AD-HOC ELECTORAL COMMITTEE
ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS OF NIGERIA, AMLSN
GUIDELINE FOR THE ELECTION OF BRANCH EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS OF NIGERIA (AMLSN) FCT – ABUJA BRANCH.
In exercise of the powers conferred on us by the constitution of the Association of medical laboratory scientists of Nigeria, the Ad-Hoc Electoral Committee hereby issues the following guidelines for the conduct of the elections.
Introduction: I am indeed honoured by this special gathering on this occasion of my investiture as the 12th National President of our great Association today 12/12/2014. This occasion also marks the official inauguration of other newly elected National officers of the Association. This programme no doubt, is the first of its kind in the history of our Association since 1964 though our Association has had eleven (11) past National Presidents and other executive council members.
PART ONE – THE DARK AGE OF MEDICAL LABORATORY PRACTICE IN NIGERIA AND LESSONS FOR THE MODERN DAY MLS.
AMLSN marked her golden jubilee in November, 2014. It was an occasion full of excitement, panache and untamed joy. The outgoing president of AMLSN was generous in praise and accolades to personalities that carried the burden of professional emancipation and image projection of a hitherto unheralded but critically indispensible part of total medical practice globally. As he cascaded down memory lane from one decade to another, highlighting the critical junctions, interludes and milestones in the metamorphosis of the profession, audience couldn’t help but punctuated his free-flowing oratory with yells and heroic pandemonium.
AMLSN on the fore front as Okara leads delegates to World Congress of Biomedical Laboratory Science.
Ebola: Schools In Nigeria Ordered to Resume Sept 22; Lab Scientists ask FG for scientific evidence that outbreak has been contained.
You’ve heard of multilateral organizations like the UN and WHO that serve the global community. You may also have heard of the G8 (Group of 8) and G20 (Group of 20), clubs of nations with common interests. But have you heard of the BRIC and the Next-11? They are groupings of countries that economists have made to help them predict the global needs of the future.
Quoting a recent study, the President of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, Godswill Okara, said Nigeria constituted over 20 per cent of foreign patients seeking medical treatment in India. Okara also noted that the 2011 Mo Ibrahim African Governance Index ranked Nigeria’s health care system 51st out of 53 countries in Africa. This, though hardly surprising, is unfortunate.
A few months ago I received a Google Alert about the West Africa E-Leaning Conference and Exhibition (WAeLCE) to be held at the University of Lagos on March 27-28. Yesterday, I received another alert about the conference, this time an article from the Guardian Nigeria. In Addressing Challenges of Nigeria’s e-Learning Initiatives, Adeyeni Adepetuni discussed the role information communication technology (ICT) and eLearning plays in Nigeria.
