Doctors in public health institutions across the country will begin a five-day nationwide strike today.
The National President of the Nigerian
Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, who spoke with our
correspondent on Tuesday said the Federal Government had yet to address
the association’s demands with the urgency the situation demands.
Enabulele said though a....
Memorandum of
Understanding was signed at the meeting between members of the
association and the Federal Government in Abuja on Monday, the
association would not shelve the warning strike.
He said, “We were in a meeting with
government officials from 3pm Monday evening to 5am on Tuesday morning.
All we got was the usual promisory note and MoU to stay action till
January 6, 2014.
“They said most of the parastatals that
would attend to our demands would be on break this festive period. This
showed that they did not realise the urgency of the matter. Government
has been sloppy in its response. NMA would not rescind on its position.”
He, however, said the association would
reconvene after the warning strike to discuss the conditions in the MoU.
The striking bodies include the National Association of Resident
Doctors, Nigerian Medical Guild, and Medical and Dental Consultants
Association of Nigeria.
-Punch
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