NAMDA debunks rumour of strike, insists on independence

The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) has debunked rumours that its members are connected strike.

The relation clarified its presumption successful a connection jointly signed by its president, Dr Nosa Lancy-Orhue; secretary-general, Dr Abdulrahman Shehu; and nationalist liaison officer/organising secretary, Dr Muhammad Askira, connected Wednesday successful Abuja.

NAMDA is the commercialized national for aesculapian lecturers successful universities, tertiary health, and probe institutions.

It is liable for undergraduate and postgraduate aesculapian education, including the grooming of aesculapian doctors and dentists successful Nigeria.

The relation reaffirmed that it remains an autarkic national with the capableness to negociate its interests and uphold communal respect.

“NAMDA is not connected strike, and we volition not beryllium blackmailed, coaxed, oregon lured distant from the involvement of our members,” the connection read.

It said the clarification became indispensable pursuing persistent enquiries from members, the property and the nationalist regarding its stance connected the ongoing withdrawal of services by different world national successful the assemblage system.

NAMDA said its members had been neglected for agelong but would proceed to enactment morganatic demands that bash not adversely impact their interests.

The relation acknowledged ongoing engagements with the Federal Government done the Ministries of Labour and Education, which it described arsenic “very encouraging”.

It said the Minister of Education, done a gathering facilitated by the Minister of Labour and Employment, had promised to code cardinal issues affecting aesculapian lecturers.

“These demands see the implementation of the Consolidated Medical Workers Salary Structure (CONMESS) and the withdrawal of the compulsory PhD request for aesculapian lecturers with postgraduate fellowships for world promotion and eligibility to vie for the presumption of Vice-Chancellor,” the connection said.

NAMDA besides called for the support by the Federal Executive Council of the strategy of work contained successful memorandum CM(90)92 of its 11th gathering successful 1990, based connected the recommendations of the committee chaired by the precocious Chief Justice Atanda Fatai Williams.

It said the contented of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) was besides discussed.

The relation noted that the curate apologised for the mistake successful a missive from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), which appeared to bounds the payment to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

NAMDA alleged that immoderate assemblage managements, supported by a sister union, attempted to exclude its members from the EAA payment.

It cited the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, wherever the Governing Council had responded that aesculapian lecturers were not entitled to the allowance.

The relation said it had requested the Department of State Services (DSS) to analyse however 2 conflicting letters connected the aforesaid substance emanated from the AGF’s office.

NAMDA said it would proceed to prosecute the Federal Government done the committee acceptable up to negociate with assemblage unions to emphasise its long-standing demands.

“The conditions of work for aesculapian and dental lecturers cannot beryllium satisfactorily negotiated by anyone but aesculapian academics nether NAMDA,” it said.

The relation urged the Federal Government to fast-track the circularisation of CONMESS and nonstop the National Universities Commission (NUC) to reaffirm the withdrawal of the circular making a PhD compulsory for aesculapian academics with postgraduate fellowships.

NAMDA said it reserved the close to follow morganatic means, including ineligible actions, successful pursuing its demands, adding that immoderate withdrawal of work by the national would beryllium guided by its constitution.

It warned that specified an action, if ever taken, would person superior implications for the acquisition and wellness sectors. (NAN)

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