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NARD Resolute on Strike Continuation After Meeting NMA

13Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

NARD Resolute on Strike Continuation After Meeting NMA

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has insisted that its ongoing strike will continue until government their demands are met by the government. The latest stand comes after a meeting of the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association on Sunday with leaders of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors as part of efforts aimed at ending the resident doctors’ lingering strike. The meeting was held barely 48 hours after the leadership of NMA met with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. At the meeting, Buhari had urged striking health workers to return to their duty posts and appealed to others contemplating strikes to opt for settlement of issues by negotiation no matter how long it would take. NARD declared the strike action on July 30 at ...

COVID-19: FG Adjusts Restriction on Foreign Travellers

12Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Transportation

COVID-19: FG Adjusts Restriction on Foreign Travellers

The Federal Government has relaxed a restriction on foreign travellers without evidence of payment for their COVID-19 PCR test. In a memo by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, foreign airlines were asked to board passengers without evidence of payment for Day seven COVID-19 PCR test or generate paid QR code/permit to fly. The memo dated September 11, 2021, and issued by Director-General of NCAA, Musa Nuhu, was titled “Permission for airlines to board passengers travelling to Nigeria who are unable to show evidence of payment for day seven COVID-19 PCR test or generate paid QR code/permit to fly”. Nuhu said the decision was taken in view of the challenges some travellers to Nigeria are experiencing while trying to fill their Health and Tr...

NYSC Signs MoU To Include Corps Members On NHIS Programme

8Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Youths

NYSC Signs MoU To Include Corps Members On NHIS Programme

The National Youth Service Corps has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Health Insurance Scheme on the inclusion of Corps Members in the NHIS programme. NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim who stated this when he led a delegation of the management of the Scheme to the Headquarters of the NHIS in Abuja, today commended the Federal Government over its concern for Corps Welfare. He said the signing of the MoU is in line with Presidential directive that all Corps Members must be enrolled in the NHIS programme. "This shows the concern for the welfare of the Corps Members by the Federal Government and we are thanking the President for his uncommon love for the Scheme. We also promise that our Corps Members are going to render more selfless...

COVID-19: Lockdown May Be Reimposed In Rivers – Wike

7Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

COVID-19: Lockdown May Be Reimposed In Rivers – Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has threatened to re-impose the suspended COVID-19 lockdown measures if residents fail to comply with COVID-19 protocols. Wike said this in a broadcast in Port Harcourt. He said that daily figures released from the National Centre for Disease Control showed that both the transmission and death rates in the past two weeks had consistently been on the increase due to non compliance by the residents. He said that it remained the desire of the state government to keep the state open and allow citizens to go about their social, religious and economic activities unimpeded He, however, warned that the government might be compelled to imposed a lockdown if the residents continued to disregard the protocols. Read also: I’m Healthy, Just Undergoing T...

FG To Recover Millions Of Naira Wrongly Paid To 588 Doctors

6Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

FG To Recover Millions Of Naira Wrongly Paid To 588 Doctors

The Federal Government will recover millions of naira wrongly paid to 588 medical doctors across the country. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja. He explained that affected doctors wrongly benefitted from Medical Residency Training Fund meant for a particular category of doctors. He said the names of the doctors were uncovered after a thorough scrutinisation of the 8000 names submitted by Chief Medical Directors of Federal Government health institutions for the training programme. The minister, however, revealed that a substantial amount of the money had been refunded by some of the affected doctors while efforts had been intensified to recover the remaining balance. He maintaine...

Christian Pilgrims Barred From Travelling Over Refusal To Take COVID-19 Vaccine

4Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Religion

Christian Pilgrims Barred From Travelling Over Refusal To Take COVID-19 Vaccine

Seven intending Christian pilgrims from Bauchi State have been barred from embarking on a religious pilgrimage to Israel due to their refusal to be vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine, even as 18 scholars from two universities in the state volunteered to take the jab. This was disclosed by the Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed while speaking with journalists in Bauchi on Friday. Mohammed had decried the scepticism shown by the people of the state towards the COVID-19 vaccination, adding that some who did not take the vaccine wanted to be issued with vaccination cards, an act he warned against. Read also: Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Drops After Six Months – New Study He added that the fact that...

Resident Doctors Continue Strike Despite Court Order

24Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

Resident Doctors Continue Strike Despite Court Order

On Monday, the National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja had ordered the striking National Association of Resident Doctors, to suspend its industrial action which began on August 2, 2021. Justice John Targema made the order while delivering his ruling on an ex parte application brought before the court by the Federal Government. The court stated that the application was granted after carefully considering the processes filed by the applicants. But NARD, in its reaction, said it would not suspend the strike despite the court ruling. Read Also: FG Stopped Residency Payment After Strike Suspension – NARD Earlier, Justice Targema had stated, “Having looked especially at the affidavit of extreme urgency, the grounds of the application, the affidavit in support of the same and ar...

Strike Continues Until Our Demands Are Met – Resident Doctors

22Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

Strike Continues Until Our Demands Are Met – Resident Doctors

The National Association of Resident Doctors says it will not suspend its ongoing industrial action until the Federal Government meets its demands. The association expressed resilience, pledging not to sign any Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Government. The association’s Vice President, Arome Adejo, disclosed this in an interview with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday. Read Also: COVID: FG Removes South Africa, Brazil, Turkey From Travel Restriction List Adeno said, “There is no hope of the strike being called off. We are tired of going back to our members with empty promises. “In fact, we are not signing any Memorandum of Understanding with them. We have signed a countless number of memorandum and we are not going to do again until they do what they are meant to do. ...

Strike: FG Agrees To Begin Implementation of MoU With NMA August 23

22Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

Strike: FG Agrees To Begin Implementation of MoU With NMA August 23

The Federal Government has said it will commence the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding it reached with the Nigerian Medical Association on August 23, 2021 to persuade the Resident Doctors to suspend the indefinite nationwide strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this while addressing newsmen before a closed-door meeting with NMA and other relevant stakeholders on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting was summoned at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari, aimed at resolving the doctors’ strike that started at about 2pm on Friday, but adjourned in the early hours of Saturday before reconvening in the afternoon. It would be recalled that the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) had embarked...

Why Buhari Paid Tinubu A Visit In London –Adesina

16Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Why Buhari Paid Tinubu A Visit In London –Adesina

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, has said his principals visit to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, was not an endorsement ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Adesina who spoke when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said that Buhari visited Tinubu to show goodwill after reports on the APC chieftain’s health. He clarified that Buhari would not support any aspirant for the 2023 presidential election without APC’s affirmation. When asked about the purpose of the meeting, Adesina said, “Yes, that meeting actually happened, but it is all about goodwill and best wishes. “We know that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had been in London about the same time the President was there. We don’t believe wh...