Youthfulperspectives

Good quality healthcare is a fundamental human right. Every living human is entitled, as it is no luxury; everyone should have access to this necessity. But sadly, that is not the case with Nigeria. The world health organization defines good health as the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.  Relate this description to the country's current healthcare situation and see if that is what we have. As far back as 2010, there have been talks about vision 2020, a design which was set to make nigeria one of the top 20 economies in the world by 2020. Now, it is the year 2021 and that vision is now a thing of the past. However, this is not the theme of discussion today; I have something on that already, you can just scroll back and read.  I would like to bring your attention to a part of that plan which harps on rural development. When it comes to the stratification of the nigerian society, the urban population of N...

I honestly get the place of rules. I know how it helps to keep us all in check and how it is so consistent in holding up the barriers between sanity and the insanity of human society.  However, no one knows who makes the rules or sets the benchmark for considering that which is sane and insane. A topic for another day; But I want to hope you get what I am about to say in this column. Read through with an open mind. The human mind is wild. It is complex. And what it is capable of cannot be fathomed. Even the holy book says, "The heart of man is desperately wicked" maybe that is why we need rules to keep us in check. To hold up the structures of societal engagements and in the end, we have for ourselves a tolerable society. In recent times, that is being threatened, most especially with the new era of political correctness. So, what do we do? With political correctness, everyone wants to insert themselves into every conversation. Maybe in a bid to sound unique, or throw o...