Tag: doctors
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Army foil attempt to kidnap doctors, nurses providing free healthcare in Imo
Troops of Exercise Golden Dawn have foiled an attempt to abduct a group of doctors and nurses providing free healthcare for residents in Amauju Isu Local Government Area of Imo State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this via a statement. While noting that a suspected member of the outlawed…
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72 hour ultimatum: Striking doctors yet to formally reach us on new demands – FG
The Federal Government on Sunday night said it has not received any official communication from resident doctors on their minimum demands for an end of their 56-day old strike. The government however, assured that it would make its position known to the doctors once it received such communication from the striking doctors’ umbrella body, the…
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I cannot destroy medical profession; my children, nephews are doctors – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said he has close family members who are into the medical profession and cannot work for its destruction.
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Strike: Court fixes date for judgement as FG, doctors agree to resume negotiation
The National Industrial Court has fixed September 17 to rule on the application of jurisdiction and contempt of court, filed by both the Federal Government and the Association of Nigerian Resident Doctors.
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My administration has good track record of paying debts, Buhari appeals to striking doctors, others to return to work
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on health workers, including members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to return to their duty posts.
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FG to recover millions of naira wrongly paid to 588 Doctors
The Federal Government will recover millions of naira wrongly paid to 588 medical doctors across the country. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja. He explained that affected doctors wrongly benefitted from Medical Residency Training Fund meant for
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DSS speaks on dispersal of doctors participating in Saudi gov’t recruitment exercise
The Department of State Security Services, DSS, has denied dispersing medical doctors participating in a recruitment interview organised by Saudi Arabia officials in Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. TheNewsGuru. com (TNG) had last Tuesday reported the massive recruitment exercise held in Abuja by the Saudi Arabia government. A media report had claimed that DSS operatives stormed the…
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Crisis: Plateau doctors raise alarm, say hospitals, mortuaries overwhelmed with injured, corpses
Plateau branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Thursday raised the alarm over the surging corpses in mortuaries and injured in hospitals across the state. It said it is saddened and disillusioned by the persistent and vicious killings in the State, pointing out they were exerting great toll on the physical and psychological wellbeing…