Nigeria will begin administering the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines from August 10, the presidential steering committee (PSC) on COVID-19 said on Saturday. Willie Bassey, the director of press, PSC on COVID-19, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja. He said the commencement of the second batch vaccination is pertinent as the country […]
Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour, says he has warned his children who are medical doctors to stay of the ongoing strike which he described as “nonsense”. The National Association of Resident Doctors is currently on strike based on the alleged failure of the Federal Government to honour an agreement reached with the association. Efforts to […]
President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi has asked the Federal Government to stand up to its responsibilities and pay the salaries of the striking doctors. Speaking on behalf of resident doctors on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, Dr. Okhuaihesuyi criticised the Federal Government for failing to do its […]
The Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal says it has suspended 12 doctors and barred three others from medical practice in Nigeria. According to NAN, the decision was taken after seven sessions held between 2019 and 2021 in which the tribunal reviewed cases filed against 37 doctors for various forms of professional misconduct. Twenty doctors […]
The Federal Government has asked striking resident doctors to resume work as most of the issues they have raised are state affairs. Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that seven of 12 matters that were raised by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), were the responsibility of state […]
The national assembly has asked the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend the nationwide strike and embrace negotiation with the federal government. The doctors had embarked on strike on Monday over the alleged failure of the federal government to fulfil its part of an agreement raised in a 13-point demand. NARD specifically accused […]
The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olurunnimbe Mamora, has appealed to the leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to return to the negotiating table to address outstanding issues. The minister appealed to NARD at the opening ceremony of the 2021 Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nigeria Medical Association […]
The Rivers State Government has directed resident doctors at the State University Teaching Hospital to call off their ongoing strike within 24 hours from Tuesday, “or forfeit their salary and risk been sacked”. A statement by the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, issued on Tuesday, said while the doctors have the […]
Patients and their relatives have been left stranded following the nationwide indefinite strike embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors. Our Correspondent who visited the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, observed that medical activities in the hospital have been partially paralysed. Some of the places visited are the maternity, male surgery […]
The Federal Government on Monday took delivery of another tranche of COVID-19 vaccine doses. The latest tranche, over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine, was donated by the US government. Representatives from UNICEF and USAID officially presented the vaccine at a ceremony in Abuja. According to AFP, the vaccines had arrived Nigeria on Sunday […]
