EDO state NMA issues 21-Day Ultimatum to Governor Oshiomole...!!

The Edo State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has issued a 21 day ultimatum to the Edo State Government to address what it referred to as the comatose state of the health sector or else it will embark on an indefinite strike.

Chairman of the Association, Dr
Emmanuel Ighodaro, while addressing
journalists in Benin City on Thursday,
said they had drawn the attention of the
governor to these issues in February
2013 and since then nothing remarkable
had been observed.

The Association threatened to embark
on strike if there were deductions from
their salaries owing to their participation
in the national NMA warning strike.

The issues the NMA expects the Edo
State government to address include
poor infrastructure and lack of appropriate working tools, gross shortage of manpower and the expansion of Universal Health coverage through the National Health Insurance Scheme and community based Health Insurance Scheme.

Others include stagnation in grade level
due to non-release of health workers
promotion since 2011, multiple taxation
in private facilities in the state and the
immediate implementation of the
consolidated salary structure in the
state.

The union also said that aside the 21
day-strike threat, it had written to the
government not to deduct their salaries
for participating in the national strike
else they would go on strike.

"While it is unrealistic to expect that all
the issues will be addressed within 21
days, it will be content with an MOU
containing a genuine road map on how
these issues will be addressed," the
NMA stressed.

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