FG Moves to Stop Consultant Doctors from Joining Strike

*Resident doctors to appear before court tomorrowThe federal government has taken measures to prevent senior doctors under the auspices of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria from joining the ongoing industrial action by the resident doctors.

The move by the minister is seen as a damage control measure to prevail on the senior doctors not to withdraw services on Monday, August 16 as stated in their ultimatum to the federal government. “Yes, we have received a summons on the suit at the Industrial Court and we will go to the court and we are confident that we will get justice in the end. We are not suspending the strike,” he said.

MEDCAN had on July 26, 2021, issued a 21-day ultimatum to the federal government to correct the unwarranted removal of the consultants from CONMESS to CONUAS salary scale by their employing universities, who had earlier placed them on CONMESS upon appointment about 10 years ago. This has resulted in the loss of some allowances and even basic pay with the attendant loss of income.They then went to court and secured an injunction against the NSIWC and the Accountant General of the Federation.

The minister also directed the NSIWC to reverse the instruction to the Accountant General of the Federation and return the medical consultants’ pay to the status quo in obedience to the court order which stopped both the NSIWC and the office of the Accountant General from implanting that circular.

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