Devon Patriot

Plymouth Labour Party’s contempt for the indigenous English people

Some four weeks ago I was reading the Plymouth Herald when I came across a reference to Kelichi Nnoaham, the Director of Public Health for Plymouth council.  This intrigued me, as I couldn’t understand why he had been appointed when this country has an abundance of healthcare professionals.  So I thought that I had better investigate further, and find out why this person was appointed in preference to the many more highly qualified and competent indigenous people working in the various branches of the health service.   

Impressive CV, but no practical work experience

He claims to have studied for a medical degree from the University of Lagos Nigeria in 1999; but it’s not clear exactly what he studied and to what level – he certainly wasn’t a qualified doctor.       He goes on to state that he worked for 3 years in clinical infectious diseases (chiefly HIV/TB), but it’s not clear what exactly his role was.  He then studied for a Master’s degree in Tropical Medicine/International Health (University of London, 2004) and Global Health Science (University of Oxford, 2006).  In 2011, he completed a PhD in Public Health at the University of Oxford, where he researched the global quality of life and work productivity impact of and predictive value of associated symptoms in endometriosis.  He joined the Oxford Deanery Public Health rotations in January 2005, completing specialist training in November 2009 having worked on several exciting projects in service and academic public health posts.  In the course of his training he became interested in epidemiology, statistics and research methods, and claims to have researched tuberculosis, vitamin D deficiency, geodemographic segmentation multilevel modelling, screening, predictive modelling of potential for fiscal policy instruments in chronic disease control and women’s health.  He claims that his background in infectious diseases and research interests mean that he has followed a Public Health career in the fascinating fields of Health Protection and Academic Public Health.  In November 2009 he joined a training programme and worked with NHS Berkshire West as an assistant to the Director of Public Health with a remit for Health Protection and Public Health Intelligence.   In this role, he joined a team of 8 persons delivering outcomes in respect of screening programmes, immunisation, infectious disease control, emergency planning/business continuity and public health analytics/information.  In other non-work time (along with 7 colleagues), he claims to have set up the Public Health Foundation of Nigeria which provides health policy and capacity-building support for public health in Nigeria.  It seems that for 18 months he worked as acting director of public health for Bristol City Council.

On the face on it his qualifications and experience looks impressive – in fact over-impressive, to the point of suspicion.  In fact Kelichi seems to have spent most of his life in academia rather than the workplace, and one must question who paid for it all.  Clearly, he must come from a very wealthy background to be able to spend so much time in academic pursuit instead of having to work hard for a living.  Before being employed by Plymouth City Council, his actual working experience seems to span a mere 3 years at NHS Berkshire West and Bristol City Council – hardly sufficient for him to gain enough practical work experience to even be considered for the job of Director of Public Heath for Plymouth council.  Furthermore, the quality and competence of Nigerian trained medical workers is questionable as the case of a certain Dr Ubani demonstrates. 

Why did Plymouth City Council employ this man?

It is inconceivable that a local indigenous Briton could not be found to fill the post when there are literally thousands of suitable qualified health professionals available who know the problems and needs of the local area, and possess years of experience working within the locality.  So why did Plymouth’s Labour controlled Council select a Nigerian immigrant in preference to a more professional and competent indigenous Briton?  It must be remembered that the average Negro IQ is 70 compared to a white person’s score of 100, so based on intelligence it is highly unlikely that Kelichi would be competent to hold this high level job without the support of highly intelligent staff members who will cover up his failings.

The Labour Party is supposed to have a policy of British Jobs for British Workers, so why did the Labour controlled Plymouth Council betray an election pledge to its working class supporters and employ an unwanted immigrant for the job?  Now Plymouth as yet is not over-run with ethnic minority people, so one can only speculate that pressure was put on the interviewing board to select Kelichi so that the political-correct hierarchy within the Council could establish their credentials as an equal opportunities employer.  Alternatively, Kelichi himself could have been playing the Race Card, in that his presence before the interviewing board intimidated them into selecting him out of fear that they would have been accused of racism if they had selected a superior indigenous candidate.  

What is certain is that importing an immigrant into this post in preference to more experienced and worthy indigenous candidates was a racist act, and consequently constitutes a hate-crime against the people of Plymouth.  Plymouth City Council has established a precedent that people will now be employed on their ethnicity rather than merit.

What should Plymouth City Council do to correct this act of injustice and contempt for the indigenous British worker?

The British liberal/left establishment are far too eager to employ foreign nationals instead of training our own folk to fill employment positions.  This is apparent when one looks at our football teams and find that they are predominately made up of foreign players; this is because it is cheaper to search the world for players than to invest time, effort and money into training our own youths.   The building industry reacts in the same way by employing Polish workers, because it is cheaper than training up our youngsters through a high grade engineering apprenticeship – although there are now very few technical colleges able to provide high grade technical training.  Even at the most senior levels our government prefers to employ foreigners in preference to indigenous high-grade professionals, as the selection of the Canadian Mark Carney as Governor of the Bank of England illustrates.

It is outrageous that Britain should rob the third world of its best qualified medical professionals when these people are so desperately needed in their own countries – with the ebola crisis in Africa, Kelichi is more needed in Nigeria than Plymouth.  To do the right thing for the citizens of Plymouth, and for the people of Nigeria, the Council must immediately dismiss Kelichi and appoint a more able indigenous Briton into the post of Director of Public Health.  Kelichi, and his family, should be deported

to Nigeria where they can make a positive contribution to the well-being of the African people.  Britain has educated and trained many African people to do a variety of skilled jobs; it now has a moral obligation to return these people to Africa so that they can improve the wealth, health and environment of their originating countries.