Point One

 A proposed bill seeking to prescribe seven years in jail or a fine of N500million, or both for public servants who spend taxpayers’ money on foreign medical treatment is brewing in the House of Representatives. It will be among the most radical and impactful pieces of legislation to be passed by that chamber if it pulls through. Sponsored by Sergius Ogun (PDP, Edo), the bill seeks to amend the National Health Act, 2014 to make provision for sanctions against any public officer who violates the provisions of the Act, especially its Section 46. The section to which amendment is sought reads: “Without prejudice to the right of any Nigerian to seek medical check-up, investigation or treatment anywhere within and outside Nigeria, no public officer of the Government of the Federation or any part thereof shall be sponsored for medical check-up, investigation or treatment abroad at public expense except in exceptional cases on the recommendation and referral by the medical board, and whic...

Morality is in advanced stage of decay among a section of our youthful populace in Nigeria, and its putrid smell is choking life and feeling out of society. Citizens are in shock over the bold-faced bestiality that characterises the trend, with many mulling the question: where and when did we leave our humanity behind? The entire society itself has lost moral compass and came a long way to this point, as concerted erosion of ethics over the years has bred an emergent generation of   heartless immoralists now on the prowl and heralding the death of humanism. Society is at crossroads and in frantic quest for a redemptive path to moral rebirth. Only that the quest is a long way back to sanity.  Many Nigerians were horrified when the police in Abeokuta, early last week, paraded four youngsters accused of having killed and beheaded a girl for ritual purposes. The youngsters, aged 18 to 20 years, were caught penultimate Saturday dawn burning the severed head of their victim – a...