; there are a few interesting clauses in the Act that should be of special interest to Nigerians. This Thread simply highlights very few of the many provisions.
1.THE IGP MUST MAKE PROVISION FOR THE MENTAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF OFFICERS. Mental health is a big problem in Nigeria as a whole; but Section 9(e) of the Act makes it mandatory for the IGP to make sure the mental & psychological needs of police officers are catered for.
Every Pandemic has elements of unknowns. D challenge with Covid is some folks have tried to say with certainty what was yet an unknown. So science is now beginning to get a bad name as WHO shifts some of its earlier positions. The caveats that has been missing is problematic.
The 1918 Pandemic Virus was not fully discovered until 1933. So scientists were dealing with lots of unknowns during the pandemic in 1918-1920. What is happening now is Scientists have not been transparent enough to put caveats around guidance & honestly say they were not sure.
I think the problem or mistake that was made from the start is WHO and scientists made it look as though they knew enough about Covid to inform specific policies when in fact there were lots of Unknown unknowns. And their actions were out of caution which is understandable.
DON’T BLAME FEDERAL GOVT FOR EVERYTHING GOING WRONG - Challenging the Failures of State Governors
There is a case of Legal dereliction of duties that can be made against many State Governors in Nigeria. Observing what is happening; it is clear that many Nigerians do not fully...
...understand the status of the law hence the FG is blamed for many things unfairly; although FG have a lot to answer for in its own right. Take for instance, cases of the police killings of citizens, the soldiers killing of citizens, kidnappings, herdsmen killings etc.
Many blame the FG for not pursuing these cases. But ALL these are STATE CRIMES. State Attorney Generals (AG) can prosecute these cases without need to involve FG. So why are the States not doing their job? Why does everybody blame FG for everything so easily.
Different countries have employed different ways to combat this pandemic with successes despite variation in tools employed. Nigeria cannot afford to just copy other countries. A distinctive local solution must be found.
Our security agencies cannot police the chaos that a prolonged national total lockdown will create. We already see signs of that in Lagos. Hunger & destitution can also kill more people than the virus itself.
So what are some of the ways other nations have managed this pandemic.
Examples are:
SOUTH KOREA - No Lockdown but aggressive tracing, testing and wide use of face masks. Virus now coming under control and impact on economy minimised.
JAPAN - Partial lockdown in Evenings and Weekends only. Virus death very low and infections coming down.
If political dialogue is to identify and redress existing forms of injustice, participants in the dialogue must be able to appeal to the concept of objectivity in order to exchange claims, attitudes, and background beliefs which distort or conceal various forms of injustice.
Objectivity was invented in an age of information scarcity, its relevance in an age of information abundance is now being questioned. Does an OBJECTIVE voice hold the same value today as it did a century ago? Do people prefer raw senseless partisanship void of truth to balance?
Although often used interchangeably, they mean different things. Impartiality relates to absence of bias and objectivity to identifying facts and evidence. In essence, Impartiality and OBJECTIVITY have been what separate true Information from Propaganda, Entertainment, or Fiction
EFCC HAS NO POWER TO UNILATERALLY FREEZE ANY ACCOUNT IN NIGERIA
A small revolution took place last month in a Lagos court that many may not have noticed. It is normal practice for security agencies in Nigeria to act beyond their powers as experienced by folks on a daily basis.
Reports of bank accounts being frozen by the EFCC is a regular occurrence all over Nigeria. But a court has now reaffirmed the position of the law on this practice. The conclusion of the court was that EFCC HAS NO POWER TO ORDER A BANK ACCOUNT TO BE FROZEN.
THEY MUST OBTAIN A COURT ORDER TO DO SO. Without a court order, any bank that act based on EFCC request is acting unlawfully and will be held legally liable.
A High Court ordered Diamond Bank Plc to pay a Lagos-based Lawyer, Adetokunbo Odutola, N25million as damages...