The Federal Government through the Directorate of Technical Aids Corps is looking for 74 medical specialists who will be sent to Guinea Bissau. This was disclosed in a notice by the Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Dr. Tajudeen Sanusi, on Tuesday. The notice was titled, “Notice to registered practitioners of urgent recruitment of […]
THE National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, yesterday, lampooned the Federal Government for not being sincere with the promises it made during negotiations it had, while the association was on strike. Chairman of the association in Oyo State, Dr. Temitope Hussain, said this during the Nigerian Medical Association’s Physician week, held at the University College […]
Innocent Ujah, president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), says the police should stop harassing medical doctors for treating patients with gun wounds. He says there is no law which mandates doctors to demand a police report before treating victims of gunshots. His reaction comes on the heels of the bill by Remi Tinubu, a […]
Chris Ngige has told former striking doctors that they are lucky to have him as the Minister of Labour and Employment, NAN reports. The minister said this as an assurance to the doctors that their demands were being met during a meeting with members of the Nigerian Medical Association and executive members of the National […]
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has explained why it suspended its 63-day-old-strike which paralysed public health institutions across Nigeria leaving patients and their families stranded. The association’s newly elected president, Godiya Ishaya, who confirmed this to PREMIUM TIMES said the decision was taken after the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on […]
Doctors, under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) have urged Nigerians, especially patients at various hospitals to hold government responsible for the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors. This as they also berated the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) for not doing enough […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said that contrary to what he described as propaganda by the striking members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), no doctor or health worker in Nigeria is owed their monthly salary. The minister said this on Tuesday at the opening of the meeting of […]
The Federal Government is ready to withdraw the case instituted against the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) if striking doctors return to work. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this on Sunday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. “I have briefed Mr President, we […]
The federal government says it is planning to recover “millions of naira wrongly paid to 588 medical doctors” across the country. While fielding questions from state house correspondents, Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, said the affected doctors wrongly benefitted from the medical residency training fund meant for a particular category of doctors. The […]
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Association have threatened to commence an indefinite strike in 15 days if the federal government does not address “outstanding welfare issues”. JOHESU is the umbrella body for all health workers’ unions and associations. Biobelemonye Josiah, JOHESU’s national president, issued the strike notice in a […]
