NMA rejects sack of 16 thousand medical doctors

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Update: NMA rejects sack of 16 thousand medical doctors</span></span></h3> <div class="post-header" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"> <div class="post-header-line-1"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1635322244775252746" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 670px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpQtGVpQT9fx-T_XvATXWuz8BzoIO7wpd04VQT8ZgGrlFZLjACxl3nHPQtJocd7zZQUKdIKQBAiE2bm1MTytd-z6EZlswUUhP_qD4mOKToTRC8EZggAUBirGZV3ZEddhu9S_HJK_cvu7m/s1600/unnamed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpQtGVpQT9fx-T_XvATXWuz8BzoIO7wpd04VQT8ZgGrlFZLjACxl3nHPQtJocd7zZQUKdIKQBAiE2bm1MTytd-z6EZlswUUhP_qD4mOKToTRC8EZggAUBirGZV3ZEddhu9S_HJK_cvu7m/s1600/unnamed.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Nigerian Medical Association has rejected the sack of resident doctors by the Federal Govt which happened on Wednesday August 13th.<br /><br />At a press briefing today in Abuja, the president of the NMA, Dr Kayode Obembe asked the federal government to withdraw its circular on the sack of the resident doctors and also reverse the directive</span><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"NMA demands immediate withdrawal of the suspension circular and unconditional reinstatement of the so-called sacked resident doctors. Government should show commitment on her part in resolving the current impasse with the NMA rather than resorting to punitive measures that will only further aggravate the already deplorable situation. NMA condemns in totality the alleged presidential directive via the Federal Ministry of Health suspending Residency Training Programme in Nigeria,” the NMA President added.</span></blockquote> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The NMA president also stated that even if FG reinstates the resident doctors, they will still not call off their strike, which is over a month now, adding that the govt must meet its “24-point demand”.</span></div> </div>

NMA rejects sack of 16 thousand medical doctors

Update: NMA rejects sack of 16 thousand medical doctors The Nigerian Medical Association has rejected the sack of resident doctors...

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