Radiocephas

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[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

Re-introducing:
RAD. AKINNUSI OLUWATOBILOBA PETER
BSC. (Hons) Radiography (LAGOS), Distinction.
Best in Diagnostic Clinical Posting.
Best in Final RRBN Professional Examination (Unilag).
Overall Best Graduating Student (Department of Radiography, University of Lagos).

✨🙏🏽

[Name cannot be blank @hackSultan]

A couple of ways to improve education in Nigeria and get more people into universities and polytechnics without reducing the cut-off mark.

1. Start from primary schools: We probably do not need to completely revamp the primary school curriculum, but we do need to revamp what qualifies a school to operate as a primary school. We have too many poorly equipped primary schools creating weak educational foundations for kids and sending them down the wrong path.
The government needs to step in here. If a school is not properly equipped or qualified enough to teach children, it should either be shut down or taken over by the government.

2. Proper educational monitoring for secondary schools and updated criteria: Just because you can rent a 4-bedroom apartment should not qualify you to own a school, and just because you finished secondary school or university does not qualify you to be a teacher.
The government should introduce a mandatory teacher’s test that every teacher must take, regardless of whether they teach in a private or public school. This curriculum should not only test subject expertise, but should also include a teacher-training course that every teacher must complete.
You also should not be allowed to teach a subject you were not certified for. So if you have a certification to teach chemistry, you should not suddenly decide to teach physics too.
A teacher’s certification should be valid for 10 years, while subject certifications should be valid for 5 years.
Teacher certification should be paid for ( 5,000 Naira) , while subject certification should be free.

3. Each secondary school should have student counsellors to help students choose the best department or career path for them. We need to stop forcing children into science class just to show that they’re brilliant.

I know many people will say, “What about schools that can’t afford to meet the standard because they’re in poor environments?”

I’m sorry, but we need to have standards. The future of this country is at stake. If a school cannot meet the standard, it should merge with other small schools nearby to form one stronger school, or the government should step in and take over.
A drastic and serious change is needed, and it starts with how we teach and train the next generation. We cannot continue like this.

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

@Jahsmineconsult Exactly

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

This is exactly why you shouldn’t be handling radiation. Firstly, you don’t know the quality of your lead shield. Secondly, there’s a reason radiographers use TLD badges even when they are protected by lead-lined walls and shields.

[My name Biri @babygirl_jola]

SAY NO TO MDCN BILLS 2026

#SaveRadiographyProfession
#ProtectRRBN

[My name Biri @babygirl_jola]

Well explained👏🏾
#protectRRBN

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

#SaveRadiographyProfession #ProtectRRBN #ProtectNigerianHealthcareSystem #SayNoToMonopolyInHealthcareSystem #RejectHB2695 #radiographers

@Rad_Voice_NGN
@thearnnigeria
@nars_nigeria
@RRBN_NIGERIA
@JohesuNigeria
@Awele_sofine

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

If you have ever had an X-ray, MRI, or CT scan in Nigeria, you need to know about two bills currently in the National Assembly: HB 2695 and HB 2699.

They are set to change who controls your medical imaging and how safe your diagnostic care will be. 🧵👇

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

The strategy is clear: destroy the RRBN from the outside via HB 2695 and paralyse it from the inside via HB 2699. We must stand with the Association of Radiographers of Nigeria (ARN) to protect professional independence and healthcare safety in Nigeria.

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

For patients, this is a safety risk. Radiography is a specialized science of radiation physics. When the independent "checks and balances" of the RRBN are removed, you lose the expert oversight that ensures your radiation doses are safe and your scans are accurate.

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

For Radiographers, this is "Professional Erasure." We lose the right to be judged by our peers. Under these bills, our disciplinary cases and standards would be decided by a board of doctors who lack the technical competence required for radiographic protocols.

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

While HB 2695 attacks from outside, HB 2699 seeks to "legitimise the continued inclusion of medical doctors (radiologists) on the RRBN."

It also seeks to "vest excessive powers in the Minister of Health to influence the appointment of the Registrar."

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

HB 2695 mandates: "70 per cent of practising fees collected shall be shared with the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)."

This forces Radiographers to fund a private association of doctors (NMA) they do not belong to and which does not represent their professional interests.

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

In law, "to the exclusion of any other body" creates a monopoly. It tells courts that only the MDCN has power over clinical standards. This overrides the RRBN Act and strips our independent board of its statutory authority. It is a "jurisdictional override."

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

The "Nuclear Clause."
HB 2695 is the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill.
Section 8(1) states: "The Council [MDCN] shall have responsibility for the regulation of medical and dental practice in Nigeria TO THE EXCLUSION OF ANY OTHER PERSON OR BODY."

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

You must know the regulatory bodies:
1. MDCN: Regulates Medical Doctors and Dentists.
2. RRBN: Regulates Radiographers (Specialists in high-tech imaging/radiation safety).
These are currently independent, co-equal bodies. One is now attempting a "hostile takeover" of the other.

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

I understand your bid to try to prove that you can do what radiographers do but trust me, it’s much more than that. Please stay safe and keep your patients safe. Just because you don’t see the radiation doesn’t mean they aren’t there.

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

This is exactly why you shouldn’t be handling radiation. Firstly, you don’t know the quality of your lead shield. Secondly, there’s a reason radiographers use TLD badges even when they are protected by lead-lined walls and shields.

[Joy to the world🧚🏻 🦋 @ChinwenwaThe]

And who said I don't know
For every PAR I take
I make sure I am protected with a lead shield
Do u ppl think we are dumb or what??

[Radiocephas @radiocephas]

Anyone can push the buttons or even position the patient on the couch just by watching us do it but we have been trained based on researches and findings and we know that some amount of radiation still manage to get behind the shields due to HVL properties of the materials.

[Aisha @ayeeshathomas2]

ATTENTION RADIOGRAPHERS IN NIGERIA, the
VERY EXISTENCE of radiography as an independent profession is at risk and here's why.

The bill (Medical and Dental
Practitioners Act Repeal and Re-enactment)Bill, 2026(HB 2695) seeks to Hand over control of radiography to medical doctors

[Adebayo Musa @Rad_Adebayo]

Radiography is an independent, specialized profession backed by its own statutory board. We refuse colonization, financial exploitation, and any jurisdictional override that threatens quality of patient care
We vehemently reject the bill
@Fmohnigeria
@NGRSenate
@NGRPresident