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Abia Doctors Urge Prompt Enforcement of 65-Year Retirement Policy

Abia Doctors Urge Prompt Enforcement of 65-Year Retirement Policy

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia State chapter, has urged the state government to immediately implement the newly approved 65-year retirement age for health workers, warning that bureaucratic delays are worsening staff shortages in the…

FCT Doctors Suspend Strike as Minister Wike Approves Arrears, Recruitment

FCT Doctors Suspend Strike as Minister Wike Approves Arrears, Recruitment

Resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called off their strike after the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, approved their outstanding demands, which centred on unpaid arrears. Wike announced the approval on Friday during…

Relief in Awka: Resident Doctors Resume Work as Anambra Meets Key Demands

Relief in Awka: Resident Doctors Resume Work as Anambra Meets Key Demands

Resident doctors at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, have suspended their seven-day warning strike after the Anambra State Government approved key welfare demands. The doctors announced the decision on Saturday in…

FCT Resident Doctors Declare Seven-Day Strike Over Health Sector Failures

FCT Resident Doctors Declare Seven-Day Strike Over Health Sector Failures

The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT), has embarked on a seven-day warning strike to protest what it described as deep-rooted systemic failures in the FCT health sector. The decision was contained in…

Resident Doctors Urge Soludo to Honour Promises on Welfare, Salaries

Resident Doctors Urge Soludo to Honour Promises on Welfare, Salaries

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) has called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to honour promises made to the association in October 2024. The appeal was contained in…

Kaduna Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike over Unmet Welfare Agreements

Kaduna Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike over Unmet Welfare Agreements

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Kaduna State chapter, has announced that it will embark on an indefinite strike from 1 September following the government’s failure to implement key welfare agreements. In a communiqué released…

Poor Working Conditions Threaten Doctors’ Mental Health, Kwara NMA Warns

Poor Working Conditions Threaten Doctors’ Mental Health, Kwara NMA Warns

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kwara State chapter, has raised alarm over rising mental health challenges among Nigerian doctors, warning that poor workplace conditions are fuelling burnout, depression, and even suicide. The association’s chairman, Professor…

LAUTECH Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike Over Non-Implementation of New Salary Structure

LAUTECH Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike Over Non-Implementation of New Salary Structure

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), LAUTECH Teaching Hospital branch, has embarked on an indefinite strike following the university’s continued failure to implement the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS). In a statement…

Lagos Government Urges Doctors to Suspend Strike Over Salary Deductions

Lagos Government Urges Doctors to Suspend Strike Over Salary Deductions

The Lagos State Government has called on medical doctors under its employment to suspend their planned three-day warning strike scheduled to commence today, assuring that negotiations with the Medical Guild remain ongoing. This appeal was…