COMMUNIQUE OF THE NIGERIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ISSUED AT 

THE END OF HER EMERGENCY NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) 

MEETING HELD ON SUNDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER, 2013 AT PAULIHAM 

HOTEL AND RESORT, GWARINPA, ABUJA.

Preamble

The Nigerian Medical Association held her Emergency National Executive Council meeting on Sunday 23rd September 2013 at the Pauliham Hotel and Resort, Gwarinpa, Abuja.

 

The meeting was called to review the 21-day Ultimatum issued to the Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday 2nd September, 2013.In attendance at the emergency meeting were the 36 State branches of the NMA and the Federal Capital Territory branch, Affiliate bodies of NMA, Past Presidents and Elders of the Medical Profession.

OBSERVATIONS

NEC noted the prompt response of the Federal Government of Nigeria to the issues brought before her by the Nigerian Medical Association.NEC also appraised the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) reached at the end of the Conciliatory meeting held between the Nigerian Medical Association and the Federal Government Negotiating Team on Monday, 9th September 2013.NEC further noted the formal inauguration of a Committee headed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Goni Aji, on Friday, 13th September 2013 by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, with a mandate to look into the issues raised by NMA and make recommendations to Government within four weeks.NEC also reviewed the persisting and widening circle of irregularities in the remuneration of her members, especially occasioned by the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), despite previous assurances by the Federal Government to rectify the problems.NEC expressed dismay over the untold hardship brought to bear on hardworking medical 

professionals and their dependents on account of the non-payment of several months of earned wages due to the problems inherent in the current implementation of IPPIS.

RESOLUTIONS

NEC welcomed some developments in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) reached at the end of the Conciliatory meeting held between the Nigerian Medical Association and the Federal Government Negotiating Team and urged the NMA negotiating team to continue the dialogue with government.Furthermore, in appraising the observed implementation of the MOU thus far, NEC unanimously resolved to extend by 4 weeks the subsisting ultimatum to allow for implementation of the elements of the MOU within the government set time lines.

However, NEC resolved that at the expiration of the four weeks extension, the Association shall reappraise the commitment of the Federal Government to her selfdetermined time lines for the implementation of the MOU and take appropriate actions as she deems fit without further warning.NEC resolved to take necessary actions to protect the interest of her members if Government fails to urgently and permanently resolve the unacceptable irregularities evident in the current implementation of IPPIS scheme.