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The 50th Anniversary celebration of the NSP is here. Come october 27-31st 2009 , Nigerian Physiotherapists from home and abroad shall gather in Lagos to celebrate history and reflect on the successes and challenges of the profession in the past 50 years of its existence.

Tue 27th - Arrival /HODs Workshop@ LASUTH Ikeja

Wed 28th -Parallel scientific sessions@ LASUTH Ikeja

Thurs - 29th-Formal opening ceremony@ The NATINAL ARTS THEATRE,LAGOS

Fri -30th AGM/50TH Anniversary Dinner@Sheraton Hotel &Towers,Ikeja

Special guest of honour is the Hon Minister of Health

Chief Host is the Governor of Lagos state Babatunde Fashola, SAN

Keep a date with history.

Safe journey

OKAFOR U.A.C

PRO NSP

Great Nigerian PTs

Hurray!

TODAY , NSP is 50 years old

AUG,29TH 1959-AUG.29 2009.

Great honour and congratulations to our own BABA OSHIN and BABA AJAO, Other founding fathers and other doyens of Physiotherapy .

INDEED, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL NIGERIAN PTs,HOME AND ABROAD.

Join the Physiotherapy Rebranding campaign by paying back to your society, our society .

Support the Anniversary effort come OCTOBER 27TH-31ST 20090 at the BANQUET HALL, NATIONAL ARTS THEATRE,LAGOS,

Keep a date with NSP, Keep a date with HISTORY

U.A.C OKAFOR,(PT)MNSP

PRO /NSP

2348023078247, uacokafor@nigeriaphysio.org

Dear Colleagues,

Your response at attendance and sense of timing as recorded at the ordinary general meeting held at NOHIgbobi, Lagos on 30th July 2009 is very worthy of commendation.

Someone echoed that ... that could be an early sign at a REBRANDING PROCESS.

Thank you all on behalf of NSPNEC.

Please remember to reach out to colleagues and your state chapter PTs on the N5,000 levy per physiotherapist as agreed by the congress payable before or by end of august 2009 as a token of support to the 50TH anniversary event of the NSP.

Also kindly ensure that the latest PHYSIONEWS Newsletter unveiled on that day is received by our members in your state chapter(if sent through you).

Do keep a date with history and our professional body at 50 come the 27th-31st october 2009 and join the PhysioRebranding Campaign.

Lagos is the place

WORLD PHYSIOTHERAPY DAY is on September 8th.

Please mark in a big way and send pictures of your event to the PRO

Yours,

U.A.C OKAFOR

PRO,NSP

Dear Esteemed Colleagues,

Following a successful courtesy call and meeting by the NSP NEC with the Hon.Minister of Health, Prof Osotimehin at Abuja a few weeks ago, an emergency general meeting of the Nigeria society of Physiotherapy (National) has been called to hold in Lagos

DATE : Thurs, 30th july 2009

VENUE: National Orth Hosp Igbobi, Lagos

TIME:10am PROMPT.

Also top of the Agenda is the 50TH (GOLDEN JUBILLEE) Anniversary of the NSP to hold in LAGOS Oct 27th-31st 2009

Looking forward,

Yours,

U.A.C OKAFOR,PT,MNSP

PRO, NSP

Dear Colleagues,

In a very bold step to rebrand the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP) and Physiotherapy in Nigeria, the Jaiyesimi led National Executive Council of the NSP has redesigned and launched a new dynamic and fully interactive website. The new website designed with NSP members participation and interaction in mind has a lot of features. Some of the salient features of the new website to be enjoyed by Nigerian PTs at home and abroad include:

Membership Directory
Now you can track the progress and location of your PT colleagues. Members who sign up for an account are required to fill in a brief bios including their present job location and post graduate qualifications or experiences, etc. Only members with a User account can access the membership directory. Create an account today and locate or reunite with your classmate and colleagues. Members can also upload a passport sized photograph of themselves (100 x 100 pixels) into their PROFILE on the new NSP website. Let your colleagues see what you look like now!

PhysioJobs
NSP members with a user account can list or post any job openings/vacancies they know about for the benefit of colleagues. The NSP is also presenting Corporate organizations and PT Employers at home and abroad to apply for corporate membership in order to post into the PhysioJobs database. Do you know of any PhysioRecruiters at home and abroad, ask them to apply for a corporate membership so they can post jobs on NSP website for free (Limited time offer!)

Events Calendar
NSP members are informed of professional events, conferences, workshops, seminars, etc taking place locally in Nigeria and internationally.

PhysioBlogs
To eliminate lack of communication between NSP National Executives and members, the President, Secretary General and PRO has their respective blogs whereby they communicate directly with members of the society. Members can always post their comments in response to any PhysioBlog written by the President, Sec Gen or the PRO.

PhotoNews and Photo Gallery
This section contains photo/picture gallery of NSP local and international events.

NSP Conference Management System
With the 50 years Anniversary celebrations and the 49th Annual Scientific Conference of the NSP this October, 2009; the NSP has joined the current technology of Managing conferences online. With the Online Conference management system, participants can now submit their abstracts/papers online, reviewers will review submitted abstract online, decision to accept/modify/reject abstracts are made online and communicated to the abstract/paper submitters by email. This system also has the special feature of On-Site registration to be done online at the conference site in October, 2009.

