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Nigerian Medical Association Begins Strike

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has started an indefinite strike on Tuesday. In Niger State, activities at the General Hospital Minna, Niger State, has been halted, … Continue reading Nigerian Medical Association Begins Strike


Doctors StrikeThe Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has started an indefinite strike on Tuesday.

In Niger State, activities at the General Hospital Minna, Niger State, has been halted, as there were no Doctor available to attend to patients who thronged the hospital.

Although no official of the Hospital agreed to speak to Channels Television, some of the patients who have waited endlessly confirmed the strike by the Doctors.

Earlier on Monday, at a news conference in Abuja, the President of the association, Dr Kayode Obembe, advised members of the association to stay at home.

He said that the Federal Government had failed to address the demands of the association and the association was forced to take the action in order to save the health care delivery system from anarchy that is imminent in the health sector.

The association is, among other things, demanding the stoppage of the appointment of non-doctors as directors and consultants.

They are also demanding the immediate passage of the National Health Bill, appointment of a Surgeon-General of the Federation, the payment of 100,000 Naira hazard allowance for medical doctors and the skipping of level 12 by medical and dental practitioners.

The association had earlier in the month addressed a news conference at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, where it advised the Federal Government to urgently address its 24-point demand or be prepared for the indefinite strike with effect from July 1.