Oluwatobi Michael

Medical Doctor || Brand Designer || Healthcare Technology

[Oluwatobi Michael @tobiemyk]

@Ummi_Hayat Sad 💔

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@DrJohnBishop Congratulations Chief

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@ThecruiseDoc 😂😂

[Dr Audu A. A. @The_Audu]

NIGERIA: A NATION OF PREDICTORS

If there is one thing Nigerians do effortlessly, it is predict.

Long before the rise of data analytics, prediction platforms, market forecasts, and election projections, the average Nigerian had already mastered the art of prediction. Elders gathered in their “Obi” to hold conversations, debate topics, and predict outcomes. And so, prediction in Nigeria isn't just an activity; it is a culture. It is woven in the very fabric of our existence, and even newborns can be seen attempting to take part in those conversations.

Every day, from Lagos to Kebbi, from Itakpe to Onitcha, Nigerians gather in countless informal forums to analyze situations, predict outcomes, and defend their opinions with remarkable conviction, which sometimes has violent outcomes.

Walk into a beer parlour in Sango-Ota, and you will find heated debates about who will win the next election, or a buka in Ankpa and someone is confidently forecasting when Arsenal will finally win the Champions league or if a particular governor will defect to another party. These conversations, analysis and outcome prediction go on and on, cutting across all spheres of life.
Every Nigerian, it seems, is an analyst.

The beauty of this culture lies in its accessibility. One does not need a degree or any form of qualification to get involved in these conversations . In Nigeria, experience, observation, and instinct are often considered qualifications enough. And they back it up with sayings like; “you wouldn’t find it in the books” or “experience in the best teacher”.
And perhaps there is wisdom in that.

Social media has only amplified this culture. Platforms such as X, Facebook, and WhatsApp have transformed every smartphone into a broadcasting station, with WhatsApp broadcast becoming a thing of distress for some. Opinions travel faster than facts, and debates that once ended on the football field now go far and wide birthing a new audience and following for our “analysts”.

This culture has been passed on from one generation to another, and even though these predictions aren't always right, the predictors are always willing to die on that hill”.

Wherever two or more Nigerians are gathered, an opinion will be shared, a debate will follow, and an outcome will surely be predicted.

[Oluwatobi Michael @tobiemyk]

@MaryRoseMalomo @Amobbss Very sharp

[Aproko Doctor Global @aproko_doctor]

525,000 a year
10,000 a week
1,400 a day.

​These are the number of men that die by suicide.

​Happy Men's Mental Health Month.

​To every man reading this: you are not a burden, and you do not have to carry the weight of the world alone. Speaking up is real strength.

[Oluwatobi Michael @tobiemyk]

@sombre_bee Congratulations Doki

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@PraisetheLorrdd @Za_prodigy Congratulations Dr Judahh🎉

[Jesse Ozone @Jessseglee]

Is it ethical for doctors not to be paid well knowing they have families?

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[Oluwatobi Michael @tobiemyk]

Everywhere still blur 😂😂

[Sage of the Six Paths @DrJohnAfam]

Current MDCN Chair - Opthalmology

Current NMA Chair - Opthalmology

Nigerian Medical Practice is in the Hands of the Eye Surgeons.

[Jesse Ozone @Jessseglee]

The older you get, the more you realize luck is mostly exposure. If you sit in the same place, have the same routine, talking to the same people, nothing new really happens. You have to engage the world to win.

Travel more. Talk to people.

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Ambitious people are my type. I can’t even hide it, once you start talking about doing impossible work, the kind of talk that inspires greatness, you have my allegiance till the wheels fall off.

We may fail (woefully) but we will never be guilty of not trying.

[Oluwatobi Michael @tobiemyk]

@reachdrajibade Very terrible

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Let us clarify something here,
This is for the sake of public education.

1. Paying 119k consultation fee to see a gynaecologist is *not* ridiculous. This is a very fair charge to see a specialist in a private clinic setting.

2. It takes about 15years of medial school and postgraduate education to become a gynaecologist. You can’t see a specialist and pay peanuts. It costs time, money and a lot of work to become a gynaecologist.

3. Many of you gladly pay 500k for wig, you have no problems with 150k for bridal makeup that nobody notices, which will wash away in 3hours and you can even casually pay 50k to tie gele at wedding but you draw the line at paying less than 120k to see a gynaecologist for your healthcare. If you can spend premium money on ephemeral things like wig and makeup, pls kindly prioritise your health, dear Nigerians.

4. The only way you can see a specialist and pay cheap or pay nothing is if the service is subsidised or funded by the government or by NGOs. This is why government hospitals are cheaper, or sometimes free, compared to private hospitals. You may pay nothing as an end user but someone else is actually covering the true costs of that service.

5. This takes me to my final point:
Marie Stopes in Nigeria is a non-profit NGO that is heavily funded by donor grants and international organisations who subsidise the actual costs to make it cheap for you the end user.

It is a bad argument to compare Marie Stopes (funded by NGO money) to a private clinic gynaecologist that relies solely on being run by patient’s fees.

The actual cost in Marie Stopes will be far higher if not for the donations of good people and organisations who ensure the doctors are well paid and you won’t need to pay high for treatments or consultation.

I know life is tough in Nigeria and people find accessing good healthcare very expensive for the average person, however this is not the gynaecologists fault. This is the governments fault who have impoverished us, made us poor, failed to maintain the public hospitals and who have made people’s earnings so little that they can’t afford healthcare.

I hope this explanation is helpful.

[Oluwatobi Michael @tobiemyk]

@DrJohnAfam Very sad
May her soul rest in peace.

[Maester Kóọ̀ṣọ́, of The Visual Mysteries. @Ayoolafelix]

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