Gov. Douye Diri
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said only justice and equity for every section of Nigeria would bring an end to the clamour for self-determination in the country.
Senator Diri stated this yesterday when members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) led by its President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said the governor expressed concern over the level of insecurity in some parts of the country, describing it as alarming.
He said: “The current spate of insecurity in the country is alarming. And, of course, Nigeria has no reason to disintegrate.
NUAHP urges FG to wade into NMA, JOHESU, AHPA crisis
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… Says NMA, NARD should not be recognised as Unions
By Chioma Obinna
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, NUAHP, has urged the Federal Government’ to urgently wade into the ongoing squabbles between members of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations, AHPA and the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, as well as the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to end all forms of discriminations in the health sector.
The Union made the call in a 3-page rejoinder tagged: The NMA’s Media Outburst on the Medical And Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) (Repeal And Re-Enactment Bill 2020),” aimed at engendering sanity in the health system as well as bring lasting, harmonious working relations among the various professionals jointly signed by the National President of NUAHP, Dr. Ogbonna Obinna and the General Secretary of the union, Com. Martin Egbanu
Doctors under the auspices of the Nigeria Medical Association and Joint Health Sector Unions, representing other unions in the country’s health sector are presently at logger heads with each other over matters relating to the proposal for the Repeal And Re-enactment of Medical And Dental Council Of Nigeria Act, 1988. Though the Bill is still at the early stage of discussion at the National Assembly, it has already generated a lot of heat leading to the threat of industrial action by JOHESU. Onyebuchi Ezigbo presents the various positions canvassed by the unions and professional associations in the health sector
The country recently witnessed a flurry of hostilities between the key unions and professional bodies in the health sector. The health sector groups, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) in the last few days or weeks, had engaged each other in exchange of words in the media over a proposed amendment to the Medical And Dental Council
You can’t regulate health workers, JOHESU, AHPA charge NMA
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By Chioma Obinna
The age-long disharmony between the members of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU; the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations, AHPA, and the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, is far from over as health workers have threatened to the down tool should the National Assembly fails to review the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria Repeal and Re-Enactment Bill, 2020.
The health workers under the umbrella of JOHESU/AHPA also want the immediate step down of a bill sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe.
It could be recalled that the NMA in a recent statement entitled:”JOHESU’s outbursts: time to caution” alleged that the health workers under the auspices of JOHESU/AHPA were working through the backdoor to get what they could not achieve in school.”
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