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Toyin Saraki Speaks on Social Accountability At Africa Health Conference In Kigali, Rwanda

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Founder/ President, Wellbeing Foundation Africa Mrs Toyin Ojora Saraki  has spoken passionately about Social Accountability At the Africa Health Conference in Kigali, Rwanda.

 

Mrs Saraki was part of a panel organised by PATH in collaboration with AMREF Health Africa. She joined Dr. Sarah Opendi, Uganda Minister for Health, Professor Joachim Osur, Director, Regional Programs and Field Offices, AMREF, and Angela Nguku of White Ribbon Alliance, Kenya, in a high-level session that explored a myriad of  issues and proffered solutions.

Mrs Toyin Saraki in Kigali

Having been named by Devex as a ‘Global Health for All Champion’ in 2018, Mrs Saraki  outlined her vision of universal health coverage, stating:

“One of the key downfalls of outdated, top to bottom, external agency models of health – often coming from a ‘traditional aid’ perspective – is that citizens are viewed as passive beneficiaries. That modus operandi will not help us to achieve universal health coverage. The active participation of the communities that health systems are designed to serve is an absolute necessity, including in design and modification.”

“Trust is the currency of advocacy – but it will be eroded if the service delivery that citizens have been told they need and deserve is not available”

“A well-designed civil registration & vital statistics system is essential. Only with the collection and dissemination of accurate data can we ensure effective delivery, evaluation and monitoring of sustainable, effective public health strategies.”

“The Wellbeing Foundation Africa has as its founding centrifuge a core civil registration and vital statistics tool, the Personal Health Record, which empowers women to be the key agent in social accountability and community audit in ensuring health for all.”

“We must match the intelligence and knowledge of communities with global innovation. Too often national or global policy decisions simply do make it effectively to the frontline”

“We are all the duty bearers and decision makers. We have to remove silos when it comes to community accountability.”

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa is the proud Nigerian partner to AMREF on the ground-breaking report ‘Cancer Ecosystem Assessment in West Africa: Health Systems Gaps to Prevent and Control Cancers in three countries: Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.

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UK Court Acquittal: Diezani Goes Spiritual, Says God Will Always Be God

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Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has reacted to her acquittal by a London court after bribery charges brought against her were dismissed.

The Southwark Crown Court in London, United Kingdom, on Wednesday acquitted the former minister of all charges, including five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery.

Reacting to the judgment, Alison-Madueke expressed relief and said she and her family had endured years of emotional distress over the case.

Speaking to News Central, she said she has remained in the United Kingdom since the legal proceedings began 11 years ago.

She said: “I’m just thankful to God, it’s been arduous, almost 11 years. It’s been traumatic not just for me but for my family, friends, my 93-year-old mother in Port Harcourt and for my son.

“It has been a hard journey, but I tell you this, God will always do as He will. God will be God and God is not a man that He should lie; when He promises you something, He will see it through.

“For almost 11 years I have been here. I did my job to the best of my ability.”

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I Never Saw Report that Led to Natasha’s Suspension, Says Ireti Kingibe

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The lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), at the Senate, Ireti Kingibe, says she did not see any report that led to the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha  Akpoti-Uduaghan.

Kingibe made this disclosure on Wednesday when she featured in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.

She said she was at a retreat with Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, when she heard about the report.

“I never saw the report that led to Natasha’s suspension. I was at a retreat. I had earlier stated that I was there with three or four other senators who are members of the committee.

“We attended the Committee on Petitions and Public Complaints, signed the attendance register, and I later left for the tax reform retreat, which I considered more important at the time.

“It affects my constituents much more than disciplining a senator, and I figured that the other people who were not part of that committee would take care of it.

“I even complained to other Senators, specifically to Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. I complained to him very bitterly that I had not seen that report. I didn’t see it then. I have not seen it till now,” she said.

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UK Court Clears Ex-Petroleum Minister Alison-Madueke of All Corruption Charges

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Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was on Wednesday found not guilty ​by a London jury of six bribery charges, after ‌a rare corruption trial of a high-profile former energy official.
Alison-Madueke, minister for petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015 under then-president Goodluck Jonathan, stood trial ​charged with five counts of accepting bribes and a ​charge of conspiracy to commit bribery, which she denied.
Prosecutors ⁠alleged Alison-Madueke, 65, was given “a life of luxury” in London ​from oil and gas industry figures seeking lucrative contracts in Nigeria, ​which has long grappled with mismanagement and corruption.
But the former minister, who was also briefly president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, ​said she never took any bribes and had no real ​influence over the awarding of lucrative government contracts.
After a trial at London’s Southwark ‌Crown ⁠Court, Alison-Madueke was acquitted by a jury of all six charges she faced after more than 46 hours of deliberation.
The not guilty verdicts are a major blow to British authorities, which began their ​investigation into corruption ​allegations against Alison-Madueke ⁠more than a decade ago.
Alison-Madueke stood trial alongside oil industry executive Olatimbo Ayinde, 54, who was ​charged with one count of bribery relating to ​Alison-Madueke ⁠and a separate count of bribery of a foreign public official.
Alison-Madueke’s brother Doye Agama, 69, was charged with conspiracy to commit bribery ⁠with ​his sister relating to payments made to ​Agama’s church.
Both Ayinde and Agama denied the charges against them and were also ​acquitted by the jury.

Source: Reuters

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