•Tinubu and Nigeria’s Super Falcons The cash price splashed on Nigeria’s women national football team, the Super Falcons, is enough to take care of the monthly wage bill of about 16,000 doctors, 66,000 teachers and over 78,000 lowest ranked officers of the Police Force, checks have shown. Following their triumph at the just-concluded 2024 WAFC...
Patients and their families were left stranded at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) today, as medical doctors employed by the Lagos State Government commenced a three-day warning strike over salary-related disputes. The strike, which began at 8:00 a.m., was declared by the Medical Guild following what it described as “illeg...
After a very rowdy meeting which lasted from 2:30 p.m. on Saturday to 4:00 a.m. yesterday, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has agreed to suspend the proposed strike over the new circular issued by the National Salary, Income and Wages Commission on reviewed allowances for Medical and Dental Officers in the Federal Public Service and [&h...
•Doctors protest As the 21-day ultimatum it issued to the federal government draws to a close on July 23, the Nigerian Medical Association has warned it will ground medical services nationwide if the government fails to meet its demands. Its president, Prof Bala Audu, who confirmed this in an exclusive interview with our correspondent yesterda...
•Doctors Medical doctors in Ekiti and Ondo states have rejected the recent circular by the federal government on the review of allowances for health workers, describing it as “obnoxious” and a breach of existing agreements. The Nigerian Medical Association chapters in both states vowed to resist the policy, warning that failure to withdraw the...
•Nigerian doctors Medical doctors in government service in Ondo State, under the umbrella body of the National Association of Government General and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), have declared a three-day warning strike starting from Monday, July 14, 2025. The strike is in response to what the doctors described as gross neglect of the health...
Resident doctors at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, have said that they will embark on a one-week warning strike over poor welfare. The doctors, under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), in a communiqué issued today and signed by its President, Babarinsa O. A., and Secretary, Disu K. B., stated that [&he...
•Nigerian medical doctors and Tinubu Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the Tinubu-led federal government’s recent decision to deploy Nigerian doctors to Saint Lucia, describing the move as a “deeply troubling contradiction” and an attempt to bolster Nigeria’s international image while neglecting the welfare of doctors at home. A ...
•Tinubu and Saint Lucia Prime Minister Philip Pierre Nigeria is set to deploy skilled professionals, including teachers, doctors, and agriculturalists, to Saint Lucia and other Caribbean nations under a newly signed Technical Manpower Assistance (TMA) Agreement. In a statement released yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on Infor...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State The Ondo State Government has revealed that it is on a drive to absorb doctors and nurses as well as other healthcare professionals seeking employment in the state in order to bolster the gaps in the health sector. According to the Special Adviser to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Health, […]
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