A Consultant Physician at Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Prof. Godwin Onyebueke says the increase in diabetes and hypertension cases is due to economic stress caused by hardship in the country.
Browsing: economic hardship
A Consultant Psychiatrist and President of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), Dr. Taiwo Obindo has cautioned that the…
The Plateau council of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) says it has concluded arrangements to join the national secretariat and…
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has revealed that each of the 36 state governors, received ₦30 billion (a total of ₦1.08 trillion from the Federation Account to cushion the effect of hardship and the high cost of food in their respective states.
The residents of Ibadan, capital of Oyo state, are currently protesting over high cost of living, food inflation and the current economic hardship in the country.
ASHENEWS reports that amid the worsening economic hardship that Nigerians are facing, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, has questioned why the Southeastern part of the country has remained quiet.
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has urged the Federal Government to strive hard to address the security challenge and economic hardship facing Nigerians.
For several years, I have consistently maintained the position that the fuel subsidy had to go. This once beneficial measure had outlived its usefulness. The subsidy cost us trillions of Naira yearly. Such a vast sum of money would have been better spent on public transportation, healthcare, schools, housing and even national security. Instead, it was being funnelled into the deep pockets and lavish bank accounts of a select group of individuals.
Sierra Leone voted on Saturday in a national election which the main opposition party hopes will see public frustration with deep economic hardship foil President Julius Maada Bio’s re-election bid.