BILL GATES DID NOT CALL FOR WITHDRAWAL OF COVID-19 VACCINES!

Truth: Bill Gates Did NOT Call For Withdrawal Of COVID-19 Vaccines!

Find out what’s going on, and what the FACTS really are!

 

Claim that Bill Gates Calls For Withdrawal Of ALL COVID-19 Vaccines is false and misleading!

People are sharing an article by Daily Expose, claiming that Bill Gates is calling for the withdrawal of ALL COVID-19 vaccines, because they are “far more dangerous than anyone imagined”!

It’s a VERY long article, so please skip to the next section for the FACTS!

"BREAKING – Bill Gates calls for the withdrawal of all Covid-19 Vaccines; “The vaccines are far more dangerous than anyone imagined”

In a shocking announcement, Bill Gates, billionaire Microsoft co-founder and the major force behind the COVID-19 vaccines, called for all the COVID-19 genetic-based vaccines to be taken off the market immediately.

In an often anguished 19-minute televised speech, Gates said: “We made a terrible mistake. We wanted to protect people against a dangerous virus. But it turns out the virus is much less dangerous than we thought. And the vaccine is far more dangerous than anyone imagined.”

By W. Gelles

“These vaccines—Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca—they’re killing people left and right—and they’re injuring some people very badly,” Gates continued, waving his hands in the air at times for dramatic effect.

“The government’s own data shows us this is what’s happening. The CDC’s reporting system is showing, what?…around 13,000 deaths so far in the U.S. and over half a million adverse events. Well, we all know the reporting system is a sham........."

The truth is that the entire article is FALSE – a complete fabrication by Daily Expose. There is nothing truthful in the entire article.

For example, the claim that the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System ( VAERS )captures “only one percent of what’s going on”, and yet reported 13,000 deaths and over half a million adverse events is COMPLETELY FALSE.

The claim that “hydroxycholoroquine is known to be very effective in fighting COVID-19” is also COMPLETELY FALSE. Also false are the claims that the studies that discredited HCQ were retracted.

Everything in their article can be verified as false, but Daily Expose is counting on you not doing that.

Fact #4 : COVID-19 Vaccines Have Been Proven Safe + Effective

Anti-vaccination proponents are not interested in your health, which is why they keep lying about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.

The truth is – COVID-19 vaccines are only approved AFTER they have undergone extensive safety and efficacy tests, involving tens of thousands of volunteers.

And even after receiving Emergency Use Authorisation and full FDA approval, they continue to be monitored for safety and efficacy.

The reason why doctors and health authorities STRONGLY advocate vaccination is because the vaccines prevent you from getting COVID-19 in the first place.

And even if you do get infected after vaccination, the vaccine will protect you against hospitalisation and death from COVID-19.

So stop listening to fake news websites like Daily Expose. Protect yourself and your family by vaccinating against COVID-19!

The truth is that the entire article is FALSE – a complete fabrication by Daily Expose. There is nothing truthful in the entire article.

For example, the claim that VAERS captures “only one percent of what’s going on”, and yet reported 13,000 deaths and over half a million adverse events is COMPLETELY FALSE.

The claim that “hydroxycholoroquine (HCQ) is known to be very effective in fighting COVID-19” is also COMPLETELY FALSE. Also false are the claims that the studies that discredited HCQ were retracted.

Everything in their article can be verified as false, but Daily Expose is counting on you not doing that.

Fact #4 : COVID-19 Vaccines Have Been Proven Safe + Effective

Anti-vaccination proponents are not interested in your health, which is why they keep lying about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.

The truth is – COVID-19 vaccines are only approved AFTER they have undergone extensive safety and efficacy tests, involving tens of thousands of volunteers.

And even after receiving Emergency Use Authorisation and full FDA approval, they continue to be monitored for safety and efficacy.

The reason why doctors and health authorities STRONGLY advocate vaccination is because the vaccines prevent you from getting COVID-19 in the first place.

And even if you do get infected after vaccination, the vaccine will protect you against hospitalisation and death from COVID-19.

So stop listening to fake news websites like Daily Expose. Protect yourself and your family by vaccinating against COVID-19!

