The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Lagos State Chapter, has urged President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency consider the welfare of Nigerians and reverse the price hike of petrol to its previous level. EKO HOT BLOG recalls that the pump price of petrol was on Tuesday raised to N855, N897 (depending on the … Read more
The Ogun State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has decided to suspend its ongoing strike for four weeks to allow for constructive dialogue with the state government. As a result, members are instructed to resume work at 8:00 AM on Monday, September 2, 2024. This decision was reached during an emergency general meeting … Read more
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has attributed the incessant mass exodus of medical doctors out of the country to the insecurity that has ravaged the nation. Kogi State Chairman of NMA, Abubakar Hassan, stated this in Lokoja while speaking to journalists on the ongoing nationwide strike embarked upon by the association. EDITOR’S PICKS Police Arrest … Read more
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend its strike which began August 2, 2021. The NMA made this appeal yesterday, after its Emergency Delegates Meeting (EDM) with its affiliates, including NARD, Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) and the Medical and Dental Doctors … Read more
COVID-19 The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos branch, says it will not relent in its collective resolve to ensure a robust health care delivery as critical partners and improvement in its strategies in order to win the fight against COVID-19. The NMA Chairman, Dr Adetunji Adenekan, made this known in the association’s New Year message, … Read more
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has explained that at least 20 of its members died of COVID-19 in the last one week in the course of treating infected patients who knowingly failed to declare their true health status. Chairman NMA in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Enema Amodu, made this known on Friday during … Read more
Strike The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Cross River chapter, on Wednesday embarked on an indefinite strike over the kidnapping of its memebr, Dr Godwin Udo of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. Dr Innocent Abang, the state Chairman of NMA disclosed in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in … Read more
Over 80 health workers consisting of 22 doctors and 60 other health workers in the frontline of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic have tested positive to the killer virus in Rivers State. Chairperson of the state’s chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Obelebra Adebiyi disclosed this to newsmen. Adebiyi further called on the government … Read more
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Lagos State branch has called off the strike action it embarked on yesterday as it asked its members to resume work. Ekohotblog understands that the stay-at-home order which started on Wednesday was as a result of police brutality. This online news platform recalls that essential workers were on Tuesday arrested … Read more