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Y K Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2022 — 35 BRAIN DRAIN: We now have one doctor to 6,400 patients Continues from Page 5 they will undergo their mandatory 12 months internship. Govt must act fast to stop brain drain - NMA Reacing to the development yesterday, the Njigerian Medical Association, NMA, urged government to act fast to stop its members from migrating abroad. Making the call, the FCT chapter of NMA, said that it was in talk with members to consider service to their fatherland in the face of government nonchalant attitude to their plights. The Public Relations Officer of the chapter, Dr. Muyiwa Komolafe, told Vanguard: "Brain drain is not going to end anytime soon because apparently as it is, there is really no incentive to make people stay here and serve in their country. "However, we are trying to talk to one another to soft-pedal, that there are economic realities because you can imagine somebody earning in Pounds and Dollars, with the declining rate of the Naira. That is another factor driving people to leave the country. "Some other things which people are supposed to look at are the possibility that if you are at home, you are in your own country and you can walk around without fear of being castigated, harassed and called all manner of names and all of that. It's not as if those people are actually friendly to us. "Insecurity is one of the reasons people are leaving. Many of our colleagues have become victims of the bad security situation in the country and this is contributing to the migration of our people outside the shores of this country, thus causing the brain drain. "You cannot be kidnapped overseas. The police will be at the forefront of the matter, unlike here that even the police are not free from kidnap. "Family pressure is also contributing to the migration of our members abroad. Every family wants its own person to travel abroad. When you see your colleagues that just moved abroad buying new cars even for their fathers and doing other things and you can't even give N30,000 to your father, why would you not want to go abroad?” Naira appreciates to N445/$ in I&E window By Elizabeth Adegbesan The naira yesterday appreciated to N445 per dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for the window fell to N445 per dollar from N446 per dollar on Wednesday, indicating N1 appreciation for the naira. Similarly, the naira appreciated by N5 in the parallel market yesterday.“ Vanguard findings from black market traders showed that the exchange rate for the market fell to N780 per dollar from N785 on Wednesday. From left: Olowu of Owu, Oba Saka Matemilola; Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; Osile of Oke-Ona, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso and Agura of Gbagura, Oba Sabru Bakre during the endorsement of the governor for a second term in office by the Egba Traditional Council at Ake Palace, Abeokuta yesterday. Nigeria needs political will, public to tackle energy needs, says IAEA By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor, Sochi, Russia THE International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, has advised Nigeria and other African countries planning to add nuclear into their energy mix to garner enough political will and public support to hit their desired targets. IAEA Deputy Director and Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy, Mikhail Chudakov, gave the advice at the ongoing 2022 Atom Expo in Sochi, Russia. At the opening ceremony of the Expo, with theme, ''Nuclear Spring'', Chudakov called for more investment in nuclear energy to achieve the zero emission target by 2050. Speaking to African journalist on the chances of Africa to achieve sufficient nuclear energy to help solve energy problems, Chudakov said: "Oh why not? Most of the African countries, like Nigeria and the rest that have shown interest in nuclear energy, only need to garner enough political will and public support. ''They need to create enough awareness to the benefits of clean energy and how it can help their situations. Russia did that and today, the results are clear." He made case for countries across the world to make additional investments in nuclear energy to help achieve zero emission by 2050. About 196 parties agreed to an international treaty on climate change in 2015 at COP 21 in Paris, to join forces to achieve zero emission by 2050. The 2015 agreement came into force on November 4, 2016. Currently, the Earth is already about 1.1C warmer than it was in the late 1800s and emissions continue to rise and to reduce global warming to 1.5C, emissions need to be reduced by 45 percent by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. Chudakov felt that to achieve the target, there must be concerted efforts to establish nuclear energy units globally. He said: "Now, an unprecedented number of about 70 countries have expressed interest in pursuing nuclear power development as part of their energy mix. This signal there could be a significant jump in nuclear power installed capacity by 2050, and this trend will require the construction of twenty nuclear plant units every year. ''In 2017, Nigeria and Russia signed agreements on construction and operation of a nuclear power plant and a nuclear research centre, including a multi-purpose research reactor in the country. ''By October 2021, the Vice-President of JSC RUSATOM, the Russian Federation, Mr. Anton Moskvin, and his team met the Federal Government officials in Abuja in connection with a mutual framework for partnership on the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.'' A T O M E X P O International Forum is the main event of the global nuclear industry. It is the largest exhibition and business platform to discuss the current state of the nuclear industry and setting future trends. It has been held annually since 2009. 13 years after, FG reintroduces History in basic education curriculum •Trains 3,700 teachers By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-After 13 years of abolishing History, the Federal Government yesterday formally announced its reintroduction as a standalone subject in basic education curriculum in Nigeria. The development came as government shortlisted a total of 3,700 history teachers for the first round of training for enhanced teaching of the subject. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this at the flag-off ceremony of the reintroduction of teaching of History and training of History teachers at basic education level, lamented that national cohesion was being threatened, with the country retreating into primodal sentiments because of lack of knowledge of the evolution of Nigeria, following the removal of History from basic education curriculum. Adamu was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Nanah Opiah at the event attended by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar, and other key stakeholders in the education sector. History was removed from primary and secondary education curriculums during the 2009/2010 academic session. But following general reactions then that for a country that a country still evolving and grappling with issues of social cohesion, political stability and economic development, it could not afford to forget its past, the current Minister of Education ordered the reintroduction of the subject in 2019. Speaking at the flag-off, Adamu said: "History used to be one of the foundational subjects taught in our classroom but for some inexplicable reasons, the steam of teaching and learning was abolished. "As a result, History was subsequently expunged from the list of subject combination our students could offer in both external and internal examinations compared to the subjects that were made compulsory at basic and secondary levels in Nigeria. "This single act no doubt relegated and eroded the knowledge and information that learners could otherwise have been exposed to. It was a monumental mistake and have already started seeing its negative consequences. "The loss created by the absence of this subject has led to a fall in moral values, erosion of cvic values, and disconnect from the past. More worrisome was the neglect of the teaching of this subject at basic and post basic levels of education which invariably eroded the knowledge of the evolution of Nigeria as a country. "The immediate implication of this was that we lost ideas even of our recent past, and we scarcely saw ourselves as one nation and gradually began retreated into our primordial sentiments.' The minister added that the training and retraining of teachers in order to enhance their capacity development that would lead to the mastery of the subject, would be a focus of this re-introduction. He said teachers would be provided with the requisite skills needed to teach the subject, the technique, methodology which would eventually give the subject a didactic outlook that would arouse the interest of children to listen with rapt attention and remove the initial barriers that might have inhibited learning. On capacity building for teachers, having been disconnected from History teaching for several years, the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, said a total of 3,700 history teachers had been selected from the 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, for training. He said the selection was done on pro rata basis, with 100 teachers from each state and FCT, stressing that this would equip them with the necessary skills to teach the subject, especially with the modification of the subject content. Bobboyi said following the directive by the Minister of Education for History to be restored as a subject in schools, the Commission and Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, NERDC, went to work, saying he was glad that the task had been accomplished with the eventual flag-off of the teaching of History in schools yesterday. The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar, in his goodwill message, said Nigeria was still evolving and striving to achieve nationhood, adding that the rich history of the country's diverse constituents could be explored and exploited to serve as an effective tool for nation building. He appealed to traditional rulers as custodians of the nation's rich culture, traditions and values, and indeed, all Nigerians to support the bold step taken by the government and given effect by the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, to return the teaching of history as a subject at basic education level. "We owe it a duty to encourage research for the documentation of the History of our people and should be forthcoming in granting access to historical records in our custody," he said. C
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