EHORECON BOSS URGES GOVT TO EMPLOY MORE EHOs

    Dr. Yakubu Baba Muhammad

The Registrar of Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON), Mr. Yakubu Baba Muhammad, has lamented the dwindling number of practising environmental officers, especially as the country battles diseases like cholera and COVID-19.

Muhammad registered his displeasure over the development in a chat with journalists after a Capacity Building For Small Scale food Vendors on Hygiene Application in Food Processing From Farm to Table, organized by the Federal Ministry of Environment and Mukhtar Ahmed of the House of Representatives.

He then urged the governments to recruit more officers to combat the spread of COVID-19, cholera and other diseases ravaging the country.

NIGERIAN FOOD VENDORS USING EMBALMING CHEMICALS TO PRESERVE FISH, MEAT – NAFDAC

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has raised the alarm that food vendors in the country are applying poisonous chemicals to preserve their food to the detriment of the health of Nigerians.

Adeyeye disclosed that among the deadly chemicals being used by meat and fish sellers was formalin, a chemical substance used to preserve dead bodies.

She revealed that the agency has discovered that butchers have resolved to using formalin which is meant for embalming dead people, for preserving fish and meat consumed by Nigerians.

The NAFDAC boss made this known during a Public Enlightenment Campaign flagged off by NAFDAC in Bauchi State, on Tuesday, held at Double Four Events Centre, Bauchi.

She cautioned that the misuse of chemicals on food products was capable of leading to many serious diseases and death, warning that anyone arrested would be brought to justice.

Adeyeye, who was represented by Fori Tatami, NAFDAC’s Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, also revealed that Sniper, a brand of poisonous chemical, is also being used to preserve Kilishi (a dried form of suya, made from deboned cow, sheep or goat meat) by food sellers in some parts of the country.

“Sniper is being misused by most Nigerians. If it dries with the Kilishi, it can kill the consumer,” she warned

She said that aside from the task of discouraging Nigerians against patronising drug hawkers, the agency is also warning Nigerians against buying meats from an open place infested with flies.

“Such meats are possibly laced with dangerous chemicals that chase flies away so Nigerians must be wary,’ he stated.

She said Nigerians should also be wary of red palm oil as traders add a dangerous chemical called ‘Azo dye’ to make it reddish and appealing.

She said the public enlightenment was to make Nigerians aware of the development and be willing to give information of such practices to NAFDAC in order to arrest and prosecute suspects.

“We should not allow people to put chemicals into the products that we consume. We need to be careful and enlighten our people," she said.

JOHESU URGE FG TO USE EXISTING TEMPLATE TO REVIEW HAZARD ALLOWANCE

The Joint Health Sector Union and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations have urged the Federal Government to review the hazard allowance for health workers based on the existing template.

JOHESU National Chairman, Biobelemoye Josiah, in a statement on Wednesday, said the term ‘clinical and non-clinical staff’ was an arbitrary terminology alien to the lexicons and statutes in the Nigerian public services and should not be used for the purposes of ranking or categorisation of Nigeria workers including those in the health sector.

The statement was titled, ‘Facts on the Issue of Hazard Allowance for Health Sector Workers in Government Health Establishment.’

 “This memo seeks to guide the Federal Government team, stakeholders and consumers of health in resolving stress junctures in the negotiation of hazard allowance for health sector workers in government health establishments.

“JOHESU/AHPA is hinging its submissions on the 2014 report of the Collective Bargaining Committee which reviewed the 2009 CBA between the FG and JOHESU.  We shall also rely on the treaties of the ILO and the provisions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 Constitution.

“We, therefore, demand that the over two-decade hazard allowance template of flat pay for hazard across board be maintained and should be the basis for the proposed upward review of hazard allowance by the Federal Government. The format prescribed by the FMoH at the inception of the FG-Stakeholders dialogue is most apt in the circumstance.

“JOHESU also demand that the proposed review of the hazard allowance be solely predicated on the distinctive classification of medical and health workers as established in Nigeria by relevant authorities in accordance with the extant schemes of service, rules and statutes in the Nigerian public service which rely on grade levels.

“We always maintain that there is basic humanity that is shared by all health workers which makes them all vulnerable to same general risk factors and hazards. This was the consideration in 2009 when equal hazard allowances were approved for all health workers in Nigeria. In special situations like pandemics or epidemic, special inducement allowances which will focus on personnel skill levels, the peculiarity of exposure may apply to take care of graded allowances,” the statement partly reads.

