Chei..this man is a scholar,...Adewole Isaac Folorunsho

This man too much abeg.....UI get better former VC ooooo......He answered questions from 16 senators....i was watching this man with keen interest....in fact he is now one of my mentors.....hehehe
As the screening of Ministerial nominees begins, the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume at plenary moved that the Senate resumes the screening of the nominees billed Tuesday’s screening as appeared in the Order Paper. This, he said was in accordance with Section 147(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

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The first to be engaged was the foremost Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Adewole Isaac Folorunsho who, while responding to questions, disclosed that Nigeria educational system was poorly funded in the past. He said the development had affected the standard of education negatively. He however, described such as very unfortunate in all ramifications since education was next to nothing when you talk of development.
“Distinguished Senators, there is no doubt that in the past, education in Nigeria was poorly funded and that has affected the standard of education,” he noted.
He described the World Bank rating of Nigeria’s education system which has only 3 African countries behind it as not a true reflection of the system.
“Though the World Bank rating of Nigeria’s education that it has only 3 countries in Africa behind it and that is Sudan and two others is a an unfair rating, as it lacks the needed parameters,” he said.
Speaking on cancer, he disclosed that the ailment has been on the increase in the recent past, but regretted that there were no single cancer centres in Nigeria, save for few which are owned by private individuals, while stressing on the need for establishment of cancer centers across the federation.
“There is need for establishment of cancer centres and development of regulatory frame work that would harmonise and enhance operations of cancer treatment and handling in a professional manner”, he posited.
Adewole submitted that Nigeria spends a staggering amount of N3 billion annually.
“To confront these challenges, it is needful to have proper regulatory frame work of public and private hospitals so that they can offer global best practices in Medicare,”he said.
In response to Senator Samuel Anyanwu on challenges of brain drain in health sector , the nominee posited that medical doctors were driven by greener pastures after medical school, while opining that to halt this challenges, medical practice policy should be directed to good pay, manpower training and all forms of repatriation.

 

He added that those going abroad for schooling in various fields including Medicine, don’t come back home, while explaining that as a University administrator, he would encourage the system to evolve solutions to poor funding of education and dilapidated infrastructures.
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The senate has screened ministerial nominee Zainab Ahmed from Kaduna state. She is an accountant by training and currently the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). During her presentation, Ahmed said Nigeria needs to identify illegal miners and work with them to ensure their activities are legal which will in turn increase the Internal generated revenue.

She identified poor management of our domestic crude oil as a major leakage in the oil sector. The ministerial nominee said her organisation has overtime blown the whistle on an corrupt practice in the oil sector. She said it has been very challenging working as the executive secretary of NEITI. She identified information collation as one of the challenges she has faced as the head of NEITI. She pledged to support any process that will help to bring back the missing Chibok girls. She said fighting corruption and impunity will help reduce unemployment in youths.

She was asked to take a bow and go.

The senate has screened Geoffrey Onyeama, a Cambridge University trained lawyer from Enugu state. Onyeama said the image of Nigeria is still largely very positive. He said Nigerians in the diaspora are doing the country proud and that Nigeria is literally and figuratively the giant of Africa.

As an intellectual property lawyer, he said more efforts have to be made to fight piracy and counterfeiting in Nollywood as well as in the health sector.

He promised to never engage in any corrupt practice no matter how much money is put before him. Onyeama said a concerted effort has to be made to reform Nigeria's justice system. He said the independence of the judiciary should not be negotiated.

The senate has screened ministerial nominee, Bawa Bwari, a certified town planner and former chief whip of the House of Representatives. Bwari, who is from Niger state, is the nominee that replaced Ibeto. He said if made Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, he will look at the master plan to see how he can make Abuja live to its billing as the Federal Capital Territory. As is their tradition for being a former member of the National Assembly, he was asked to take his bow and go. 

The senate has screened ministerial nominee Usani Usani Uguru from Cross River state. A former Commissioner for youths and sports in Cross Rivers state. During his presentation, Uhuru said unemployment and moral decadence is a key factor responsible for the increased spate of kidnapping. He noted that to address the crime, an integrated approach has to be initiated.

On how to stop the tide of communal clashes in Nigeria, he said the National Boundary Commission must live up to its expectations.

He said the presidency has shown that it is working against religious intolerance in Nigeria by nominating men and women from the Christian and Muslim religion. During his screening, it was pointed out that the tax clearance papers he presented to the senate all bear same dates. He was asked to take a bow and go.

31 ministerial nominees have so far been screened.