Obasanjo Legacy: Lest We Forget (Part 3)
NAFDAC
An investment in the dignity of Man
Restructured and modernized food and drug administration regulatory processes Counterfeit drugs in circulation dropped from 41% in 2001 to 16% in 2006.
Production capacity of local pharmaceutical industries increased from 25% to 40%; and their number rose from 70 to 200 in 6 years.
110 destruction exercises of counterfeit and substandard products valued at N20billionPharmacovigilance Centre established to monitor adverse drug reactions and safety of medicines.
Over 400 Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reports have been received.
45 convictions secured in respect of counterfeit drugs related cases.
NAFDAC admitted as a member of the National Centre participating in the WHO Drug Safety Monitoring Programme.
On the strength of NAFDAC's monitoring of salt iodization, Nigeria is rated as the first developing country to achieve Universal Salt Iodization.
Use of bromate by Nigerian bakers has dropped from over 95% in 2001 to less than 0.01% in 2006.
There is now very strict control on Narcotics and Controlled substances.
NIGER DELTA 1958 - 1998
• 1958: British colonial government established Willinks Commission to tackle development challenges
• 1961: Niger Delta Development Board (NDDB) was created to facilitate development of the region. NDDB failed.
• 1970: 6 out of 11 River Basin Development Authorities were established to address challenges of development in the Niger Delta
• 1970 - 1980: Out of N214bn meant for all River Basin Development Authorities, only N227.2m went to the 6 RBDAs in the Niger Delta
• 1981: Presidential Task Force (PTF) established and allocated 1.5% of Federation Account to develop the Niger Delta region. RBDAs and PTF failed.
• 1992: OMPADEC established for rehabilitation and development of oil producing areas.
• 1992 - 1998: OMPADEC received N23.2bn but failed to change the situation in the region.
Niger Delta: 1999 - 2007
• 1999: 13% derivation introduced, leading to increase in revenue for the Niger Delta states from 26% in 1999 to 44% in 2003.
• 2000: NDDC established to address challenges of development in the Niger Delta.
• 2000 - 2006: NDDC received N176bn as allocation, six times the total monies allocated to past development commissions on Niger Delta development from 1961 - 1998.
• 2000 - 2006: NDDC executed 2,035 projects involving 160 classrooms, 480 health centres, 173 roads, 47 bridges, 316 electrification schemes, 283 water projects, 62 jetties and 25 shore protection and erosion control projects.
• 1999 - 2005: FGN spent N1.12bn on erosion and flood control projects in 5 Niger Delta states of Bayelsa, Cross River, Rivers, Edo and Delta
• A new five year development plan for the Niger Delta to cost N20 trillion:
– Dualisation of the East-West road at N230bn
– Rural electrification of 396 communities in the region
– Upgrading of the Petroleum Training Institute, Warri, Delta State to degree awarding institution. N1bn already released for expansion of infrastructure and upgrading processes.
• Launch of the New Master Plan for the Niger Delta by Mr. President in April 2007
• Inauguration of a 50-Member “Consolidated Council on Social and Economic Development of Coastal States”
• N2, 461,900,000,000tr allocated from the Federation Account to the six (6) States and all the LGAs in the South-South geo-political zone between June 1999 and April 2007.
EDUCATION: 1999-2007
• Introduction of Universal Basic Education led to:
– Increase in primary school enrolment from 17million in 1999 to 22million in 2005
– Increase in Secondary school enrolment from 3.8m in 1999 to 6.2 in 2005
– Increase in tertiary school enrolment from 312,334 in 1999 to 779,253 in 2005
• Restructuring of the Education Sector
• Online processes for JAMB, NECO & WAEC Examinations
• 40,000 teachers trained and retrained in 2006
• Revitalization of the Education Tax Fund; and resuscitation of the scholarship scheme for students in tertiary institutions
• Repositioning and reintegration of Polytechnics
• Home Grown School Feeding and Health Programme (HGSFHP)
• Procurement and distribution of 515 computer sets with complete accessories. Over 100 million has so far been spent on the computerization project.
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• Housing for All Teachers (HAT) initiative, using the Federal Capital Territory as a pilot scheme.
• Renovation of structures; provision of additional classrooms, hostels and other facilities.
SPORTS and SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
You will recall that the 2003 All-African Games was more than a game.
It created an upsurge in economic activities
It was a major boost to tourism in our country
It generated 50, 000 jobs which included volunteers and those engaged in informal businesses
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Nigeria’s first communication satellite (NIGCOMSAT -1), has just been launched on May 13th, 2007. A hybrid satellite designed to operate in C, Ku, Ka, and L bands with footprints over Africa, part of Middle East and Southern Europe. It is sub-Saharan Africa’s first geostationary communication satellite. Fifty-five (55) Nigerian engineers involved in the design and building of all sub-systems of the satellite.