FG ASSURES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OF ADEQUATE SUPPORT

    Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Abubakar                           HONOURABLE MINISTER                                          Ministry of Environment

The Federal Ministry of Environment has assured environmental health professionals of government’s support to their various efforts and laudable initiatives and innovations towards improving societal healthcare.

Dr Muhammad Abubakar, Minister of Environment, gave the assurance on Thursday during the 1st national summit on environmental health held in Abuja.

The summit has as its theme, “REBRANDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE: BREAKING BARRIERS, UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITIES.’’

The summit was organised by the Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON) during which over 3,000 new practitioners were inducted.

Abubakar said the ministry would continue to support the laudable initiatives of the council with the view to providing adequate enablement for effective and efficient environmental health practice.

He stated that the relevance of the profession in controlling communicable and contagious diseases could not be overemphasized and would be improved upon for a healthy society.

The minister also charged the newly inducted practitioners to contribute their quota in nation building by practicing within the confines of their professional ethics.

Dr Yakubu Baba, Registrar, EHORECON, in his remarks, said the summit brought environmental health experts together to identify the profession’s strength, challenges and prospects.

Baba noted that the practice of the profession currently was disjointed with some components domiciled in the ministry of health, environment and water resources.

He emphasized the need for them to be integrated to create significant impact to the society’s health.

“We will discuss to have a unified structure that will allow mobility of our personnel from one ministry to another, one department to another.

“The summit will enable us discuss and come up with a unified structure on where and how environmental health services will be rendered to Nigerians. We will also look at the policies and guidelines and legislations that require amendment and enacting.

“The environmental health officers are using an instrument that gives them power while on duty to enter any premise without a warrant for the purpose of inspection.

“ We want to address the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians who are calling for the reintroduction of sanitary inspection as well as consolidate our manpower and services so that people can see what we are seeing.

Prof. Agwu Amadi of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, said the call for the reintroduction of sanitary health officers into the field was a welcome development.

According to him, “if we get it correctly from environmental health services, we would reduce illness and deaths and also economic burden,” adding that environment health was public wealth and public wealth was wellness.

“It is important for us to achieve environmental health. The call by Nigerians for the reintroduction of sanitary officers in the field is a welcome development. These officers can find out the situation of environmental health,’’ he said.

The minister inaugurated the environmental health practice programme to ensure that the professional practice is done in accordance with the law.

He also inaugurated the environmental health emergency response volunteer scheme, aimed at bridging the gap of environmental health manpower distribution across the country, and unveiled the digital-based service delivery portal, aimed at digitizing the processes of transacting business between EHORECON and its clients.

HON. MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT ATTENDS EHORECON ORGANISED SUMIT IN UNIFORM

    Dr. Mahmood Abubakar, Hon. Minister of          Environment

The Hon. Minister of Environment, Dr. Mahmood Abubakar was sighted wearing the full uniform as an environmental health officer in the on going 1st environmental health summit in Abuja. 

The minister of Environment also delivered a keynote address at the ongoing, 1st National Summit on Environmental Health at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on 4th August 2021. 

He has worked for over 10 years in various organization starting from Kittitas Country (Health Dept.) as Environmental Health Inspector, University of Arizona as Research and Teaching Assistance, E&A Environmental Services Los Angeles, California as Environmental professional (Industrial Hygienist), Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle as Industrial Waste Investigator. He also worked in Nigeria as a Director Planning, Research and Evaluation with the Kaduna State Environmental Protection Agency and have lectured at Water Resources Research Institute, Kaduna as well as a volunteer Environmental consultant for the United Nations Association, Seattle Washington DC.

Hon. Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar(middle), Registrar, EHORECON, Dr. Baba Yakubu Mohammed (Right) and the Director General, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency(NESREA), Prof. Aliyu Jauro at the ongoing, 1st National Summit on Environmental Health Organized by EHORECON at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on 4th August 2021. 

The occasion which also featured the fellowship investiture of the Honorable Minister of Environment by the West African Post Graduate College of Environmental Health. 

Investiture of the Honorable Minister of Environment by the West African post Graduate College of Environmental Health

OUTCRY IN ABUJA AS FCTA ASKS BUSINESS OWNERS TO PAY FOR USING GENERATORS

Business owners in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have decried move by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA to impose levy on companies for using generators to power their businesses.

