The Nigerian Medical Association has made a rather shocking proclamation that its members will not attend to the Ebola scourge ravaging the country not until the 16,000 workers that were sacked nationwide are called back.
Vanguard reports that the medical practitioners have vowed not to come back to work except their colleagues who were sacked due to an order from the Federal Government are reinstalled and given license to come back to work.
The doctors made it known that the 16, 000 sacked doctors are resident doctors whose hands are needed in subduing the scourge of the deadly Ebola disease, saying further that not calling them back to work could further escalate the Ebola scourge as majority of those working on the case management, monitoring and surveillance team were resident doctors.
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This was made known at a press briefing in Lagos, by the Chairman, Lagos branch of NMA, Dr Tope Ojo who said all attempts by government to divide the NMA would be resisted by the association. In his words, he said: “This sack action must have proven the unrepentant hatred of Mr. President and the federal government for doctors, considering that since this current regime, several unions generally have embarked on industrial actions for even longer periods, that witnessed several failed negotiations too, before eventual resolution and same punitive actions were never applied.’’
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