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NMA suspends 12 doctors for alleged indiscipline

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The Nigerian Medical Association has suspended twelve of its members for professional misconduct in flaunting its constitutional provisions that prohibit members from taking to the court rather than explore internal mechanisms for dispute resolution.

The National President of the Association, Prof. Mike Ozovehe Ogirima, who made the disclosure while reading the communiqué issued at the end of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Lokoja, Kogi State, said affected the members have the liberty to appeal their suspension internally.

Ogirima: “We suspend our members based on constitutional provisions. We have internal mechanisms for disciplining ourselves and if any member has not explored all avenues to resolve issues and jumped to the court of law the constitution stipulates their suspension so that they have more time to prosecute and follow up their cases that is the provision we have just evoked on them.

“This is not the first time NMA is taking that measure. However they have an opportunity for an appeal internally to the Annual Delegate Meeting if they are not satisfied with the action taken by NEC.”

Those suspended indefinitely include: Dr. Moses Oriasotie from Edo; Dr. Amoti Earnest (Edo); Dr. Atiola Olayinka (Lagos State); Dr. Adegbaju Dapo (Lagos State); Dr. Olubinmi Omojowolo (Lagos State); Dr. Alabi Babatunde Musbau (Lagos State); and Dr. Sekunmade Alade Abeni (Lagos State).

Others are: Dr. Uwaje Kenneth Nnamoi (Lagos State); Dr. Abiloye Kemi (Lagos State); Dr. Ayodeji Olaniyi; and Dr. Balogun Babatunde all from Lagos State.

The President also declared the position of NEC on the immediate past chairman of Lagos State/Zone of NMA who has been sent to the NMA national disciplinary committee.

“NEC also authorises the President and any other aggrieved members to seek redress with the MDCN who should look urgently into cases of professional misconducts that is very rampant in the profession in accordance with the code of medical ethics.”

According to him, the NMA while seeking legal redress along with her partners in the court of law it calls for the immediate operation alizarin of the National Health Act 2014 (NHAct 2014).

Ogirima explained that NHAct 2014 is a law of the land for which 10 years before it was enacted was a bill sponsored by members of the Association and health workers were called to contribute to it at an open hearing.

“The Act seeks to redress most of the problems we are having in the health sector pertaining to the availability of infrastructure, the care for emergencies on our roads, the care for the under privileged in our society; the aged, infants below five years, pregnant mothers and accident victims on our roads.”

“There is a provision in that act that says that at least one per cent of consolidated revenue of our country should be set aside as basic health fund.”

For postgraduate medical training to succeed in achieving better health outcomes for citizens, the President urged government to accord the training top priority.

He called for increased funding of medical postgraduate training and support for the ongoing effort by the House of Representatives to amend the Act establishing Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) to include tertiary health institutions involved in training and research among the beneficiaries of the fund.

PDP Establishes Committee To Address Indiscipline

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The National Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a seven-man disciplinary committee amid tensions in the party.

Prof. Adewale Oladipo, National Secretary of the party, confirmed the move. He said Micheal Addul leads the committee while Tony Caesar Okeke will serve as Secretary.

Other members of the committee are Mike Ogiadohme, Teslim Folarin, Dr Akilu Indabawa and Dr Hassan Kafayas.

Oladipo added that the committee would be inaugurated on Tuesday next week at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja.

He said the National Working Committee “called for calm and the understanding of all members and other critical stakeholders including the media at this time of re-engineering process in our great party while directing any member with genuine grievance to channel such through the appropriate organs.”

Tensions have characterised the PDP following its loss in the March/April general elections. The party’s Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, quit the party on Wednesday following pressure to step down.

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How Buhari Intends To Deal With Indiscipline In Democratic Rule

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President -Elect General Muhammadu  Buhari (rtd.) at the weekend spoke to newsmen in his home town, Daura, Katsina State after casting his vote on a number of issues. Here are excerpts on how he intends to handle indiscipline in a democratic rule…

You introduced the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) as military leader. Several years later, one of the biggest problems in Nigeria today is indiscipline. How do you intend to handle this?

I will mention how it came about. When we had our first Supreme Council meeting and governors were appointed, in my office, it was only me and the late Tunde Idiagbon. We discussed and agreed that the main problem of Nigeria was indiscipline. If we could get majority of Nigerians to accept it, whichever level they are, we will make a lot of progress. I could recall that I advised that we should approach the Ministry of Information because there are a lot of people with first degree, masters and Ph.D who are sociologists and criminologists who are just warming their seats, that they should get together and come up with a programme that would last for years and not just for six months and fizzle out. That was how we came about war against indiscipline. It was very well thought out. It was a military system.

In democracy, people want a lot of freedom, but if they see the restraints in advanced democracies in Europe and America, they will realise that discipline is forced on people. There are things that, no matter how much you want to do them, you can’t do them. I think that we have suffered enough as a people and I think that people are more prepared to behave themselves now.

About two years ago, I made some remarks in Hausa and people felt because now, some senior civil servants who are Directors either at the state or federal level can’t educate four children because the level of education has gone down so much. Those that can afford will rather send their children to Ghana or Sudan and those who can afford it more send theirs to America and Europe because the educational system in Nigeria has virtually collapsed.

Therefore, we feel that by voting APC into power, Nigerians are placing confidence in us. On security, economy especially unemployment and corruption, I believe that Nigerians will give us the understanding to make sure that we get our priorities right. Education is going to be very important because when you educate the people, you solve half of your problems because there is a level that an educated person will not accept. But when people are sentenced to illiteracy, when they are exposed to all manner of social vices such as ethnicity and religion, they will resort to fighting themselves.

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