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Monday, December 17, 2012

Health workers’ protest politically motivated –NMA

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Health workers' protest politically motivated –NMA
Dec 17th 2012, 23:21

Nigerian Medical Association on Monday in Abuja declared that last week's protest against the Health Minister, Prof.  Onyebuchi Chukwu, by some health workers was politically motivated.

NMA also asked    President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently constitute the Governing Council/Board of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.

The Joint Health  Sector Union members had last week in Abuja demanded  among other things, the immediate sacking of Chukwu.

They accused the minister of bias as well as supporting  doctors against other health workers.

They also raised the alarm over some provisions of the National Health Bill presently before the National Assembly, which they said were projected to favour doctors.

But the President of NMA, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, at a press  briefing after the association's National Executive Council meeting, said  the  protesting workers were being used to scuttle the passage of the bill.

Passing a vote of confidence on the Minister and his leadership, the NMA asked the National Assembly not to be distracted in passing the bill in line with international best practices.

He said, "NEC observed with great dismay the recent reckless, selfish and ill-motivated protest march (in Abuja) against the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi  Chukwu, by a handful of allied medical and health professionals/workers.

"NEC viewed the politically motivated protest march as an act of desperation and blackmail to undermine the strong resolve of the Minister of Health to transform Nigeria's health care sector through the institutionalisation of professionalism and international best practices.

"NEC also noted that the protest march was an attempt to scuttle once again the passage of the National Health Bill  through acts of intimidation and blackmail of the National Assembly that has so far courageously refused to politicise the bill by not accommodating their inordinate, illogical, irrational and unrealisable territorial quest.

"We fervently appeal to Nigerians to use their good sense of judgment to determine if the selfish protection of professional territorial interests outweighs the benefits of a National Health Act that would deliver health care dividends to Nigerians in rural communities, children, women, the elderly and our long suffering people of Nigeria."

He added, "NEC restated its firm belief in the current NHB as a veritable tool for transforming the health care system of Nigeria, and therefore considers as unpatriotic any attempt to scuttle its passage into law under the guise of self-preservation and professional territorialism."

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