Category: Health

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned Nigerians to stop storing food items in containers used for chemicals, which are harmful to health. Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning, yesterday, in Onitsha, Anambra State, during a sensitisation campaign. She said such containers contain carcinogenic substances, which no […]

We are first in the South South — CMD The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, on Wednesday made history by successfully carrying out its first open-heart surgery. The development was disclosed by Chief Medical Director, CMD of the hospital, Prof Ikpeme Ikpeme in a statement, yesterday. He said: “On September 15, 2021, at 6.43 […]

Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Vice-President 1, Prof. Rasaq Ayodele Adebayo; NMA Secretary General, Dr. Philip Ekpe; Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige; NMA Vice-President 2, Dr. Daiyabu Alhaji Ibrahim; and NMA National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Aniekeme Uwah, after a meeting with the minister in his office in Abuja The Nigerian Association of Resident […]

Striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to involve them in subsequent meetings with the Nigerian Medical Association. This was as the association added that human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), would be leading the NARD legal team to the National Industrial Court on Wednesday. The association’s […]

The leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association on Sunday met with leaders of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors as part of efforts aimed at ending the resident doctors’ lingering strike.. The meeting held barely 48 hours after the leadership of NMA met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. At the meeting, […]

Less than 48 hours after the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) met with President Muhammadu Buhari on ways to end the crises in the health sector, striking resident doctors have insisted that they would not return their duty posts. The resident doctors, under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors NARD) […]

Committee Came At Right Time, Should Work Fast, Say Ihekweazu, NARD President Nigeria Has Good Health Laws, Policies, Problem Is Poor Implementation, Says Idris ‘Govt Sincerity In Doubt’ • Osibogun, Adeyanju, Ojo, Others Chart Way Forward Although stakeholders see the current move by the Federal Government to reform the country’s health sector towards optimal delivery […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured striking doctors the payment of all genuine outstanding debts as he urged them to return to their duty posts. In a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, he promised that “Debts genuinely owed Health workers will be settled.” The president gave the assurance on Friday during a meeting with […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday called on striking health workers to return to their duty posts. He also urged others contemplating strikes to opt for settlement of issues by negotiation, no matter how long it takes. The president made the appeal when he hosted members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) at the State House, […]