ce 2016 is still not gazetted. Even their call for a Department of Nursing within the Ministry of Health has been ignored. Now, their silence has become a roar. THE THREE ARMS OF GOVERNMENT: FAILURES IN UNISON The Executive sent a representative to the negotiation table, yet the Health Minister was nowhere to be found. Talks broke down. Promises evaporated. Bureaucrats shuffle papers while nurses collapse from exhaustion. The message is clear: they do not care. The Legislature—mute. Not a single bold resolution. Not a single senator standing up for the backbone of our healthcare system. They are quick to approve allowances for themselves, yet deaf to the cries of the people. The Judiciary, having ruled in favor of the nurses more than a decade ago, now watches those judgments rot in ministry drawers. A system that cannot enforce its own rulings is a system that has failed. THE TRUTH: A NATION ON LIFE SUPPORT The APC-led administration continues to steer this country off the edge of a cliff. Strike after strike, hardship after hardship. From the 2024 general strike to this 2025 health system collapse, Nigerians are being choked by incompetent leadership wrapped in propaganda and pride. This isn’t just a strike. It’s a warning. A nation without nurses is a nation without breath.

. Our leaders must act, or they must step aside. Because when the people can no longer breathe, they will rise. ECP Editorial Team _The Truth and Nothing But the Truth_