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Prof. Edwin Scott Asemota, MD., DTMPH <[email protected]e>
Princess Dr. Claudia <[email protected]>
Walter G. Ollor, Ph.D. <[email protected]>
Chief (Sir) Charles Ugo Eke <[email protected]>
HervŽ Lohoues, Ph.D. <[email protected]>
Peter O. Jack <[email protected]>
Prof. Lawrence O. Kehinde <[email protected]>
Chris Uwaje, (Fncs, Fiap) <[email protected]>

References:

(a) (20130113) Possible development of telemedicine with broadband wireless Internet in Nigeria
<http://tinyurl.com/acg95al>

(b) Msg from Prof. Asemota to Prof. Ollor (attached to AsemotaÕs msg to T. Utsumi, dated on January 14, 2013)
<http://tinyurl.com/adzaojl>

(c) GUS-Nigeria June2004 report-v3.doc
<http://tinyurl.com/2mpjq8>

(d) The Global Early Warning System (GEWS) with The Global University System (GUS): Their Use Within ECOWAS Countries; A Priority Agenda Item of the First GEWS/GUS Planning Workshop at School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, and The Stevens Institute of Technology (August 2, 2012)
<http://tinyurl.com/bmo9ljj>

(e) Oji, D. E., T. Utsumi and C. Uwaje, "International Centers of Excellence for e-Health in Africa with Global University System in Nigeria," Paper published in the eHealth International Journal, International eHealth Association (IeHA), University of Michigan Health System, September 25, 2005 (MS/WORD file, 748 KB)
<http://tinyurl.com/2w42nh>

(f) Walter G. Ollor and Takeshi Utsumi; ÒCreation of Global University System in Nigeria (GUS/NIGERIA)Ó
(November 10, 2008)
<http://tinyurl.com/2w42nh>

(g) Chico Harlan, Washington Post; ÒAs Apple and Samsung dominate, Japan's tech giants are in a free fallÓ
<http://tinyurl.com/9do4f5v>

 

Dear Edwin:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I below) in response to the Reference (a) above.

Dear Princess Claudia:

(2) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT II below) in response to the Reference (a) above.

Dear Edwin:
Pls reply to Princess Claudia on her trouble with your phone number in Germany (ATTACHMENT II below).


Dear Edwin:

(3) We will have a mtg at the Stevens Institute of Technology in the afternoon of January 25th with Prof. Walter Oller and his wife who teaches at the River State University of Science and Technology in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

I took the liberty of uploading your msg to Waltr in the Reference (b) above, so that it will reach Walter.

Dear Walter:
Pls reply to Edwin at your earliest convenience.


(4) Our GUS/Nigeria (Reference (f) above) activities started with my facts finding trip to Nigeria in June of 2004, when Charles Eke took me around about a half dozen universities there with the help of Late Prof. G. Olalere Ajayi, Director General/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).  Pls see the Reference (c) above.  Ajayi suggested me to work with Prof. Kehinde of Obafemi Awolowo University.

(5) As said elsewhere before, we are now working to hold our planning workshop of our GEWS/GUS project with the NSF fund at the office of the GLORIAD at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK) -- hopefully this coming spring.  Pls see the last page of the Reference (d) above, which lists Dr. HervŽ Lohoues of ECOWAS Commission in Abuja — though we havenÕt heard from him yet.  Peter Jack, who once introduce you to me, has been with our activities for many years, too, and is very knowledgeable with system dynamics methodology, Wibro high speed wireless Internet which he acquired while he was getting his Ph.D. At the Seoul University in South Korea.

Dear Chris:

(6) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT III below) in response to the Reference (a) above.

Dear Edwin:
Pls feel free to contact Chris — see the Reference (e) above.


Dear Edwin:

(7)  In the mid 1980s, I was once tried to help the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), the most powerful ministry, to raise one million software programmers with billions dollars.  They completely failed which was deeply rooted in the Japanese culture — and its fall-out is now seen as described in the Reference (g) above. Our Global Early Warning System (GEWS)/Global University System (GUS) projects are counter measure to cope with this dismal, devastating failure.

(8) About six month after the planning workshop at the UTK mentioned above, we will conduct next workshop at the the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) of Columbia University and at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.

