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Nigeria has enormous problems just like every other young nation but the biggest problem with Nigeria is the ability to hide our problems from the world. This arises simply because our leaders do not want to shed light on our problems because very critical questions will be asked; especially what we do with our money. Nigeria is the sixth largest exporter of crude oil in the world yet our citizens languish in poverty, curable diseases ravaged our population, security and technology is amiss while we are constantly in a state of economic hullabaloo. The UN's Human Development Index places Nigeria among the world's poorest countries. Millions of Nigerians in the world's 154th poorest country face a life of poverty, unemployment, hunger, and early death. About 50% are illiterate and some 40 million go hungry or are living a hand-to-mouth existence. Nearly one-third of the population will not live beyond the age of 45. The Nigerian reunion organization is an organization which will shed the light on Nigeria’s most prominent problems. Hunger, poverty, security, power, corruption and most of all we are the organization that seeks to bring Nigerians together in a reunion like no other to find solutions to these problems.
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Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country, with 140 million people (one-seventh of all Africans), and it’s one of the few nations divided almost evenly between Christians and Muslims. Blessed with the world’s 10th-largest oil reserves, it is also one of the continents richest and most influential powers—as well as one of its most corrupt democracies. Across the country, political power is a passport to wealth: according to Human Rights Watch, anywhere from $4 billion to $8 billion in government money has been embezzled annually for the last eight years. The state has all but abdicated its responsibility for the welfare of its people, roughly half of whom live on less than $1 a day.
In this vacuum, Nigerians have almost lost their identity; some have become religious fanatics and have resorted to violence to resolve the simplest issues with the ultimate fuel being our lack of security and paramilitary control. Others have turned to a life of crime and fraud to survive and all this has earned Nigeria a bad reputation worldwide. The truth is Nigeria is a very wonderful country; the most populous black nation with so much resources and culture. Nigerians are one of the smartest people on earth. Nigerians are innovative and self reliant and most especially Nigerians are hard workers. The Nigerian Reunion Organization recognizes that Nigerians and Nigeria is more than the perception that people have worldwide so it is time to promote Nigerians as a people. We seek to promote our culture, our different religions, our innovations, our inventions, our abilities, our God given wealth and resources and most especially our people. The Nigerians Reunion organization will do this by bringing Nigerians together to show the world what we are really about. How we strive to get educated, how the average Nigerian picks him or herself up by the boot straps. We will do this by engaging the media, pushing for media power, buying media time and changing our fate as part of a forgotten continent. |
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The world health organization’s definition of health is not merely the absence of disease but the attainment of a state of physical, mental, emotion and social well being.
In 1993, adulterated Paracetamol syrup entered into the health care system in Oyo and Benue state, the end result was the death of 100 children. A year after the disaster, batches of fake ethylene glycol, the major cause of the death, could still be purchased.
In 1996, about 11 children died of contamination from an experimental trial drug: trovafloxacin. Nevertheless, the long delayed action of the government to prosecute the perpetrators is considered another tragedy.
The life expectancy of the country is low and about 20% of children die before the age of 5.
The 2000 WHO report on the performance of health care systems rank the country 187 out of 191.
Traffic congestion in Lagos, environmental pollution and noise pollution are major issues that the government is faced with.
In 1985, an incidence of yellow fever devastated a town in Nigeria, leading to the death of 1000 people. In a span of 5 years, the epidemic grew, with a resulting rise in mortality. The vaccine for yellow fever has been in existence since the 1930's.
In Nigeria the health care system is non existence and the disease care system is insufficient. The Nigerian Reunion Organization seeks to open new frontiers by enlightening the populace on simple measures to take to stay healthy. Measures such as eating right; exercise; safe sex practices; on time vaccinations and lots more.
We also seek to work with the government to reform the health care system and to ensure that the average Nigerian Hospital can at least perform a standard open heart surgery. |
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