Some officials of AMAC believed to have been contracted by the FCTA, have been seen in some parts of the city distributing payment notices to several organizations including DAILY POST.

According to the notice signed by the Director Public Health, HoD Environment of AMAC, Ahmed Haruna, the Management of Abuja Municipal Area Council Environmental Services (ESD) Bodies, said industries, warehouses, Banks are to pay annual fee for using generator due to the discharge of harmful hazardous substance.

The notice reads, “Management of Abuja Municipal Area Council Environmental Services (ESD) Bodies, wishes to notify you of levy/fees due to Abuja Municipal Area Council for Gaseous Emission Permit Limit. This includes discharge of harmful hazardous substance into the air or the land and the water in Nigeria by the activities of industries, warehouse, Bank, either from generator or heavy duty, drilling, production, construction and manufacturing equipments, filling station, ETC.

“This is in line with the provision of section (2C) of the forth schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended under the function of the Local Government Authority and Federal Environmental Protection Agency Act (FEPA) Section 25 which established the Local Council Authority to, regulate, enforce and collection of levies for the interest of public health importance (welfare) section 18, 20, 21, 26and 27 and other relevant laws National Environmental Health Practice Regulation 2016 which confers on the council the power to regulate, inspect, control and collection of levies.

It also threatened to punished and cripple organizations that violate the order.“ Also note that failure to comply with this forgoing regulation is punishable offence and we will seize the activities of the organization and arrest as prescribe in part iV Section 27 Subsection 1 abcd and (2) of FEPA ACT 1992”.

But when DAILY POST engaged the officers distributing the notices on what the FCTA administration had put in place to safeguard lives in Abuja from it termed hazardous substance, they were unable to explain.

When contacted, an admin of the AMAC who identified herself as Peace, said the program was approved by the Federal Government.

She said, “is a levy approved by the Federal Government that who ever is running business in Abuja should pay. And it is to be paid annually”.

She, however, declined further comments when asked to give details of the payment.

Meanwhile, many residents of the FCT are worried that the city’s administration may cripple businesses trying to survive amid the current economic reality with its numerous taxes.

In a week, small businesses in Abuja had received at least 4 to 5 payment notices from AMAC. But residents have observed that the administration has put nothing in place to justify the numerous taxes imposed on businesses and individuals.

They expressed concern that an administration collecting tax for emission from generator should have made access to medical facilities easy, lamenting that medical bills in Abuja hospitals remain very high across all hospitals.

They also argued that a government that could not generate enough power for people to run their businesses should not be taxing residents and business owners who struggle daily to run their businesses with an alternative power source.

Some of them cautioned the FCTA to stop stifling businesses in Abuja with taxes when development remains stagnant. “How can you tax us for emission but cannot provide an alternative energy source? This is draconia,” a business owner told DAILY POST in Utako.

A manager of a popular company in Apo, Abuja who preferred not to be mentioned in print, told DAILY that the development is conceivable. He described the notice as a move by the government to cripple businesses in Abuja.

He lamented why a government would initiate such a policy amid the current hardship ravaging the entire country.

“One question I have been asking is, why do business owners use generators? Is it not because the government failed to provide electricity for us? Then after failing to do your job, I chose to help myself with generator to power my firm with a huge expenses and you are now coming back to ask me to pay for that? That is not normal.

“This is just a way of extorting money from poor residents. They are talking about health, do they even care about the healthcare system? What have they put in place regarding healthcare? What are they going to achieve with the money now regarding the health issues they are claiming? Nothing.

“Businesses are currently struggling. Some have even closed down due to the horrible effect of COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 and a government is going about extorting money from business as small as mine. This is an evil agenda.

When asked if his organization is preparing to pay the levy, he simply said, “We don’t have money for that, I’m sorry.”

Managing Director of a popular industry in Abuja, Dr Obi Ugochukwu said despite all taxes imposed on residents, there are no visible projects in the territory.

“There are relatively no social amenities in the city. We survive on our own. Sometimes, I wonder what they are actually using the money for.

“If you drive through most parts of the city, you will find out that even the street lights are not working. The satellite towns do no even have it at all. So where is the money channeled to?

