Our reporters The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria has lauded the President Bola Tinunu over the sacking of the Vice-Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Prof Bernard Udoh, and Registrar, Mrs Rosemary Nwokike. The association, which had been on strike since Monday over Udoh’s appointment, however, said it would not call off the seven-day warning strike until the National Executive Council meets on Friday. The National President of MDCAN, Prof Muhammad Muhammad, said the decisions made at the NEC meeting on Friday would determine the association’s next line of action.
He said, “We are excited that one of our demands have been met. This is really impressive, and we are happy about it. “We just met with the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Dr Ipalibo Banigo, today (Wednesday), and she appealed to us to consider the public, and promised to meet with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education on all our demands by next week.
“We are also meeting with the Ministry of Labour and Employment tomorrow (Thursday). After the meeting with the Ministry of Labour, the NEC can then schedule a meeting for Friday to know what to do next.” MDCAN had embarked on a seven-day warning strike to press home its demands, including the sacking of the UNIZIK VC.
The strike, which commenced on Monday, grounded medical activities in 83 health facilities and 64 medical schools across the country. The association had earlier protested th.