At this workshop, we will demonstrate the concept of GEWS as using a gaming/simulation to evaluate energy policies proposed by former Vice President Al Gore and President Barack Obama; specifically, their emphasis on replacing fossil fuels with renewable sources (e.g., wind and/or solar energy) for generating electricity in the United States.  We will examine how this would affect oil revenue in Niger Delta of Nigeria, and the consequences to other economic and social structures, particularly in Nigeria.  We will ask if this is a viable direction with global perspectives.  Input data will include the fact that 97% of total Nigerian federal government revenue comes from oil, 40% of which is exported to North America — another 23% to Europe and 16% to the Far Eastern countries, including Japan, South Korea, and China.  We will balance the global consequences of the proposal with the national consequences for Nigeria, which could be devastating — particularly when the US would become energy independent by 2030.


I would strongly suggest that you mentioned of this at the Presidential Advisory Committee for Ethics and Standards — Nigerian government should create new industries of the 21st century information and knowledge society while they can still earn money with oil export.  Time for this is getting very, very short — only 17 years left by 2030!!


After this event, we plan to continue this gaming/simulation exercise in collaborative fashion between Columbia University and Nigerian universities, e.g., Obafemi Awolowo University, Rivers State University of Science and Technology in Port Harcourt, etc.

Our main objective will be to initiate a paradigm shift in international political science in utilizing both Ònormative (role-playing)Ó gaming and Òquantitative (model-based)Ó simulation approaches for globally collaborative education and training.  This is a new, NON-TRADITIONAL approach for policy analysis that sets a new and high standard in the search for human and sustainable national development. World experts participating will be from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) of Columbia University. One of them is a former executive of Shell Oil Development Co. with lengthy experience in Nigeria; others include system dynamics simulation experts from the Millennium Institute, a world-renowned organization based in the Washington DC, and technical experts on Internet and simulation.

Keep in touch.

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I


From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [gu-new] (20130113) Possible development of telemedicine with broadband wireless Internet in Nigeria
Date: January 14, 2013 10:21:22 AM EST
To: [email protected]
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>

Dear Dr. Tak,

Thank you Prof. for your very helpful information.

I will first meet with the Japan Embassy in Berlin, Germany and then to the Embassy in Abuja- Nigeria from where JICA. can be best  connected.

I viewed the GUS/ Friends & Partners archives you sent me and found this guy, Walter G. Ollor, Ph.D. <[email protected]m> who already had some interventions in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
I sent him an email immediately-please see copy attached herewith.
Unfortunately, the mail was returned twice to me.

1. Could you kindly forward this to him at an alternative address ?

2. Is there a chapter of GUS/ Friends & Partners in Nigeria already ?           If so who is the contact person and point of contact ?

3. If you indeed plan to visit Nigeria, this will be a super idea because I also serve in the Presidential Advisory Committee for Ethics and Standards.
I will definately like to present GUS through you to the highest Governmental level and Nigeria's appropraite agencies for transformation.
Beyond health care and education, ICT in Nigeria is in a " Gold rush in California" phase but needs direction from authentic experts.
Current economic data reveals that Nigeria is the fastest Mobile Phone new user-customers in the world.
China and South Korea are in Nigeria doing Billion Dollar business in this sector but with products and services that donot meet globally acceptable standards.  

Worst still are the Cell Phone Network Providers.  
They make customers pay for calls/SMS which donot really connect to a receiver immediately.
I am sure there are answers from GUS that could be used to resolve  such  " Stealing by trick" tactics in developing nations.

regards,


Edwin Scott Asemota, MD. DTMPH
Prof. of Medicine and CEO, Help Point International Foundation
Phone in Germany: ( + 49 ) 1578-7144-074
Phone in Nigeria ( +234) 81-6776-5921
[email protected]e

ATTACHMENT II


From: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [gu-new] (20130113) Possible development of telemedicine with broadband wireless Internet in Nigeria
Date: January 14, 2013 7:18:45 AM EST
To: <[email protected]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>

dear taki utsumi,
i telephoned the number for your friend in need- at his german
telephone number, medical dr.edwin scott asemota, who requests for nigeria-
a telemedicine connection- with a global innovative network.
this number in germany you have below is not valid- as the forwald
is not correct.
plse advise
chwg
founder/ exec. producer global satellite broadcasting

ATTACHMENT III


From: chris uwaje <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [gu-new] (20130113) Possible development of telemedicine with broadband wireless Internet in Nigeria
Date: January 14, 2013 5:19:35 AM EST
To: Takeshi Utsumi <[email protected]>

Dear Prof. Tak,

Happy New Year once more to you, family and colleagues. Thank you for he great update summary.

