IT Team deploys medium to distribute Hall package

The Impact and Tradition team (2018/2019 Executive council of Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall) has deployed a medium to share Hall package to residents of the Hall who paid for it in the previous session. The long delay has been attributed to the subsisting pandemic.

According to a release by the Immediate Hall Chairman, “the package distribution that was halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic and general lockdown of public spaces, will continue on Sunday, 16-05-2021.”

The broadcast revealed that the place of collection will not be the Hall but at the front of the Hall’s Main Gate as a result of the restriction made by the school management.

“Package distribution will start by 2:00pm and end by 4:30pm everyday. Please ensure you come with your Hall Due receipt, and ensure you follow the Covid-19 Guidelines set by the University, as no one will be attended to without putting on a Face Mask and maintaining Social Distancing, it would be helpful if you come with a hand sanitizer too“, the release further stated.

[Tips] Exams Edging Closer, prepared?

"Time flies like a thief in the night,we've all got a story to write" are lyrics of a track off Burna Boy's Grammy Award- winning album,"Twice As Tall" which featured Kenyan sensation Sauti Sol. Indeed, the wordings of this number would ring with more meaning and relevance to the average UI student as the day of reckoning is fast upon us. As it is often said, different strokes for different folks. If given individual opportunity to relay the experience of how the semester has played out, each and everyone would have his/her own unique version.

Expressions such as "stress","deadlines", "panic","workload " and the likes would not be far-fetched. However, what is certain, irrespective of how genuine one's excuse or testimony may be is that , "time waits for no one" - an agelong aphorism that holds true in all spheres of life. It all seems like yesterday ,not faraway when the journey of a new semester began. With everything happening at a very fast pace , especially owing to the flurry of activities one is often bombarded with daily. Yet ,time keeps ticking away with reckless abandon, as if oblivious of one's plight. Students may still be in confusion as to what week the school calendar reads,since lectures, registration and every other thing in between started behind schedule. While the exactness of the school calendar may be a matter of conjecture as to whether it is 13th week or not, what is unanimously understood from the feelers is that the semester is coming to a close and is traditionally signalled by fast- approaching exams.

It was Benjamin Franklin in 1942 who quipped that , " for us to fail to prepare is to prepare to fail " . It is easy to tell that there is more depth to this truth than a mere play on words. Failure is neither a desirable nor a palatable experience. Whilst , failure may vary , sometimes ,depending one's set goals , its effects can be very devastating. Hence , it is best to make concrete efforts to nip it in the bud now.

Below are time-tested tips to fight failure to a standstill :

( 1 ) Begin Intensive and Purposeful Reading : This is a success tool that can’t be overemphasized. It is not enough to read, many know they have to read . A comprehensive knowledge makes the difference during an exam. One must be able to write adequately and logicaly on whatever course he/she has properly studied for. You can only give what you have. There is never a crime in testing oneself after a study session to tell how much one has grasped and what one needs to pay attention to as lapses though matter how little are not always overlooked especially during exams.

(2) Discourage distractions : there is no gainsaying that there will always be something prepared to proof more interesting than one’s studies but the influence of such things loose their hold over time with persistent resistance. Not only does distractions steal your time it also divides one’s attention. You might have to make the sacrifice of shunning your favourite movies and football teams for the time being.

(3) Proscribe Procrastination : it is that still reassuring voice within you that is always telling you to give yourself a break. You can’t give in to such anymore. Many plans to read have remained at the stage of plans that never really progress to becoming a reality. Avoid pushing things that ought to be done immediately to be left as “imminent” or “impending” .The unread materials and topics keep piling up ,then it seems as though you can’t do enough to prepare adequately before hand.

(4) Have Victory in View: How will.you win the war witihout first without the winning the war withi?. Have a mind to come out successful. Let your mind begin processing excellence in the exams. Envisage fulfilling results. Pessimism before an exam does you no good.

