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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State Branch, has called for the introduction of a single-term tenure for Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) and Medical Directors (MDs) of federal tertiary hospitals, saying the current system encourages abuse of power, impunity, and tyranny in office. Speaking at a press conference on Monday in Lagos as part of…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State Branch, has warned that it will join forces with the Medical Guild to embark on an indefinite strike if the Lagos State Government fails to address lingering issues of unpaid salaries, arbitrary deductions, and neglect of doctors’ welfare. The association issued the warning in a communiqué released after…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State chapter, has accused the State Treasury Office (STO) of introducing a “crisis-prone” revised medical salary scale that allegedly led to “unfair, wicked, and unacceptable” deductions from doctors’ July 2025 salaries. In a statement signed on Sunday by its chairman, Dr. Saheed Babajide Kehinde, the association said the deductions…