Resident doctors protest sack
The doctors, who wore white lab coats, were seen carrying placards with inscriptions, such as: 'Sack of 16,000 resident doctors, death sentence for Nigerians!'; 'Sack Ebola, not doctors!'; 'Sack Boko Haram, not doctors'; 'Sack Chukwu, not doctors!'; 'No to casualisation of doctor!'.
Chukwu must go, Das All,' 'No more overseas checkup with tax payers' money,' 'We say no to Chukwu and Jonathan'.
"No, to oppression of doctors", "Is this our reward for saving lives?".
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The state Chairman of the association, Dr. Tope Ojo, who addressed journalists at LUTH, said that the sacking of resident doctors in all federal teaching hospitals in the country could lead to the collapse of the health sector.
Ojo who stated that the NMA would not resume any negotiation with the Federal Government until the directive is unconditionally reversed said: "The immediate reversal of the sacking of all the 16,000 resident doctors is the minimal demand for us to resume talks with the Federal Government.
"It is not acceptable to us and we will do all we can to defend our profession. They signed several agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities and did not fulfil them. That is what they are doing with us. They say they have met 90 per cent of our demands, but it is not true. We will not relent until we have put things in place in our hospitals."
The doctors also called for the immediate removal of the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, whom they alleged to have misled the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan into taking the decision.
Ojo said: "We are aware that this is an attempt by the minister to casualise the doctor's employment, as Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has done in Lagos State. We will resist it. The President has been given a wrong counsel. No nation can survive by throwing away its specialist doctors."
The 16,000 Resident doctors who are specialist doctors in training in teaching hospitals in Nigeria were on August 13, 2014 suspended by the Federal Government.
The FG's directive followed the Residents doctors indefinite strike since July 2014 in protest of Federal Government's non-implemnetation of some agreements it had with the union.
Meanwhile some concerned Nigerians like Former Vice President, Atiku Abukar, Chairperson house committee on Diaspora Affairs, Hon Abike Dabiri and Nigerian singer, Seun Kuti have reacted to the Federal Government's directive to sack 16,000 Resident Doctors in the country.
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