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According to a report by The Sun News, doctors in Benue State, on
Thursday, embarked on an indefinite strike over what they described as
inability of the state government and the management of the Federal
Medical Center (FMC) Makurdi, to meet their demands.The NMA’s total strike was coming on the heels of the suspension,
last Wednesday, of the indefinite strike earlier embarked upon by the
Organised Labour in the state.
The doctors’ indefinite strike was declared following the
expiration, Wednesday, of the 7-day warning strike embarked upon by the
state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).
A statement signed by both the state NMA Chairman and Secretary,
Dr. Obekpa Obekpa and Dr. Nwaeze Chukwuemeka, respectively, revealed
that congress expressed gross dissatisfaction and the subversive roles
of some of its members in the course of the warning strike.
The statement referred the affected members including the Medical
Director of FMC, Dr. Peteru Inunduh, Commissioner of Health and human
Services, Dr. Cecilia Ojabo, Chief Medical Director of Benue State
University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Prof. Terlumun Swende to the
association’s disciplinary committee for necessary action.
Others also recommended for sanctions were the Deputy Head of
Clinical Services, FMC, Makurdi, Dr. Ocheifa Matthew and the Chairman,
Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), FMC
Makurdi chapter, Dr. Nombur Isaac.
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