Through NIGCOMSAT-1, Nigeria is expected to receive $400m from African countries for their international telephone traffic alone.
It is expected to trigger further convergence in ICTs and cause a reduction in subscription rates of ICT related services.
NigeriaSat-1 (low earth orbit sensing satellite) was launched in September 2003.
NigeriaSat - 2 (with a ground resolution of 2.5m) is also due for launch in 2007.
Nigeria’s ICT policy framework was approved in 2001, following which the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) was established.
Nigeria had earlier launched her Micro-Satellite, code named NigeriaSat-1, an earth observation Micro-Satellite, the first low orbit remote sensing satellite, with its ground control station situated in Asokoro in Abuja and manned by Nigerian engineers.
Nigeria now a Member of International Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) comprising the United Kingdom, China, Algeria, Turkey, Thailand, and Vietnam. This membership enables Nigeria have a global coverage and to receive daily revisit provision of real time data for dynamic remote sensing thus making the satellite in the DMC operationally marketable, apart from reduction in cloud problems and increased commercial value, setting a New international Earth Orbit standard and stimulating partner-nations-value added business and high profile in terms of international disaster support; and world's first coordinated EO satellite constellation.
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), the statutory body responsible for Nigeria's Space science and technology programme, through its Space Application Support for Sustainable Development (SASSD)has: Facilitated the supply of high resolution imagery and generation of topographical maps for the preliminary planning of the railway alignment.
Ensured the development of a Fadama Land Information Management System (FLIMS) through its long term rice yield prediction and production monitoring using soil/agronomic data typical of landscapes and agro-ecological zones.
Mapped settlements and major highways in Nigeria.
Developed Early warning Systems for food security to provide warnings of imminent crop failure and other food security problems.
Developed models for cassava yield prediction through remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques to provide relevant spatial and agro-meteorological data for field assessment and yield potential modeling including sub-plot sampling using satellite data and radiometer for field measurement of spectral reflectance and creating spatial database of Land and conditions suitable for sustainable production of cassava in Nigeria for the purpose of strategic national planning.
Updated the Land Use/ Cover Mapping of Nigeria
Identified Artisanal and Illegal Mining Sites in Nigeria using Remote Sensing GIS and GPS technologies
Mapped and monitored the impact of Gully Erosion in South-East Nigeria.
Mapped and monitored Flood Disaster Vulnerability in Nigeria
Provided Remote Sensing and GIS in Vector-Diseases Studies; for instance, Malaria Epidemiology
Nigeria now boasts of the likes of Zinox and Omatek (indigenous producers of branded systems which have flourished under the Obasanjo Administration).
THE HEALTH SECTOR
• We have introduced the Ward Health System as a strategy for the revitalisation of the Primary Health care System
• In 2003 Government made provision for the construction of 200 Ward Health Centres (WHC).
• A total of 154 WHC sout of 200 have been completed and are fully functional.
• Contracts for additional 380 PHC centres were awarded in 2004 to bring the total to 580 PHCs Nationwide
• Government invested 100 million Euros to equip and upgrade 8 teaching hospitals to “Five Star” status. These are:
– University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital
– Lagos University Teaching Hospital
– Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria
– University College Hospital Ibadan
– Jos University Teaching Hospital
– University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
– University of Calabar Teaching Hospital
– University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ozalla, Enugu State
• 15 other Federal Hospitals, 23 Federal Medical Centres, 3 Orthopaedic Hospitals and 8 Neuropsychiatry Hospitals have also been renovated and re-equipped.
AIR TRANSPORT
• Re-certification of MMA by the United State Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on December 22, 1999.
• Resurfacing and extension of runway of Yola, Enugu, Calabar, Kastina, Kano, Port Harcourt, and Ibadan Airports to accommodate 747 Tyre Aircraft.
• Training and Retraining of security, fire & safety personnel to meet the challenges and threat of terrorism.
Purchase of screening machines for all Airports.
Purchase of apron buses for major international Airports.
Provision of flight information display system (FIDS) for MMA.
• Installation and Upgrading of airfield lighting in major Airports.
• Installation of Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) at Sir Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu and Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri.
• Acquisition of motorized Air Traffic Control Tower, the first of its king in Sub Saharan Africa.
• New concession for variously needed infrastructure at Airports have been granted:
5 Star Hotels
Aircraft maintenance facilities ( Hangers)
Warehouses (Cold and Dry)
Shopping Malls
Office Complexes
Aviation Fuel Deports
Petrol Station
Car Parks
Source: nairaland
An investment in the dignity of Man
Restructured and modernized food and drug administration regulatory processes Counterfeit drugs in circulation dropped from 41% in 2001 to 16% in 2006.
