Nigerian Pharmacy Students in North Cyprus meets T.R.N.C Health Minister and others on...

"Over the holiday, the leadership of NAPS had series of meetings with the deans faculties of pharmacies on the island to discuss issues concerning Nigerian Pharmacy Students on the Island.

On the 2nd February, 2016, NAPS took a bold step by holding a joint meeting with the Eastern Mediterranean University authority through the office of the Vice Rector International and Promotional Affairs Prof. Hasan Amca to present her request, present at the meeting were the Dean Faculty of Pharmacy EMU, Prof. Mustafa Fethi Sahin, NANS Turkish Zone President, Comrade Salim Hamza Ringim, NAPS National President, Fredrick Edeh, NAPS EMU President, Ajiboro Temitope, other at the meeting were Ozioma Ezeofor, Ethel Eleto and Jack Sambe.

NAPS National President presented the following agendas;

1. Pharmacists Council of Nigeria be invited to the island in other to inspect our facilities, curriculum and collaborate with the Pharmacy regulatory body of North Cyprus to enable our students practice efficiently in Nigeria with been subjected to undue treatments.
2. Nigerian Pharmacy students be given Turkish Cypriot licensing exams to be converted into the Nigerian license upon arrival in Nigeria to avoid complications of taking the Nigerian Licensing Exams.
3. The University to sponsor Nigerian Pharmacy students to participate in the forthcoming International Pharmaceutical Students Federation African Pharmaceutical Symposium in Mombasa, Kenya in June.

Our requests received positive response as the Vice Rector responded by requesting letters to this proposals. And the Dean booked an appointment immediately with the Cyprus Minister of Health to discuss the licensing exams procedures, terms and conditions.

On the 1st of March, 2016, the Dean Faculty of Pharmacy, Rector's office Representative, NAPS Officials visited Cyprus Ministry of Health to discuss modalities, terms and conditions of the licensing exams with the Minister of Health Dr. Omer Gur Mustesar and Cypriot Pharmaceutical regulatory body. The meeting yielded positive response as the minister, after brief deliberations with the Pharmaceutical regulatory body insisted that license are not allowed for foreign graduates, but with help from the Dean, NAPS officials explained to the Minister that the license can be inactive in Cyprus while active in Nigeria so it can be converted in Nigeria. More detailed explanations and discussion on PCN visit and licensing exams will be done in an expanded exco meeting/congress that will be called by NAPS EMU as decisions will be taken on some issues.

SOURCE: nss.emu.edu.tr

SCHOOL FEES PAYMENT UPDATE: EMU Response to NSS Request

Greatest Nigerian Students. 

Still on the struggle, the leadership of NSS have been in discussion with the University management on how to ease the school fees and accommodation payment hardship experienced by Nigerian Students in EMU for like a week now, the requests presented through the office of the Vice Rector Promotion is contained in the letter below.

 

UNIVERSITY RESPONSE:

After all our requests, constant pressure and early positive responses, the following final responses were gotten from the school. 

1. Students portal can be opened for registration if he/she pays the sum of 1000 dollars irrespective of any debt or free from debt. 

2. Normal late registration charges will apply. 

3. Registration have been extended for Nigerian Students till 4th March, 2016.

For clarification on this, kindly contact Mutlük.

With this resolution from the University, what do you think is the way forward?

The truth is the university have Professionals in the field and are updating the University on CBN Forex availability for both school fees and medical bills following the last letter released by the Apex Bank and with this students interest are not representated, the University is not told the duration it takes for transfer to get to the school and in sum cases, fees even bounce back to parents account.

Comment your suggestions here.

Best Regards 

NSS-EMU

Facebook expands ‘like’ feature

Feeling outraged, tickled or touched by something you spotted on Facebook? Now you can say so, after the social media giant added five new reactions to its basic “like” button.

“Like, love, haha, wow, sad or angry” — the expanded “reactions” feature rolled out globally on Wednesday is designed to let users express a range of emotions.

Facebook had been testing ways to add to the “like” button faced with complaints that it was sometimes inappropriate, especially in cases of tragic events.

“We’ve been listening to people and know that there should be more ways to easily and quickly express how something you see in News Feed makes you feel,” said product manager Sammi Krug in a blog post.

“That’s why today we are launching Reactions, an extension of the Like button, to give you more ways to share your reaction to a post in a quick and easy way.”

The familiar “like” button with a thumbs-up image will still be there, alongside the new emoticon icons.

“We understand that this is a big change, and want to be thoughtful about rolling this out,” Krug said.

“For more than a year we have been conducting global research including focus groups and surveys to determine what types of reactions people would want to use most. We also looked at how people are already commenting on posts and the top stickers and emoticons as signals for the types of reactions people are already using to determine which reactions to offer.”

The expanded reactions feature had been tested in several markets and is now rolling out globally, Krug said.

In unveiling plans last year, Facebook noted that it was not considering a “dislike” button despite the idea floated in some reports.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said in September that the “dislike” button was not coming “because we don’t want to turn Facebook into a forum where people are voting up or down on people’s posts. That doesn’t seem like the kind of community that we want to create.”

The new reactions buttons were unveiled last October as a test project for Facebook users in Spain and Ireland.

Zuckerberg said at the time that Facebook had been working on expanded options for some time.

“Not every moment is a good moment, and sometimes you just want a way to express empathy,” Zuckerberg said on his page last year.

“These are important moments where you need the power to share more than ever, and a ‘Like’ might not be the best way to express yourself.”

SOURCE: PUNCH