NMA suspends strike, resume work Monday
Briefing newsmen in Abuja
on Sunday, the NMA President, Dr Lawrence Obembe, asked members to resume
normal work on August 25.
Obembe explained that the suspension was the outcome of the
emergency delegates meeting held on Saturday (August 23) in Abuja .
``The NMA enjoins all her members to remain calm while
negotiations continue,’’ he said.
Obembe said the association demands were centred on
improvement of the structure and tradition of the profession which had to deal
with clinical governance and redress of injustice.
He said a circular
had been issued that only doctors whose degrees were registered with the
Nigeria Medical Council would be given the title consultants.
``Also the post of Deputy Chairman, Medical Advisory
Committee had been reinstated. The government has attended to us that there is
no effort to repel or redress the decree establishing the position of Chief
Medical Directors. In the areas of injustice, we have been able to extract from
the government that the relativities which we have been mentioning, there is
far commitment now that the arrears of relativities will be paid, they have
started paying,’’ he said.
According to Obembe, delegates also demanded immediate
withdrawal of the government circular suspending residency training programme
and sack of more than 16,000 resident doctors, who constitute about 70 per cent
of doctors’ workforce.
He said delegates commended the efforts of the Federal
Government and Lagos State Government in containing the spread of Ebola Virus
Disease.
The President reiterated the association continued
commitment to catering for the health of Nigerians, saying it look forward to
improving and sustaining cordial relationship with the Federal Ministry of
Health.
Obembe expressed the association’s gratitude to all
Nigerians for their interventions to resolve the strike.
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