On Tele-medicine, the following issues may be of interest to you, just as it concerns many African:

a). There are more than 70% African who depend on Traditional Medicine to survive. Currently, most of the Traditional Medicine service points are disconnected from the patients - resulting to many deaths (people who cannot afford orthodox medicine, live in rural areas and yet unable to access Traditional medicine.
Proposed Solution:   There is need to establish a Traditional Medicine Outreach Database System - hosted on the Internet and connected to the patients via Mobile phones. There are currently more than 500 million mobile phone users in Africa with Nigeria topping the list with more than 100 million Mobile Phone Users.  This system/solution can be used both to educate and deliver health care services to millions of Africans

b). There are currently a lot of Fibre Optic Project implementations in Africa. Most of them are designed to land at the Mega Cities and Urban areas without a Last Mile solution to benefit more than 70% of the population who reside in rural areas.

I suggest that the R&D Funding be channelled to the two areas (a & b) suggested above.
Regards,
Chris    

List of Distributions


Prof. Edwin Scott Asemota, MD., DTMPH
Prof. of Medicine and CEO, Help Point International Foundation
Phone in Germany: ( + 49 ) 1578-7144-074
Phone in Nigeria     ( +234) 81-6776-5921
[email protected]e

Princess Dr. Claudia
Windisch-greaetz
Am Graben 6, 97990
Weikersheim, Baden Wurttemberg
Germany
497934993724
[email protected]

Walter G. Ollor, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Business and Management Sciences
Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO)
P.M.B 0006
Benin City
Edo State, Nigeria
Tel:+234-803-709-5725
[email protected]

Chief (Sir) Charles Ugo Eke,
Ochiri Ozuo 1/Ogbuhuru Uzo 1 Ndi Ngor Okpala
Founder/CEO Infotechs Systems, LLC (Formerly Infotex Systems, Inc, Est. 1996), USA
Chairman/MD Digital partners (Nig),LTD, Lagos Nigeria Est. 2003
Chairman Eze's in Council(Overseas), Nguru Umuaro
Obama Organizing Fellow/Deputy Field Organizer Obama 2008
Cel: 908.405.7441
[email protected]

HervŽ Lohoues, Ph.D.
CDP Coordinator
Community Development Program (CDP)
Macroeconomic Policy Dpt
ECOWAS Commission
101 Yakubu Gowon Crescent,
Asokoro, Abuja, NIGERIA
Mobile:  +234 705 56 55 330
Home(VoiP):  +1-781-686-9657
[email protected]

Peter O. Jack
Managing Consultant,
Peninsula Resort Limited
KM 25, Lekki-Epe Expressway,
Ajah, Lagos.
+234-70-2502-4547
+234-80-2311-2676
[email protected]
Bio and photo: <http://tinyurl.com/aegccwj>
CV: <http://tinyurl.com/ybd4knq>

Prof. Lawrence O. Kehinde
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Adm)
Director of the ICT project
Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Obafemi Awolowo University 
Ile-Ife, Nigeria 
Office
Rm. 404
Secretariat Building
Tel: (036) 231884
Residence
Hs4A, Road 17B
Tel: (036) 232356
GSM: 08033298567
[email protected]
http://www.oauife.edu.ng/faculties/tech/eee/F-dirasst.html  -- resume

Chris Uwaje, (Fncs, Fiap)
President
Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON)
InfoGraphics Nigeria
8, Oduduwa Way
GRA Ikeja
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: 234-1-794-2050, 803-300-5005
[email protected]
[email protected]
or
Chief Executive Officer
Connect Technologies Limited
President
15B Awolowo Road, SW Ikoyi
Lagos, NIGERIA

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Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman
GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A. (GLOSAS/USA)
Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
Founder and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of Global University System (GUS)
43-23 Colden Street, #9L, Flushing, NY 11355-5913, U.S.A.
Tel/Fax: 718-939-0928; Skype: utsumi
Email: [email protected], Web: http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/
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