Dr Frances Faduyile, the NMA President, made the call in a statement he issued on Thursday in Abuja.
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The Chairman of the association, Dr. Tokunbo Olajumoke, and Secretary, Dr. Olalekan Ajayi, in a press statement said the striking members of the Joint Health Sector Union were employing violence to create the impression that it was impossible for the hospital to exist without them
Josiah, who raised the alarm when he fielded questions from newsmen in Abuja, also accused the Ministry of Health of collaborating with doctors in suppressing JOHESU’s legitimate demands from the government
He insisted that achievements in healthcare were a huge milestone with which to score any government as health is closely tied to wealth creation and poverty reduction.
Osaigbovo disclosed this on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin.
The NMA Chairman in the state, Dr Kehinde Williams, who gave the commendation at a news conference in Gusau on Tuesday, said the development would address the shortage of health personnel in the state.
Umahi gave the advice on Tuesday in Abakaliki while briefing newsmen on the outcome of a meeting with the management of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, the Nigeria Medical Association and other stakeholders in the health sector.
The statement said: “With total submission to the will of Allah SWA, I announce the death of the Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association, Zamfara chapter, Dr Tijjani Sa’idu, a consultant ENT Surgeon at Federal Medical Centre, Gusau.
This followed the kidnap and non release of one its members, Dr. Usang Ekanem, who was abducted on December 26, 2017 by gunmen.
Ogah was kidnapped on November 15 in Ajaokuta, Kogi State on his way to Abuja on an official assignment
The Chairman the chapter, Dr. Olumuyiwa Odusote, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that more than 40,000 of the 75,000 registered Nigerian doctors, were practising abroad while 70 per cent in the country were thinking of picking jobs outside.
Dr. Agam Ayuk, the Vice Chairman of NMA in the state, made this assertion on Tuesday in Calabar during the opening of the 2017 Physician’s Week.
Dr. Obekpa Obekpa, the NMA state Chairman, told newsmen in Makurdi that the Benue State Government and Management of Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi were yet to contact them.
The Federal Government had on October 11, after the Federal Executive Council meeting, banned doctors in the public service from engaging in private practice
Dr. Olubunmi Omojowolo, the Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the association, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday
The directive for resumption of work was contained in a communiqué jointly signed by the NMA Chairman, Dr. Tokunbo Olajumoke, and Secretary, Olalekan Ajayi.
Olajide expressed sadness that in spite of the rigorous campaign against quackery, the scourge had continued to plague the profession.
He said that the screening was already included in the state health insurance scheme and was billed to commence before the end of this fiscal year.
The state NMA Chairman, Dr. Tijjani Abubakar, made the call on Saturday in Gusau while speaking at the Inter-Secondary School Medical Quiz Competition organised by the association to mark the 2017 World Health Day
The Kogi State Acting Chairman of NMA, Dr. Godwin Tijani, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on the sidelines of this year’s “World Health Day”