Tag: doctors
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Strike: Resident doctors refuse signing new MoU with FG after six-hour meeting
The leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has refused assent to a new memorandum of understanding brokered by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to end the three weeks old strike that has crippled medical services in government hospitals across the country. NARD President, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, declined his assent owing to an undisclosed…
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SERAP to Buhari: Redirect N4.8bn to monitor WhatsApp calls to pay doctors’ salaries
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to urgently redirect the proposed spending of N4.8bn of public money to monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians and other people, to pay some of the salaries of striking resident doctors, improve their benefits, as well as improve public healthcare…
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Stop playing God – Ngige tells Nigerian striking doctors
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has advised doctors in the country to be humble and carry themselves with dignity, rather than ‘play God or compete with God’. Ngige gave the advice while speaking at the 2nd Summit of Medical Elders Forum (MEF) on Thursday, in Abuja. The forum, organized by the…
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Meeting with FG a joke, strike continues – Doctors
The meeting between the Ministry of Health and the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) ended without any hope of ending the doctors’ strike. NARD President Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi said the government was not serious about addressing the association’s demands. He said: “The meeting was very short. They felt we did not keep to the…
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State governments not us responsible for most of your demands, FG tells striking doctors
The Federal Government has asked striking resident doctors to resume work as most of the issues they have raised are state affairs. Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that seven of 12 matters that were raised by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), were the responsibility of state…
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Court stops Finance Minister, others from slashing salaries of medical doctors in academics
The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, from reviewing downward the salaries and allowances of members of the Association of Specialist Medical Doctors in Academics (ASMEDA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the claimants; Dr Christopher Sakpa, Dr Momoh Mcsionel, Dr Ahmed Rabiu and…
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Join doctors’ strike, get reposted without pay, MDCN tells house officers
The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria on Monday threatened house officers of hospitals who join the strike initiated by the National Association of Resident Doctors. The council’s position was contained in a statement by its Registrar, Dr. T.A.B Sanusi, titled “Press release on professional ethics for house officers.” It threatened that house officers who…
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General Hospital invasion: Zamfara doctors give government two-week ultimatum to tackle insecurity
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Zamfara has given the state government a two-week ultimatum to urgently address rising insecurity. NMA issued the warning on Saturday after its State Emergency Executive council meeting in Gusau, the state capital. He said should the government fail to address the security challenges in the state, medical workers would…
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PDP mocks Buhari for hiding under Education Summit which is virtual to secretly’ visit his doctors in London
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is appalling that President Muhammadu Buhari could deploy the nation’s resources to travel to London for the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025 when the meeting is scheduled to be virtual. The PDP also berated the Buhari Presidency for “trying to hide his…
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UCH resident doctors suspend strike
University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan chapter of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), on Monday, suspended its 51-day-old strike. President of the association in UCH, Dr Temitope Hussein made this known in Ibadan that the decision was reached after some of their demands had been met. Hussein said that members of the association being owed had…