(5) Paralyze Panic: Is it not often said that cowards die a thousand times before meeting death? Studying is not the issue for some students but the fear of failure is their biggest challenge. Panic makes all that one has read over to disappear into thin air as though you read nothing. If it doesn’t get bad ,it makes one’s best is kept ar bay. Pls do away with panic, the exams can’t end you rather you should aim at ending the exams in excellence. Panic diminishes one’s chance of getting a good grade due to disorganized work so that mistakes become inevitable . Avoid it like a plaque.

Worry less,work more on your studies. Let’s adequately equip our arsenal for the forth -coming examinations. I hope you are able give a wide grin after the whole experience ,giggle gracefully and feel grateful for your efforts.

The Scribbler, Seven.

One-on-one with PT AbdulKareem AbdulKabir

“…some medical personnels now find it difficult to take care of themselves…“— Abdulkareem AbdulKabir

Can we meet you?
I am Abdulkareem Abdulkabir, freshest graduate of Physiotherapy, University of Ibadan.

What motivated you to study Physiotherapy?
Hmmmmmmn…What a good question!
Before I got admission, I have always foreseen how I can be of help to people in regards to their health, so I chose physiotherapy because of the innate passion in me.

Can you tell us about Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is a branch of medicine that restore, maintain and make most of patient’s mobility and functions by the use of exercise, massage and modalities (thermal, cold).
We help through physical rehabilitation, injury prevention, and health and fitness.

Tell us about the Exodus of physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy have been practiced for as long as humanity itself, history from as long as 460BC, were swedish people’s use of massage for treatment.
So, it is not a new thing, but the good about the current physiotherapy practice is that researches have been made and are still going on, on how to manage different conditions that would restore function and promote well being.
So, physiotherapy is humanity itself.
It is important for well being.
A world without physiotherapy is simply no world at all.

What’s the conventional internship about?
Internship is a one year compulsory clinical training that is done after graduation under the supervision of the clinician. It is to promotes the utilization and acquisition of skills that you have learnt in school and also to develop confidence to practice independently.

Did FG really scrap salary for medical house officers and other health interns?
As far as I am concerned, I do not think so because I saw a circular issued immediately after the prevailing one on social media that they didn’t scrap the interns salaries.

So, that’s what bring about my question, is it really true that they want to scrap it?
Well, the same person signed both the circular and at this juncture, I think proper consultation need to be made between both the committee civil service commission and some of these professional bodies (NSP in physiotherapy, MDCN in Medicine and Surgery and others).

These two statements are contradictory and muddled.
Is the first statement a scam?
I think the first is not a scam.
They are supposed to go via a proper way if at all they want to initiate it, there suppose to be a meeting as I said earlier.
My neighbour also showed me a circular sent to their group that MDCN are planning to visit the Head of Service of Federation on what they meant about the two circular as they sound contradictory.

What is your take if peradventure the former is true and the later statement is beguiling?
There is nothing I can do as an individual.
Although if something wants to happen, it has to be collective i.e It’ll will include all the professional bodies of their respective professions.

What role do you think professional bodies can play in this?
The professional bodies are the fore-runners of the respective professions, they serve as representative of and to different medical professions; they have our best interest at heart. So, they will have a round table meeting with the federal body to deliberate on what will be eventual outcomes of things.

If given a chance to have a dialogue with the Nigeria Federal Government representatives, what would be your counsel?
Hmmmmmmn
Medical schools in Nigeria are not a joke!
I can remember vividly when there was increase in HPTL. One of our lecturers was saying that to meet up with foreign universities (in European countries and others) We have to be paying 5000 dollars. Imagine!

My advice to Federal Government is to provide the basic amenities needed to create a better learning environment for medical students. Also, there supposed to be an increment instead of scrapping the house job and interns’ salaries,
Furthermore, all medical personnels’ salaries need to be increased because of the current situation of the Naira. Some medical personnels now find it difficult to take care of themselves due to the fact that their salaries can no longer afford good quality health service, so it is worthy of the increment.

In conclusion, medical students are supposed to be entitled to stipends for the remaining of their clinical year in college of medicine and they should be immune to any form of strike once admitted into a medical course in all universities because of number of years they would be in school compare to average students.

A piece of advice for undergraduate medical students?
They should work hard and trust the process, the growth or reward is in the process.