STRIKE: NMA gives FG Dec 14 ultimatum

STRIKE: NMA gives FG Dec 14 ultimatum
on december 12, 2013 at 6:00 am in news
BY Chioma Obinna
Imminent collapse of health services nationwide
looms following a threat by doctors under the
auspices of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA,
to withdraw their services from public health
institutions as from December 14.
Giving notice of the development yesterday in a
statement entitled Countdown to Expiration of the
December 14, 2013 Deadline, NMA President, Dr.
Osahon Enebulele, said it had become necessary for
the association to take the step following what he
described as “apparent levity and lack of concrete
commitment” by the Federal Government.
The statement, which alleged that government was
insensitive to the plight of doctors, urged Nigerians
to hold the Minister of Health responsible for any
crisis that erupts in the health sector.
In the statement, it was alleged that for over five
months NMA had recurrently engaged the Federal
Government through the Ministry of Health, Head of
the Civil Service of the Federation and the Secretary
to the Government of the Federation on issues
bordering on challenges faced by doctors.
Further, the statement explained that on September
2 NMA issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal
Government of Nigeria to address the issues tabled
by the association.
It will be recalled that NMA had earlier extended its
ultimatum twice.