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Rivers Probes Alleged Sale Of Vaccines, Vows Punishment
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EditorThe Rivers State Government said it was investigating complaints by some nursing mothers that immunisation vaccines were being sold by personnel in health centres.
The government said any staff caught selling vaccines will face disciplinary actions.
The Executive Director of the Rivers State Primary Healthcare Management Board, Dr Kinikanwo Green said this when he paid an unscheduled visit to Obio Cottage and Rumuokwurishi Health Centers in Obio/Akpotha Local Government Area of the state.
This came as some nursing mothers accused some personnel at the Obio Cottage Hospital and the Rumuokrushi Health Centre in Obio/Ajpir Local Government of the State of selling vaccines.
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One of the mothers who spoke to our correspondent said the first time she took her son to the facility she was asked to pay some money.
The mother who refused to mention her name stated, “The first time I took in, I didn’t have to pay, the second time I was told that I should pay N9000 for one (vaccine) for a first-time mum.
“When I travelled, the other hospitals where I took the injection didn’t ask for anything. They have the whole thing they said I have to pay for here.
“So today is the first time since I came back and he was given just two and we were asked to pay for one, N10,000 and I don’t have it. So I am going,” she added.
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However, addressing the mothers at the Obio Cottage Hospital, Kinikanwo said the state government will not tolerate any act that is capable of affecting the Health of children or mothers.
He stated, “We are taking it very seriously. The Board has also noted one or two personnel and of course, disciplinary actions will be taken against those culpable.
“We have already set up a disciplinary committee to look into this and of course, recommendations will be made, and we are going to carry out the necessary punitive measures against these staff,” he added.
He insisted that the vaccines are free adding that it was done so by the government of Governor Siminilayi Fubara. He also stated that it was the reason for his visits to ascertain the allegations.
“The Government of Sir Siminilayi Fubara has sent us here. On the issue of vaccines, we don’t want to hear that anyone is paying money or anyone charging anyone.
“We are not going to accept any sharp practices that are inimical to the health of our mothers and the Health of our children,” he explained.
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, urged residents of the state to come out en-masse to perform their civic responsibility in the ongoing Local Government election.
Our correspondent, who monitored the election, observed that eligible voters refused to come out to participate in the ongoing election.
The governor made this appeal while speaking with journalists shortly after casting his vote at Ward 1, Unit 11 in the Ibadan North East Local Government Area of the state.
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Makinde reminded them of the need to take part in choosing their leaders.
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Late Actor, Junior Pope’s Funeral Arrangement Released
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April 27, 2024By
EditorThe funeral arrangement of late actor, Junior Pope has been released.
Recall that the actor drowned on April 10 along with four crew members, while travelling by water for filmmaker Adanma Luke’s film “The Other Side of Life”.
According to Junior Pope’s family, the actor will be buried on May 17th at his hometown in Nsukka, Enugu state.
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Yahaya Bello: Abuja American School Refunds $760,000 To EFCC
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April 27, 2024By
EditorThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the receipt of the refund of $760,000 paid as advanced school fees by a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello for his children at the American International School, Abuja.
The spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Friday.
“The school has refunded the entire $ 760, 000 to the EFCC’s recovery account,” he said.
Earlier, the American International School of Abuja had asked the EFCC to provide “authentic banking details” for the refund of fees paid for the children of the former governor.
Bello allegedly paid $720,000 in advance as fees for five of his children from the coffers of the Kogi State Government.
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The children are in Grade Levels 2 to 8 at the school.
On April 17, EFCC operatives laid siege on Bello’s residence in Abuja in an attempt to arrest him over an alleged N80.2 billion fraud.
While the operatives were at the house, Usman Ododo, governor of Kogi, arrived at the property and reportedly whisked Bello away.
In a letter addressed to the Lagos Zonal Commander of the EFCC, the school said the sum of $845,852 has been paid in tuition “since the 7th of September 2021 to date.”
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AISA said the sum to be refunded is $760,910 because it had deducted educational services already rendered.
“Please forward to us an official written request, with the authentic banking details of the EFCC, for the refund of the above-mentioned funds as previously indicated as part of your investigation into the alleged money laundering activities by the Bello family,” the letter reads.
It added, “Since the 7th September 2021 to date, $845,852.84 in tuition and other fees have been deposited into our bank account.
“We have calculated the net amount to be transferred and refunded to the State, after deducting the educational services rendered as $760,910.84.
“No further additional fees are expected in respect of tuition as the students’ fees have now been settled until they graduate from ASIA.”
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The school said it would draw the attention of the anti-graft agency if there were any further deposits by the Bello family.
In a statement signed by Greg Hughes, AISA also said, “Ali Bello contacted the school on Friday 13 August 2021 requesting to pay the family school fees in advance until the students graduate from High School.”
The Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, had earlier revealed that the former governor transferred $720,000 from the government’s coffers to a bureau de change before leaving office to pay in advance for his child’s school fee.
Olukoyede revealed this during an interview with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said, “A sitting governor, because he knows he is going, moved money directly from government to bureau de change, used it to pay the child’s school fee in advance, $720,000 in advance, in anticipation that he was going to leave the Government House.
“In a poor state like Kogi, and you want me to close my eyes to that under the guise of ‘I’m being used.’ Being used by who at this stage of my life?”
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