PhysioNews
The National PhysioNews will also go online soon. This portion of the website is still being developed.

Nigerian News Online
With the intent to keep Nigerian PTs abroad up-to-date on issues back at home in Nigeria, the new NSP website also provide links to all major online newspapers in Nigeria, Africa and International.

JNSP Online
The Journal of the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (JNSP) has also gone online at http://www.jnsp.org. Henceforth, the Journal manuscripts submission, review and publications will be conducted online. The Editor-In-Chief, Dr. R.A. Adedoyin is calling on colleagues at home and abroad who has printed copies of old JNSP editions to please donate such to the JNSP. The plan is to put all previous editions of the Journal online as well.

PhysioShout!
This is a very interesting feature where members logged into their account on the website can make a physioshout! A physioshout is a shout message similar to yahoo messenger chat that can be posted by a member and other membser will see the shout and respond appropriately once they too are logged in.

PhysioChats and PhysioForums
The NSP website also provide a link to the Nigeria Physiotherapy Network PhysioChat where colleagues all over the world can meet to discuss issues pertinent to principles and practice of phsyiotherapy at home and abroad. This chatroom also provide forums for Nigeria PT Schools Alumni Re-Unions. Different professional interest groups with special forum include orthopaedics and sports, geriatrics, paediatrics, neurology, community physiotherapy, etc. members can sign up for an account and ask questions or post comments for other members to respond to....

Join NSP Online
This feature is still being developed. New graduates from PT schools or foreign trained PTs wanting to practice in Nigeria will be able to complete applications online, pay membership fees and renew membership online.

Online Membership Renewal and Payments
This feature is also in development. Very soon, NSP members at home will be able to renew their membership online and make payments using Nigerian Debit Card System (Interswitch, E-Transact, GTBank Webpay, etc). NSP members abroad will aslo be able to pay using paypal and other internationally issued credit card system.

Many more features are coming....
This new NSP interactive website is constantly being improved and more member focused features being added.

This new NSP website is available 24/7, 365 days a year. We encourage all our colleagues at home and abroad to please visit the new NSP website, sign up for a user account so you can get listed in the Membership Directory.

The Wikipedia Project: NSP and Nigeria Physiotherapy on Wikipedia
In furtherance of the NSP and Nigeria Physiotherapy re-branding efforts, information about the NSP and Physiotherapy in Nigeria has been added to Wikipedia. We invite colleagues all over the world to contribute especially to the NSP page on wikipedia. Please see the links below:
1. PT in Nigeria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiotherapy#Nigeria
2. The NSP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_Society_of_Physiotherapy

Our own Professor Arinola Sanya is already on wikipedia. We therefore invite and challenge colleagues around the world to also submit articles on Wikipedia about some of our senior colleagues who have contributed to the development of physiotherapy in Nigeria. See Professor Sanya's tribute on Wikipedia below; the article still needs more contributions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arinola_Olasumbo_Sanya

Please forward any suggestion for NSP website improvements to me. We are here to serve you better. Let's join hands together as we re-brand the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy and Physiotherapy in Nigeria.

Long live the NSP! Long Live Nigeria

Sincerely Yours,

Udoka Chris Okafor, PT, MSc
National Public Relations Officer and
NSP Website Administrator

The NSPNEC will be in ABUJA from sunday for her  council meeting and to keep an appointment with the Hon.MINISTER for HEALTH.

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Thank you and react a.s.a.p please.

OKAFOR U.A.C

PRO NSP

DEAR COLLEAGUES,

Please read and pass on to the PT next to you. Vacancies exist for suitably qualified physiotherapists at FMC, Owerri, Imo State. Get a copy of THE PUNCH and DAILY CHAMPION news papers of Friday 15/May/2009 for details of procedures for application. O.Olaniyi(PT) FMC, Owerri

Best of luck to prospective applicants.
U.A.C OKAFOR PRO (NSP)

GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS CHANGING THE CULTURE, MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Dear colleagues, As we look forward with great enthusiasm to the GREAT EVENT - The celebration of the 50th anniversary of our own - THE NIGERIA SOCIETY OF PHYSIOTHERAPY ...founded in 1959 by great minds, the above is a great and thought-provoking theme to consider.

In the spirit of Rebranding our profession and Refocussing our ideals towards an acceptable practice as evidence based practice professionals, the average Nigerian PT must as a matter of great urgency imbibe A CHANGE OF OUR PRESENT PHYSIOTHERAPY CULTURE and by so doing, WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE both in our immediate (healthcare providers' society) and the remote (larger) society.

Colleagues, I urge US ALL to key into this Select theme of this year's landmark conference and on the long run ENHANCE the present table cost, general awareness and general acceptability (market price ) of our profession.

THE TIME IS NOW ......LOG ON 2-4-7 TO THE NEW NSP WEBSITE: www.nigeriaphysio.org. This rebranding project must be HANDS ON and ALL ENCOMPASSING.

YOURS,
U.A.C OKAFOR P.R.O (NSP)

Dear colleagues,

Kindly stay glued to the new NSP website for all updates regarding the golden jubilee celebrations of the NSP come october 2009.

Lagos is the place.