Mrs Ifeayinwa Omowole, National President of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), says mentorship of up-coming journalists is key to ensuring proper practice of the professionSpeaking during an interactive session with members of Ghana Association of Women in Media in Accra on Sunday, she said it was for this reason that NAWOJ introduced mentorship programme for graduates of Mass Communication in Nigeria to keep them abreast with new techniques in reportage.According to her, the programme will prepare the mind-set of young female journalists to develop interest in all the various beats in newsrooms.She explained that passion for the profession was necessary for practitioners to live up to their responsibilitiesIn her remarks, President of Ghana Association of Women in Media, Mrs Mavis Kitcher, called on women journalists to strive towards updating themselves on modern trends in journalism. as well as Information and Communication Technology (ICT).She said that knowledge of ICT was inevitable,as such the need for capacity building could not be over emphasized.“Women journalists should be ICT compliant and also mentor our young female journalists,” she said.In his remarks ,President of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA),Mr Affail Monney, commended NAWOJ for the visit, saying it had brought famale journalists from the two countries together.He said the GJA would also plan a similar visit to Nigeria to exchange ideas on how to move the profession forward.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NAWOJ members, led by the president of the association, are in Ghanaon a retreat.(NAN)
A medical expert, Dr Shola Aina of Lifecare Hospital, Ilorin has warned against inserting hard objects into the mouths of convulsing patients.Aina told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ilorin that the insertion of hard objects in the mouth of a convulsing person to stop teeth clenching does more harm than good.He said it could dislodge the dentures (teeth), cause aspirations or even death, as against the perceived dangers of clenching of teeth, which never kills.NAN reports that convulsion is a medical condition where body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled actions of the body.The physician, therefore, advised that ” the first thing to do once seizure is noticed, is to ensure that the environment is safe, and not try to restrain the victim as it can cause fracture.”Lay the person down on a flat surface and remove all tight clothings around the head or neck, like ties or necklace, and check if the victim is still breathing.”Make sure the victim is in a relaxed position and move to the hospital as soon as possible for proper evaluation,” he advised.He idehtified high fever as one of major causes of convulsion in children within the ages of 6 months to 5 years.”High fever, birth trauma, or low blood sugar are among the causes of convulsion. ”But to ascertain the cause in a particular victim, it is necessary to visit the hospital even after the convulsion has stopped, to ascertain the underlying cause.”Ascertaining the cause will make the parent or caregiver know the symptoms to watch out for, and things to avoid, so as not to trigger it again,” Aina said. (NAN)
