*Consultants give 21-day ultimatum Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Seriki Adinoyi in Jos Nigeria’s health sector is about to face another round of crisis as the resident doctors have resolved to comm…
Nigeria’s health sector is about to face another round of crisis as the resident doctors have resolved to commence a nationwide indefinite industrial action tomorrow .
They also noted the alleged non-payment of COVID-19 inducement allowance to some of its members in federal and state tertiary institutions. NARD further expressed concern over the poor response of most state governments in domesticating the Medical Residency Training Act of 2017 while commending states like Delta and Benue, which have adopted the law.
It stated that its members were committed to the smooth running of the health sector, adding however that they can only do so when their welfare is given the desired attention. Explaining further, Ozoilo said: “This income loss has led to the increasing difficulty in attracting the brightest and the best of consultants into the university as lecturers, a steady exodus of the few doctors in academia to service centres and a worsening of the brain drain phenomenon.”
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