The Association’s President in FCT, Dr Rahman Olayinka, made the call while briefing journalists in Abuja, on Monday.
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The doctors made the call on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
This is contained in a communiqué issued on Friday in Enugu at the end of an Emergency General Meeting (EGM) of the association.
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has approved full implementation of the 2014 Consolidated Medical Salary Scale (CONMESS) for resident doctors working in the state ministry of health.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has given approval for the automatic replacement of medical doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers who exit the state health facilities in search of greener pastures abroad.
The Department of State Services (DSS) has not released Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a competent source told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
The Director General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, has said that the names of Medical Doctors who have left Nigeria in search of greener pastures are still on the payrolls of hospitals across the country.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has embarked on indefinite industrial action.
This is as the country ramps up vaccination of health-care professionals in its bid to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Indonesian Medical Association said on Thursday.
Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement signed by Charles Akpan, the ministry’s Deputy Director, Head, Press and Public Relations in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the doctors’ industrial action has entered the fourth month.
Dr. Oluwajimi Sodipo, Chairman, Medical Guild, said on Tuesday in Lagos that the notice was issued based on the challenges as it concerns COVID-19 test for healthcare workers and patients in hospitals.
Doctors and other health workers criticised the British Government on Saturday for suggesting that gowns used to protect them while treating coronavirus patients could be re-used, as supplies run low across the country.
The Nigerian Medical Association in Ondo State says its members are not scared of treating Lassa fever patients in the state.
Doctors in Lagos State, under the aegis of Medical Guild, have called on the Lagos State Government to ensure full and timely release of budgetary allocations to the health sector.
Dr Chukwudi Okani, Chairman of the association, gave the warning in Awka on Wednesday at a press briefing after an emergency meeting of the group.
Adebutu made the disclosure at the Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nigeria Medical Association, Ogun chapter, on Wednesday in Abeokuta.
They had planned to embark on an indefinite strike on August 5 to protest the non-payment of eight month salaries and allowances.
Tian Wei, President of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, started to perform the remote operations with two orthopaedic surgery robots: “Tian Ji,”