Tag: Nma
Ebola: Nigerian doctors call off strike, resume Monday
Kayode Obembe, president Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says the association has called off its three-month old (55 days) strike action.…
Ill-Conceived Suspension Of Resident Doctors
Last week’s suspension of at least 16,000 resident doctors across the country by the Federal Government was a hasty and…
Association urges FG to rescind sack of resident doctors
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos Chapter, has appealed to the Federal Government to reverse its directive and withdraw its…
Doctors sack will worsen Nigeria health indices – Commonwealth VP
Dr. Osahon Enabule, Vice President, Commonwealth Medical Association and immediate past president of Nigeria Medical Association, NMA has described the…
Nigerian doctors urged to curb Ebola spread
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has directed its members to be part of efforts to control the spread of…
Ebola: Nigeria doctors in crisis
As Nigeria declared a national emergency over Ebola Virus on Friday, the association of local medical doctors which should lead…
Strike: UCH still offering emergency services
Prof. Temitope Alonge, Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital, Ibadan, says the institution is still offering emergency services to patients…
Ongoing strike not meant to punish masses – NMA
The Nnewi branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has said that the ongoing industrial action was not meant to…
Medical doctors’ demands justifiable – Lawmaker
Ajibayo Adeyeye, Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, on Friday said the ongoing nationwide strike by medical doctors in…
RCCG appeals to doctors to return to work
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has appealed to medical doctors in public hospitals to consider lives lost daily…
Respond To Doctors’ Demands
On 1 July, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, began what it called an indefinite strike to press home some agitations…
FG appeals to NMA to suspend strike
The ministers of health, employment, labour and productivity in Abuja on Monday appealed to the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to…
FG’s Letter: Striking doctors to meet Monday
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) would meet Monday to discuss over the letter it received from the Federal Government over…
Edo doctors end strike
The Edo state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Wednesday announced the suspension of its indefinite strike. The…
Doctors in Edo state on strike over pay dispute
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Doctors in Edo state have heeded the call of their association to begin an indefinite strike. The strike…
Doctors issue 21-day ultimatum to Oshiomhole
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Edo state has issued a 21- day ultimatum to Governor Adams Oshiomhole to address…
Nigerian doctors suspend strike
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Abuja on Sunday announced the suspension its plan for its members to embark on…
Jonathan to appoint Surgeon-General of the Federation
President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to appoint a Surgeon-General of the Federation as demanded by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA),…
Doctors end strike, mull fresh action January
Dr Osahon Enabulele, the National President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Sunday said doctors in public hospitals would end their…
Doctors vow to continue strike
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says it will continue with its on-going warning strike action until more concrete efforts are…
Doctors Strike: LASUTH Sends Patients Home
The management of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja , Lagos, western Nigeria this morning discharged patients from…
Doctors Begin Warning Strike
Doctors in public hospitals this morning withdrew their services in compliance with a directive of their association to embark on…
Nigeria’s sacked doctors insist on recall letters
The National President, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele, had directed members of the Lagos State Medical Guilds to…
Lagos government set to evict sacked doctors
The Lagos State Government has given an eviction notice to the recently sacked doctors who are still living in official…
Ogun NMA Boss Seeks Tight Borders Against Fake Drugs
Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Ogun State chapter, Dr. Adewunmi Alayaki has advised the Federal government to tighten security at…
Workers Protest Kidnap Of Couple In Benin
The staff of Edo Psychiatric Hospital, Benin, Edo State, Nigeria, has took to the streets yesterday to protest the kidnap…