Resident Doctors in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, Nnewi, have suspended its five-day warning strike. The group said the decision which was taken after an emergency meeting on Friday, was informed by plight of stranded patients in need of critical and emergency care. The doctors under the aegis of Association of Resident doctors had
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…statistics also showed that between January 1, 2022, and September 30, 2022, about 1,307 Nigerian-trained-doctors were licensed in the UK No fewer than fresh Ninty-One (91) Nigerian-trained doctors have been licensed by the United Kingdom’s General Medical Council. Accreditation of the 91 doctors occurred over 15 days between October 10 and October 25, 2022 it
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Medical doctors in Southeast and Anambra State, in particular, under the aegis of Doctors for Peter Obi Movement, also known as “Doctors for Good Governance”, a support group for the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi have simultaneously conducted environmental sanitation exercises in Nnewi, Onitsha and Awka, the Anambra State capital. Addressing newsmen
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Sources say 6,068 medical doctors moved to the United Kingdom since the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari started in 2015. According to data obtained from the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom, the total number of Nigeria-trained doctors who migrated to the UK as of August 30, 2022 stood at 10,096. Nigerian doctors who
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has informed that no fewer than 20 doctors have lost their lives in one week due to the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping across the country. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by Dr. Emma Amodu, NMA Chairman in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) during a press
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The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, called on Federal Government to increase the salary and allowances of Nigerian medical practitioners for their better welfare. The House specifically urged the Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Productivity to “review the salary, allowances, and welfare of Nigerian medical practitioners and House decried the mass exodus of workers in
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Doctors in Nigeria’s Cross River state began an indefinite strike on Wednesday in protest over the abduction of its colleague, Godwin Udo, of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. This was disclosed by Innocent Abang, the state Chairperson of NMA in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Mr Abang
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The National Industrial Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors to immediately end their industrial action which started on September 7 2020. Justice Galadima issued the order in a ruling on an ex parte application filed by two civil society groups , the Citizens Advocacy for Social
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The governor of Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu has reacted to the report alleging he asked doctors in the state to forfeit their 16-month salary arrears. A recent media report had quoted the Publicity Secretary of Nigeria Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Stanley Egbogu, to have said that Governor Ikpeazu asked the doctors in the state to forfeit
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Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors have suspended their industrial action . The association ’s President , Aliyu Sokomba , confirmed this on Thursday evening . Sokomba , however , said that notwithstanding the suspension of the industrial action , negotiations with Federal Government will continue on Friday morning .It was gathered that
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The Federal Government and National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday reached an agreement on some of the issues raised by the health workers. In a communiqué issued at the end of a marathon meeting presided by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, in Abuja, the parties agreed that the COVID-19
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The Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has sanctioned two doctors; Joseph Iyoha and Mukaila Oladipo for their negligence which caused the death of a three-month-old baby, Peace Oluwole. The Tribunal said the doctors, who were arraigned on seven counts, were incompetent in the management of the three-month-old baby and failed to do all that
Read moreDoctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Monday, commenced a nationwide “indefinite strike”. The NARD president, Aliyu Sokomba, confirmed this development to newsmen over the phone. He said the doctors decided to embark on strike due to the failure of the government to meet their requests made in June
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Association of Resident Doctors on Tuesday commenced the strike they formally planned following the non -payment of their COVID – 19 hazard and inducement allowances commenced with compliance in different hospitals. It was gathered that the strike which commenced on Tuesday was obeyed in different hospitals in Federal Capital Territory
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The Association of Resident Doctors, federal capital territory administration (ARD-FCTA) have declared an indefinite strike which will take off from Tuesday September 1. The group which conveyed announcement of their indefinite strike in a communiqué signed by Roland Aigbovo and Mustapha Ibrahim, chairman and general secretary of the association, said they took the decision amid
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