The ongoing bill at the national assembly to repeal the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, also known as HB 2695, has faced serious opposition from health workers, who staged a protest in Abuja on Thursday.

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The protesters, under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations, are against the bill, claiming that if allowed to pass, it would subject other medical professionals to the control of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.

Armed with placards, they sang solidarity songs in front of the Unity Fountain in Abuja.

Nigeria’s health sector is regulated by various professional bodies.

But the aggrieved workers argued that the new bill, which seeks to give sole regulatory powers to the MDCN, would make other health care professionals subject to the control of medical doctors.

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