Production capacity of local pharmaceutical industries increased from 25% to 40%; and their number rose from 70 to 200 in 6 years.
110 destruction exercises of counterfeit and substandard products valued at N20billionPharmacovigilance Centre established to monitor adverse drug reactions and safety of medicines.
Over 400 Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reports have been received.
45 convictions secured in respect of counterfeit drugs related cases.
NAFDAC admitted as a member of the National Centre participating in the WHO Drug Safety Monitoring Programme.
On the strength of NAFDAC's monitoring of salt iodization, Nigeria is rated as the first developing country to achieve Universal Salt Iodization.
Use of bromate by Nigerian bakers has dropped from over 95% in 2001 to less than 0.01% in 2006.
There is now very strict control on Narcotics and Controlled substances.
NIGER DELTA 1958 - 1998
• 1958: British colonial government established Willinks Commission to tackle development challenges
• 1961: Niger Delta Development Board (NDDB) was created to facilitate development of the region. NDDB failed.
• 1970: 6 out of 11 River Basin Development Authorities were established to address challenges of development in the Niger Delta
• 1970 - 1980: Out of N214bn meant for all River Basin Development Authorities, only N227.2m went to the 6 RBDAs in the Niger Delta
• 1981: Presidential Task Force (PTF) established and allocated 1.5% of Federation Account to develop the Niger Delta region. RBDAs and PTF failed.
• 1992: OMPADEC established for rehabilitation and development of oil producing areas.
• 1992 - 1998: OMPADEC received N23.2bn but failed to change the situation in the region.
Niger Delta: 1999 - 2007
• 1999: 13% derivation introduced, leading to increase in revenue for the Niger Delta states from 26% in 1999 to 44% in 2003.
• 2000: NDDC established to address challenges of development in the Niger Delta.
• 2000 - 2006: NDDC received N176bn as allocation, six times the total monies allocated to past development commissions on Niger Delta development from 1961 - 1998.
• 2000 - 2006: NDDC executed 2,035 projects involving 160 classrooms, 480 health centres, 173 roads, 47 bridges, 316 electrification schemes, 283 water projects, 62 jetties and 25 shore protection and erosion control projects.
• 1999 - 2005: FGN spent N1.12bn on erosion and flood control projects in 5 Niger Delta states of Bayelsa, Cross River, Rivers, Edo and Delta
• A new five year development plan for the Niger Delta to cost N20 trillion:
– Dualisation of the East-West road at N230bn
– Rural electrification of 396 communities in the region
– Upgrading of the Petroleum Training Institute, Warri, Delta State to degree awarding institution. N1bn already released for expansion of infrastructure and upgrading processes.
• Launch of the New Master Plan for the Niger Delta by Mr. President in April 2007
• Inauguration of a 50-Member “Consolidated Council on Social and Economic Development of Coastal States”
• N2, 461,900,000,000tr allocated from the Federation Account to the six (6) States and all the LGAs in the South-South geo-political zone between June 1999 and April 2007.
EDUCATION: 1999-2007
• Introduction of Universal Basic Education led to:
– Increase in primary school enrolment from 17million in 1999 to 22million in 2005
– Increase in Secondary school enrolment from 3.8m in 1999 to 6.2 in 2005
– Increase in tertiary school enrolment from 312,334 in 1999 to 779,253 in 2005
• Restructuring of the Education Sector
• Online processes for JAMB, NECO & WAEC Examinations
• 40,000 teachers trained and retrained in 2006
• Revitalization of the Education Tax Fund; and resuscitation of the scholarship scheme for students in tertiary institutions
• Repositioning and reintegration of Polytechnics
• Home Grown School Feeding and Health Programme (HGSFHP)
• Procurement and distribution of 515 computer sets with complete accessories. Over 100 million has so far been spent on the computerization project.
•
• Housing for All Teachers (HAT) initiative, using the Federal Capital Territory as a pilot scheme.
• Renovation of structures; provision of additional classrooms, hostels and other facilities.
SPORTS and SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
You will recall that the 2003 All-African Games was more than a game.
It created an upsurge in economic activities
It was a major boost to tourism in our country
It generated 50, 000 jobs which included volunteers and those engaged in informal businesses
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Nigeria’s first communication satellite (NIGCOMSAT -1), has just been launched on May 13th, 2007. A hybrid satellite designed to operate in C, Ku, Ka, and L bands with footprints over Africa, part of Middle East and Southern Europe. It is sub-Saharan Africa’s first geostationary communication satellite. Fifty-five (55) Nigerian engineers involved in the design and building of all sub-systems of the satellite.
