The seven-day warning strike by the Medical and Dental Consultants Affiliation of Nigeria (MDCAN), which started on Monday, has disrupted companies in 83 federal hospitals and 64 medical and dental colleges throughout universities within the nation.
MDCAN declared a seven-day warning strike in a communique issued on the finish of its Nationwide Government Council (NEC) assembly final Thursday over what it described as the federal government’s failure to fulfill its calls for.
In an unique interview, the nationwide president of MDCAN, Prof Muhammad Muhammad, advised our correspondent that the strike had taken impact throughout the nation with full compliance.
He mentioned despite the fact that different docs are on the bottom within the hospitals, the strike will have an effect as a result of each affected person seen within the hospital is seen on behalf of a selected advisor. “So those that personal the sufferers are on strike,” he mentioned.
Prof. Muhammad acknowledged, “There are 42 absolutely accredited medical colleges, 11 partially accredited medical colleges, 9 absolutely accredited dental colleges, and two partially accredited dental colleges within the nation.
“83 Harpters representing 83 instructing hospitals, Federal Medical Centres and specialists hospitals”
The communique signed by Prof. Muhammad and the secretary-general, Prof. Daiyabu Ibrahim, decried the intentional try and absurdity to benchmark the requirement of the Vice Chancellor place to the attainment of a PhD with out regard to the Medical and Dental Fellowships, describing it as unfair, illegal and discriminatory to holders of the Medical and Dental Fellowship qualification.
The affiliation additionally condemned the failure of the federal government to finish the method of harmonising the fee of the funds of Medical Medical Lecturers with Consolidated Medical Wage Construction (CONMESS) are used to appropriate the numerous shortfalls of their pay, entry-level, and pension.
MDCAN has, due to this fact, resolved that the federal authorities ought to instantly relieve the Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe College chairman of his appointment as council chairman for his insubordination and to implement the Ministry of Training’s directive, nullifying any appointments after their directives.
A few of its different calls for embrace the “Federal authorities to develop an all-inclusive commercial prototype for the workplace of vice-chancellor. As not too long ago issued by Ahmadu Bello College Zaria, the commercial for the workplace of vice-chancellor might function a prototype.
“Harmonisation of the retirement age of medical consultants to 70 years.
“Harmonisation of fee of emoluments of medical lecturers with the Consolidated Medical Wage Construction (CONMESS) to make sure common applicability of CONMESS to all medical and dental officers.
“Fee of 2023 and 2024, Medical Obligation Allowance areas, and 2023 25 per cent/35 per cent CONMESS arrears.”
In response to the communique, the MDCAN NEC will reconvene on Sunday, November twenty fourth, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. to reassess the state of affairs and progress made and chart the following plan of action.
In the meantime, the consultants’ absence led to the rendering of skeletal companies in instructing hospitals, together with the College of Abuja Educating Hospital.
Management checks revealed that the College of Abuja Educating Hospital has over 100 consultants, and sufferers who had appointments should wait till subsequent week.
