#3: Some of the articles I read today.
More like, since I decided to start, a lot of things have happened to make me miss days or even discourage me from going on.
Having to share links these past few days have been drilling.
More like, since I decided to start, a lot of things have happened to make me miss days or even discourage me from going on. Sometimes I even say “Omo, you have not even been reading interesting things, who cares?”
This morning, I even thought about collapsing two days into one to get “deep” articles but na lie, I will keep this as natural and spontaneous as I can.
So, what do we have here?
Loved this quote so much.
I loved my first trip on a train. I went with my babe and enjoyed every bit of it.
The only slight issue we had was the commute from the station in Muniya Ibadan to the centre of the city, but I kind of loved the opportunity to rest, sleep and not worry about the unpredictable Lagos/Ibadan traffic. However, in this article, Fadekemi Abiru discusses the long term usability of the railway system in Nigeria: stearsng.com/premium/article/now-that-the-trains-are-here-can-we-use-them
"So, politicians might be doing a good job of showing off just how much money they are spending on trains but remember, they are only in office for four years. We Nigerians are locked in for life. If they are going to spend our money in this way, they must produce a good that we are willing and able to use..."
I don't like hospitals!!!
That's one of the reasons visiting the reliance family clinic is easier for me, as it doesn't smell or feel like a hospital. And having access to my reliance HMO has changed the way I experience healthcare, so reading about funding the sector's infrastructure funding was exciting.
"In the Nigerian health sector, the people—you and I—pay the most. The most recent National Health Account (NHA), which breaks down the amount of money that flows to the healthcare sector, highlights that in 2017, 78% of the amount used in the health sector came from out-of-pocket spending…Read more here: https://www.stearsng.com/premium/article/nigerias-health-infrastructure-and-its-funding-problem
I think the biggest issue from this whole tax conversation is not even on the collection
but in the fairness of the existing structure. You cannot be destroying beer bottles and collecting proceeds from the same or not contributing as the other person and then taking comparatively higher returns. So when this article ends with: "It should not matter who collects, once agreement is reached on who gets what from which components", I agree: https://arbiterz.com/insights-on-value-added-tax-vat-collection-and-distribution-in-nigeria/
On most days, I start with Solomon's review of the news from the previous day. You will love it. It is a summary:
It is not every day you read a piece on a Nigerian athlete.
But if you were part of people that got hopeful when Adegoke hit the track for that 100m finals and almost cursed Hamstring under your breath, this may give you something to cheer about:
That’s all for today o.
If you don’t find what you like here today, maybe tomorrow you will see some.