Through NIGCOMSAT-1, Nigeria is expected to receive $400m from African countries for their international telephone traffic alone.
It is expected to trigger further convergence in ICTs and cause a reduction in subscription rates of ICT related services.
NigeriaSat-1 (low earth orbit sensing satellite) was launched in September 2003.
NigeriaSat - 2 (with a ground resolution of 2.5m) is also due for launch in 2007.
Nigeria’s ICT policy framework was approved in 2001, following which the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) was established.
Nigeria had earlier launched her Micro-Satellite, code named NigeriaSat-1, an earth observation Micro-Satellite, the first low orbit remote sensing satellite, with its ground control station situated in Asokoro in Abuja and manned by Nigerian engineers.
Nigeria now a Member of International Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) comprising the United Kingdom, China, Algeria, Turkey, Thailand, and Vietnam. This membership enables Nigeria have a global coverage and to receive daily revisit provision of real time data for dynamic remote sensing thus making the satellite in the DMC operationally marketable, apart from reduction in cloud problems and increased commercial value, setting a New international Earth Orbit standard and stimulating partner-nations-value added business and high profile in terms of international disaster support; and world's first coordinated EO satellite constellation.
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), the statutory body responsible for Nigeria's Space science and technology programme, through its Space Application Support for Sustainable Development (SASSD)has: Facilitated the supply of high resolution imagery and generation of topographical maps for the preliminary planning of the railway alignment.
Ensured the development of a Fadama Land Information Management System (FLIMS) through its long term rice yield prediction and production monitoring using soil/agronomic data typical of landscapes and agro-ecological zones.
Mapped settlements and major highways in Nigeria.
Developed Early warning Systems for food security to provide warnings of imminent crop failure and other food security problems.
Developed models for cassava yield prediction through remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques to provide relevant spatial and agro-meteorological data for field assessment and yield potential modeling including sub-plot sampling using satellite data and radiometer for field measurement of spectral reflectance and creating spatial database of Land and conditions suitable for sustainable production of cassava in Nigeria for the purpose of strategic national planning.
Updated the Land Use/ Cover Mapping of Nigeria
Identified Artisanal and Illegal Mining Sites in Nigeria using Remote Sensing GIS and GPS technologies
Mapped and monitored the impact of Gully Erosion in South-East Nigeria.
Mapped and monitored Flood Disaster Vulnerability in Nigeria
Provided Remote Sensing and GIS in Vector-Diseases Studies; for instance, Malaria Epidemiology
Nigeria now boasts of the likes of Zinox and Omatek (indigenous producers of branded systems which have flourished under the Obasanjo Administration).
THE HEALTH SECTOR
• We have introduced the Ward Health System as a strategy for the revitalisation of the Primary Health care System
• In 2003 Government made provision for the construction of 200 Ward Health Centres (WHC).
• A total of 154 WHC sout of 200 have been completed and are fully functional.
• Contracts for additional 380 PHC centres were awarded in 2004 to bring the total to 580 PHCs Nationwide
• Government invested 100 million Euros to equip and upgrade 8 teaching hospitals to “Five Star” status. These are:
– University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital
– Lagos University Teaching Hospital
– Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria
– University College Hospital Ibadan
– Jos University Teaching Hospital
– University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
– University of Calabar Teaching Hospital
– University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ozalla, Enugu State
• 15 other Federal Hospitals, 23 Federal Medical Centres, 3 Orthopaedic Hospitals and 8 Neuropsychiatry Hospitals have also been renovated and re-equipped.
AIR TRANSPORT
• Re-certification of MMA by the United State Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on December 22, 1999.
• Resurfacing and extension of runway of Yola, Enugu, Calabar, Kastina, Kano, Port Harcourt, and Ibadan Airports to accommodate 747 Tyre Aircraft.
• Training and Retraining of security, fire & safety personnel to meet the challenges and threat of terrorism.
Purchase of screening machines for all Airports.
Purchase of apron buses for major international Airports.
Provision of flight information display system (FIDS) for MMA.
• Installation and Upgrading of airfield lighting in major Airports.
• Installation of Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) at Sir Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu and Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri.
• Acquisition of motorized Air Traffic Control Tower, the first of its king in Sub Saharan Africa.
• New concession for variously needed infrastructure at Airports have been granted:
5 Star Hotels
Aircraft maintenance facilities ( Hangers)
Warehouses (Cold and Dry)
Shopping Malls
Office Complexes
Aviation Fuel Deports
Petrol Station
Car Parks
Source: nairaland
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