“We have bad roads in Abuja here. Go to places like Bwari Area Council and see. How would businesses move when people find it difficult to convey their products and products to where they can be marketed?

“Yes, you are taxing people on generator emission, but you must have put things in place first. How many public health facilities can you point to particularly in the satellite towns where most of the business owners live? Even in the city centre, how affordable are hospitals?

“No single thing is subsidized in the city as a result of the taxes being collected by the administration. This is a capital city where you can not afford hospital bill for your wards” he said.

Recall that the FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, a few days ago, disclosed that the FCT administration spent about N8 billion annually on waste management in the Federal Capital City (FCC) and the satellite towns.

The Minister, in a statement on Sunday claimed that the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) spent an average of N6 billion, while the Satellite Towns Development Department (STDD) expended N2 billion on waste management annually.

But a respondent who owns a business in Wuse but resides in one of the satellite towns, told our correspondent that his community contributes money monthly for waste management.

He also stated that no government in any part of the world would tax residents without giving them the benefit of those taxes.

“We pay a minimum of N3,000 monthly to those who come to pick waste from our community for recycling. They usually come with their vehicles and we pay them for the services. This is something the government should have used to generate power. The waste itself can be converted to another source of energy but would they think in that direction?

“The government can not focus on the main city and abandon the satellite towns where some of these entrepreneurs reside. You abandoned them in the satellite town and when they come to the city to do their businesses, you cripple them with unnecessary taxation. How would they survive?

He described the development as an obnoxious policy by the FCTA. He expressed surprise that the administration is implementing such a policy under the watch of the FCT Minister, Mohammed Musa Bello, a young politician who is still aspiring for other leadership positions.

ONDO STATE GOVT SEALS OFF THREE HOUSES FOR ALLEGEDLY CONTRAVENING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

Three residential buildings have been sealed by the Ondo State government in Akure, the state capital for alleged environmental infractions by the owners and occupants of the affected buildings.

The General Manager of the state Waste Management Authority, Mrs Ayo Adeyemo disclosed this to newsmen in Akure.

She said all the occupants of the affected buildings were sent out by the government Environmental Health Officers who enforced the order.

The affected buildings are located at Oke Ogba community in Akure and the order of the government was said to be indefinite until further notice.

She said the owners and occupants of the sealed buildings were arrested by the Environmental Health Officials who moved around the state to inspect the level of compliance to the sanitation exercise.

According to her, the owners and occupants of the sealed buildings had committed various offences against the state environmental laws, hence the government order.

She said the offences committed include not having toilets in the houses, not having kitchens, leaving in uncompleted buildings which is dangerous for inhabitants, bushy environment and absent of other necessary facilities among others.

She frowned at the attitude of some landlords whose houses were without toilets and other necessary needed facilities, stressing that the government would not hesitate to clamp down on any violators.

She said all hands must be on deck to support the government’s efforts at keeping the state clean and warding off outbreaks of diseases.

She said “As it is now the houses have been sealed and nobody should enter into them and the owners of the buildings would be charged to court.”

EHORECON HOLDS 1ST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT

The Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON) is organizing first ever summit on Environmental Health in Nigeria.

A press release from the council quoted the Registrar, EHORECON, Dr Baba Yakubu Mohammed as saying the Summit with the theme ‘Rebranding Environmental Health practice: Breaking Barriers, Unlocking Opportunities’ is to hold between 4th and 6th August 2021 at the International Conference Center, Abuja. 

The press release signed by Kehinde A Openibo, Head, Public Affairs, for the Registrar/CEO said the event is expected to attract arrays of Federal Ministers, DGs/ Chief Executives, Captains of industries and Stakeholders in the Environment sectors.

“The Honorable Minister of Environment Dr, Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar would be the Special Guest of honor at the 3-day event. Also, the events will feature among other things, the launching of Environmental Health Emergency Response volunteer scheme, Environmental Health Service in the Control and Prevention of infectious diseases, Unveiling of Digital based service delivery portal and Public Health Emergency Operation Center (PHEOC) in coordination of epidemic/pandemic response in Nigeria etc.

“In addition, the event is expected to showcase exhibition of various types in Environmental Health while on the 3rd and final day will include Award/ Gala night for those who have contributed immensely to the development of Environmental Health in Nigeria.”