Nigerian Medical Association

Fresh Strike Looms As Doctors Issue 2 Weeks Ultimatum

NMA Asks FG To Declare State Of Emergency In Health Sector

October 24, 2022 9:15 pm

A recent call for the Federal Government of Nigeria to as a matter of urgency declare a full state of emergency in the health sector for the sake of all the Nigerian citizens has been openly made by the Taraba State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

Dr Bako Ali who is the state chairman had also made the call on Monday, in Jalingo, the state capital which had occurred during an interactive session with some of the media practitioners in preparation for 2022 Physician Week.

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Motivate Doctors To Slow Down Brain Drain – NMA Urges FG

October 14, 2021 3:23 am

The Kogi State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the Federal Government to show more concern for young doctors in Nigeria and do all within its power to re-motivate them in order to slow down brain drain syndrome that has gripped the profession in the country.

The State NMA chairman, Dr Omakoji Simeon Oyeguh, disclosed this on Wednesday in Lokoja in his address to mark this year’s physicians’ week.

Oyeguh explained that the motivation of doctors by the Federal Government, particularly the Resident Doctors will serve the nation better.

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Omakoji Oyiguh Emerges Chairman Of Kogi NMA

August 16, 2020 1:09 pm

Dr Omakoji Oyiguh of the Department of Family Medicine, Kogi State Specialist Hospital, on Sunday emerged as the new Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kogi chapter.

In a keenly contested election online during the NMA’s virtual AGM/2020, Oyiguh polled a total of 161 (59 percent) of the votes cast, to defeat his closest rival, Dr Ashraff Abdulhakeem, who polled 112 votes representing 41 percent of the total votes cast.

Other officers elected to pilot the affairs of the association for the next two years are: Dr Adeyemi Williams as Vice Chairman; Dr Famotele Tolorunju as Secretary; Dr Chimieze …

Buhari Congratulates NMA President Ujah On His Election

August 4, 2020 3:31 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday felicitated with Prof. Innocent Ujah on his election as President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

He also congratulated all the Executive Members for the zeal and diligence brought into the organisation within a short period.

This is contained in a press statement released by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity.

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According to the statement, Buhari believes the elected officers of the NMA have admirable profiles that will take the organisation to greater heights, particularly Prof. Ujah, who has worked extensively …

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COVID-19: Lagos Hospitals, Isolation Centres Filled Up – Doctors

June 17, 2020 10:25 am

The Lagos branches of the Nigerian Medical Association and the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria said the decision to treat COVID-19 patients at home was tough but has to be taken.

The Chairman of Lagos AGPMPN, Dr Tunji Akintade, that the decision to treat mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients was taken because all the government hospitals and isolation centres in the state were filled up.

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According to The Punch, Akintade said: “The state government is overwhelmed, the country is overwhelmed, all the government hospitals and isolation …

COVID-19: NMA Cries Against Lack Of Doctors In Kaduna

March 18, 2020 12:15 pm

The Nigerian Medical Association, Kaduna state chapter, has lamented that about 200 medical doctors in the payroll of the state government are grossly inadequate to man its 33 general and rural hospitals and supervise the 255 primary healthcare centres.

The association noted that the state is currently the least among other North-Western states in terms of health workers renunciation thereby causing frequent migration of health workers from the state.

Addressing newsmen in Kaduna Wednesday on the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of the healthcare delivery in Kaduna State, and the strike action embarked upon by the Association of Resident Doctors, the

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