As a 21-day deadline given to the Federal Government ends on July 23, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has warned that it will stop medical services across the country if the government does not meet its demands.
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Ondo State has rejected the Federal Government’s plan to change the allowances given to medical and dental officers working in federal public service.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says Nigeria loses \$7 billion every year because many people travel abroad for medical treatment. This happens because people don’t trust the healthcare system in the country.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have called for an immediate end to hiring doctors as temporary or casual workers in public hospitals. They say this practice is unfair, cannot last long, and is one of the main reasons doctors are leaving Nigeria.
The Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Aniekan Peter, has said that the Federal Government is slowly turning doctors into modern-day slaves by making them work hard without fair pay.
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have said that Dr. Olugbenga Owoeye, the acting Medical Director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, is not to blame for the delay in paying salaries to newly hired doctors.
The Kwara State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the recent review of allowances for medical and dental officers in the federal public service by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), describing it as unjust and counterproductive.
The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) has said it fully supports the Nigerian Medical Association’s (NMA) plan to go on strike if the Federal Government does not fix major problems in the healthcare sector.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged the Federal Government to engage in dialogue with the association to improve healthcare delivery and address looming challenges in the health sector.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for an urgent investigation into what it says was the illegal appointment of Dr. Olugbenga Owoeye as Acting Medical Director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Yaba. The NMA is also upset that new doctors at the hospital haven’t been paid.