Last week, the Nigerian
government fired all resident
doctors (estimated to
be 16,000 in number) in the country.
In response to this, Lagos State Chapter of
the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) staged a protest today at the Lagos
University Teaching Hospital, Idi- Araba, Punch reports.
The doctors reportedly carried placards with a
variety of phrases, including, “Sack Ebola not Doctors,” “Sack Chukwu not
Doctors,” “Sack Boko Haram not Doctors,” and many more.
Tope Ojo, State Chairman of NMA, reportedly told
journalists that the association would not continue any form of negotiations
with the federal government until the dismissal of the resident doctors is
reversed.
“It is not
acceptable to us and we will do all we can to defend our profession. They did
it to ASUU, they signed several agreements with ASUU and did not fulfill them.
They say they have met 90 per cent if our demands, it is not true. We will not
relent until we have put things in place in our hospitals,” he said.
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