Calls for immediate return of sacked members The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors has threaten the federal government with an indefinite strike if they fail to implement the agreements it had with the association within the next 14 days. The 14-day ultimatum was issued by the NARD in Bauchi on Saturday, 30th May at the
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The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Dr Sanusi Bala, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that one of the confirmed cases has died. Bala explained that many of the
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Mohammed Musa Bello, has disclosed that the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 in the FCT pays as much as N50000 daily to its doctors assisting in the fight against the spread of coronavirus. The minister also revealed that the Dr. Aliyu Modibo Umar led committee has been paying nurses,
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The Medical Doctors and Dental Consultant Association of Nigeria has declared an indefinite strike action over the National Universities Commission’s requirement that clinical lecturers must acquire a Ph.D. as a condition for career progression in the Nigerian university system. The consultant doctors said their strike is to press home their demand that the circular should
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…Its below the expectations of civil servants – protesting doctors Doctors in Lagos State, under the aegis of Medical Guild, have rejected the new minimum wage paid to workers by the state government, saying it is below the expectations of civil servants. Chairman of the Guild, Dr. Babajide Saheed, made the doctors’ decision known on
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