Bauchi State government in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development-Integrated Health Programme (USAID-IHP) has planned to review and certify health sector fact-sheet in order to improve facts sharing on the performance of the sector.
Doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have halted plans for its daily nationwide protest after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the Senate. NARD President, Emeka Orji, made this known in a chat with newsmen after the meeting on Tuesday, adding, however, that there will be a review in the next 72 hours. “We met with the Senate president, majority and minority leaders, and Whip. So, the planned protest slated for Wednesday has been suspended and we will review it again in 72 hours.”
The Federal Capital Territory chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has urged the Tinubu government to reconsider its “no work, no pay” policy against medical workers. The call by the association was made in collaboration with the Nasarawa and Kogi states chapters at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja to usher in the 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM), and Scientific conference of the NMA-FCT. according to NAN.
The Federal Government had ordered the stoppage of the payment of salaries of members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) following their strike over unresolved welfare issues.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Nigeria Plc has announced its plans to shut down its operations in the country after about 51 years since it began business in Nigeria in 1972. This was made known in a press statement issued on Thursday and signed by the Company’s Secretary, Frederick Ichekwai and addressed to the Nigeria Exchange Limited (NGX).
The Federal Government has approved the upward review of hazard allowance for non hospice based health professionals in the country and also approves #25,000 peculiar allowances for doctors with effect from June 1, 2023. This was made known in different circulars dated July 26, 2023, and signed by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta.
Following the death of 20 people in Kaduna State, the Senate passed a resolution, mandating the Ministry of Health to, as a matter of urgency, commence the immunization of vulnerable Nigerians against Diphtheria disease. The resolution was a sequel to a motion that came under orders 41 and 51, under a matter of urgent public importance, sponsored by Senator Sunday Katung (PDP Kaduna South).
