The President, National Medical Association, Bala Audu, has again, lamented the level of brain drain among health professionals in Nigeria. Audu called on governments at all levels to ensure the uniform implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure. He made this lamentation during a press conference in commemoration of the 2024 National Physicians’ Week with the theme, “Ensuring Universal Applicability …

For venturing into drug production, the Plateau State government has earned the praise of medical doctors, pharmacists and a civil society organisation (CSO). Governor Caleb Mutfwang recently commissioned of the Pharma-Grade Warehouse of the State Drugs and Medical Commodities Management Agency (PS-DMCMA) for the production of local pharmaceutical products to aid drug accessibility and affordability within the state. In an …

The suspended chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, Kogi State branch, Dr Baoku Olusola, and three other members of the executive council have been removed from office. Their removal was contained in a report adopted on Saturday by members of the association during the 2024 NMA Kogi Annual General Meeting held in Lokoja, the state capital Olusola and the three …

With a surge in emigration of Nigerian doctors seeking better opportunities abroad, increasing healthcare costs and limited access to affordable services, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has emphasised the need for governmental intervention and policy reform. NMA president Prof. Bala Audu, who stated this at a press briefing in Abuja, highlighted the critical role of adequate funding in maintaining quality …

The Ondo State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has called on the state government to address the issue of shortage of resident doctors in state-owned hospitals. The association said many of the doctors in the state had left for foreign countries for greener pasture, while some who were still in Nigeria had left the state for another state. …

The Federal Government has been urged by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to implement the agreement on salary increase to ensure doctors do not leave the country anymore. This followed the recent reports that in 2023, the association had given the Federal Government till 31 January 2024, to meet its demands or risk industrial action in the health sector. The …

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has given the Federal Government till 31 January 2024, to meet its demands or risk industrial action in the health sector. The President of the NMA, Uche Ojinmah, who issued the ultimatum at a press briefing after the association’s National Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Sunday, asked the government to implement the upward review …

The Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), in Ekiti State, Dr Babatunde Rosiji, yesterday, decried the high rate of foreign exchange, saying that the development is taking the cost of drugs and medical supplies beyond the reach of the average citizen. The NMA chairman spoke during a press conference to commemorate the 2023 Physicians’ Week in Ado-Ekiti. Rosiji said …

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Benue State chapter, on Wednesday, called on government at all levels, political leaders and traditional rulers to help in the release of one of their members abducted three weeks ago. A medical doctor, Dr. Asema Msuega, was abducted in the Ukum Local Government Area of the state three weeks ago while he was embarking on …

Medical doctors under the auspices of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on health with a view to addressing the sector’s problems to make it attractive to professionals. NMA’s Ekiti State branch also called for the allocation of at least 15 per cent of the national budget to health as …