The leadership crisis rocking the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) escalated today, as the Bala Audu-led national officers firmly rejected the purported suspension of its president, describing the move as unconstitutional and void. At a press briefing held at the association’s national headquarters in Abuja, the Secretary-General, Benjamin E...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has constituted a seven-member team of experts to ascertain the actual health status of the detained self acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Lawyer to the Department of State Services (DSS) and prosecuting lawyer in Kanu’s ongoin...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State chapter, has rejected the implementation of the consultant pharmacy cadre at two federal health institutions in the state and issued a seven-day ultimatum to both medical directors to reverse their decisions. In a communiqué signed by NMA Lagos State Chairman, Dr Babajide Saheed and Secretary...
The Ondo State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association has called on the state government to improve the welfare of its members and discourage their exodus out of the state. The association appealed to the government to implement an improved salary structure – the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure across all healthcare sectors to discou...
•Petrol queue Months prior to the unofficial jerk up of fuel prices to the present N1000 per litre in many filling stations, from the official price of N580 at NNPCL filling stations and N607 at other retail outlets, the country witnessed an unprecedented level of fuel scarcity that almost spalled it. The average motorist almost […]
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Zamfara State has been enmeshed in crisis as two factional chairmen have emerged from its 2024 election of state officers. The immediate past vice chairman of the association Ibrahim Jibril was announced by the returning officer Mannir Bature as the winner of the election for the chairmanship position hav...
•Medical doctors The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has highlighted a recent report showing that doctors and nurses in the public sector have the lowest bribery rate compared to other public sectors. NMA President, Prof. Bala Audu, discussed the findings during a news briefing in Abuja. The report, titled “Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns a...
•Dr Chimezie Okwuonu The Immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Abia State chapter, Dr Chimezie Okwuonu, is one of the only two Africans selected for the Emerging Leaders Programme by the International Society of Nephrology. The Abia-born kidney expert confirmed the selection in a chat with our correspondent, describi...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has given the federal government till Jan 31, 2024 to implement the upward review of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS). President of the association, Dr Uche Ojinmah, gave the ultimatum yesterday during the closing ceremony of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in...
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