NMA knocks Abia over 24-month unpaid salaries, allowances

Chima Azubuike

President of the Nigerian Medical Affiliation, Dr. Uche Ojinmah, has slammed the Abia State Authorities for owing its members over 24 months’ salaries and allowances.

Ojinmah, in his tackle on the finish of its Nationwide Convention with the theme Well being care supply within the face of insecurity, held in Gombe, mentioned the motion of the federal government was scary and painful.

He harassed that members ought to serve the federal government three weeks’ discover earlier than embarking on indefinite industrial motion.

He mentioned, “NEC reviewed the continued withholding of the allowances and salaries of docs in some states of the Federation and expresses disappointment with the failure of Abia State Authorities to pay salaries and different allowances of docs and well being staff for as much as 24 months. 

“We think about the motion by Abia State Authorities unfair irritable extremely provocative to the tenets of civil service rule and pure justice.

“The NEC directed that NMA Abia state guarantee the precise and privileges of all docs particularly these working with the federal government should not trampled upon by utilizing all reliable means at their disposal. 

“Direct that; NMA Abia department ought to serve a 3 weeks discover of business motion to Abia state authorities and if there isn’t any satisfaction on the finish of three weeks, they need to declare complete and indefinite strike that will contain docs in all of the state and Federal establishments, a complete shot down.”

He additionally referred to as on different defaulting Ekiti, Ondo, and Imo states to clear their money owed or be confronted with related motion.

“We’ve got taken sufficient from Abia state. Additionally, I need to name on Ekiti, Ondo, IMO to clear the backlogs within the curiosity of peace earlier than we determine to do the needful,” Ojinmah mentioned.

The NMA president additionally faulted the choice of the Federal Authorities to ascertain conventional, complementary, and various medication within the nation, including that it might meddle with the duty of the Medical and Dental Council.

He mentioned, “NEC decried Motion of FG in sponsoring a invoice on the institution of conventional, complementary and various medication on this nation as towards the norm of the chatter signed by African international locations to ascertain a board for African conventional medication.

“We want to level out that complementary and various medication is totally different from conventional medication and that is the area being managed by the Dental and Medical Council. And this invoice if handed shall battle with the Medical and Dental Council Act of Nigeria.”

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