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Stakeholders have stressed the importance of allied health professionals maintaining a healthy financial life while navigating economic uncertainties. NAUHP chairman Comrade Oladayo Olabampe stated at the opening of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan 2025 Health Week, that financial uncertainties can affect anyone, regardless of position, status, or profession, because Nigeria’s economic landscape is constantly changing. Comrade Olabampe said that in order to survive the current global economic crises, health professionals—especially NUAHP members—need to have practical insights, expert counsel, and leverage on platforms to share experiences. Chief Medical Director of UCH, Ibadan, Professor Jesse Otegbayo, who spoke through Professor Bukola Adesina, reiterated the commitment of his management to staff welfare and service provision to its teeming clients. He declared members of the NAUHP to be positively minded, work hard and go for excellence regardless of the challenges they may face in life. “We will come out bigger, better and stronger. Tough times do not last; what tough people do does. The hospital will continue to offer clinical services to our teeming patients and prepare our students to be leaders as we keep the train moving, the flag flying and this ship afloat. “We will definitely come out sailing with our heads and shoulders high if we maintain our breath, stay afloat, and keep all of our senses surrounding us,” he said. Chairman at the occasion, Chief David Oyewole described the theme of the meeting, “A Healthy Financial Life: Navigating Economic Uncertainties”, as apt, and urged them to walk the talk and ensure that the outcome of their deliberations be circularized to appropriate agencies for implementation. Group head, Commercial Banking Group, First Bank Plc, Agodi, Mr Taiwo Eleshinnla, in his keynote, said based on many indicators, Nigeria’s economic outlook has improved, but individuals must enhance their wealth creation skills, stop habits inimical to financial stability and make investments. He listed investment opportunities to explore, to include real estate, stocks and shares, mutual funds, treasury bills, bonds and fixed deposits. Mr. Eleshinnla urged them to give up their habits of putting off investments, spending money without a budget, going over their income, investing in unfamiliar ventures, and dreaming of becoming wealthy overnight.
