LET US COMMISSION OURSELVES AS WHISTLEBLOWERS.

By Political Animal.

Can we say “I am so Nigerian, very Nigerian, truly Nigerian , proudly Nigerian”

Nigeria has Less than 125, 000 active nurses, caring for the health care needs of over 200 million Nigerians,as was said by the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM).

The country is faced with inadequate manpower in nursing , and is supposed to have 800, 000 nurses serving her healthcare needs.

The reason it is so vital to hold the government’s feet on fire and make them admit their failures through whistle blowing.

As we are producing them, some countries of the world are already waiting by the corner, luring them with good packages and conducive working environment.

Similarly, many registered ones with years of experience are retiring on daily basis but there is no replacement.Let us blow the whistle because our lives are at stake.

Nursing education in Nigeria is nothing to write home about, because of poor funding for institutions, thereby making the production of nurses and midwives at the lowest end.

The ravaging COVID-19 pandemic has further worsened the situation and has greatly affected us in many phases.Let us blow the whistle.

The National Health Insurance Scheme is enmeshed in corruption.If you have ever tried the scheme,you will regret enrollment, because many hospitals treat those with the scheme as if they came to disturb them.

Even when hospitals get so much money from the scheme and thousands of patients hardly use the scheme, the absence of thousands of enrollees should have made easier for those who care for the scheme to get the best.Unfortunately that is not the case.Let us blow the whistle.

We need blow whistle on how to strenghten the healthcare system.
It is very crucial.

Unfortunately heaIth centers commissioned by past governments, whether Federal or state governments are littered all over the country and allowed to decay.
Let blow the whistle.

Such infrastructures, that have been left to rot away after some contractor crooks had over inflated the values of the contracts and made away with their loots must be recovered and put to use.
Let us blow the whistle.

For us as citizens to participate in transparency of governance ,we need to become emergency whistle blowers everywhere.Let our whistles be in our mouth within the 774 local government areas.

We must learn whistleblowing by force .
We should all come together and blow our whistles daily, against all vicious actors and their activities in and out of power.

We should be blowing the whistle against ourselves and not only against those in government.

A situation where foriegners come to Nigeria to establish companies with intentions to pay good salaries not less than hundred thousand naira.

The Nigerian directors and managers go out their way to convince them to reduce the salary to 30k should be exposed through whistle blowing.

Nigerians telling foreigners that Nigerians are a very hard-working people, that they can cope.

Let us empower ourselves to demand accountability and responsibility everywhere.

With the whistles in our mouth ,the issue of silencing critical voices shall be reduced.

The situation where such voices move on to other criticisms once government issues deceptive press releases that they are looking into the issues shall be arrested because why some move on others will on the issue until a solution is found.
Nigerians have been taken for granted as a result of this for a long time.

Let us collectively make things tough for whatever government that comes into power through quality whistle blowing.

Can we imagine that former US vice president,Mike Pence had no home of his own after leaving office, and had to live with one of his brothers.

Let us commission ourselves as whistle blowers to help this nation.

Heaven helps those who help themselves,so the saying goes.