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  The federal government's vision to establish a well-coordinated and regulated drug distribution system across Nigeria is one of the most vital reforms in our healthcare sector.  Designed to eliminate the chaos of open drug markets and improve public health outcomes, the Coordinated Wholesale Center (CWC) project was meant to bring order, safety, and accountability into the pharmaceutical supply chain. CWCs are designated hubs where pharmaceutical wholesalers can operate under strict regulation, ensuring the quality and safety of drugs sold to the Nigerian public.  In 2012, the federal government approved four pilot locations for the CWC project: Sabongari drug market in Kano, Idumota in Lagos, Headbridge in Onitsha, and Ariaria market in Aba. Today, Sabongari in Kano has successfully relocated and is operational. Onitsha and Aba have made significant progress. But Lagos, the commercial nerve center of Nigeria, has become the tragic exception. In Lagos, about 902 Idumota...

  By Blessing Iriaka I know that public schools in Nigeria, especially in my home state of Imo, have struggled with structural problems for years. I know because I went to one. There were days during my secondary school years when my classmates and I had to learn under mango trees because there were not enough classrooms for everyone. I remember spending almost two weeks learning under different trees in our school compound because, strangely enough, the shade from the trees felt better than the classrooms we had to share with other classes. But that was years ago. I honestly thought that by 2025, we would have moved past some of these problems. I thought things would be better for the children coming after us. Then, during one of my community engagements, I visited a primary school in Amaimo Community, Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State. What I saw left me speechless. We did not announce our arrival to the teachers. Perhaps if we had, they would have had time to ar...