The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Niger State branch, has refuted claims in some national dailies, that some of its members earn over one million naira monthly, adding that the state government has been paying its members 80% Consolidated Medical Salary Scale (CONMESS), since 2010.
The NMA further said that the process of generating the list by a consultant revealed a lot of irregularities in the workforce which was another reason why the association supported the on-going exercise.
In a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Dr. Usman Abubakar, the Secretary Dr. Jibril Abdullahi and PRO, Dr. Wey George, and made available to journalists, on Sunday, the NMA said that it supported the ongoing screening exercise aimed at sanitising the entire workforce. According to the statement, “none of the mentioned serving Permanent Secretaries, in a preliminary report, earned up to N1.3 million monthly as alleged, but received less than what they are supposed to be paid, since the state government is still paying 80% CONMESS since 2010 when the salary scale was approved for doctors.
“They do not compute, involve or interfere with computation of their salaries as relevant circulars and guidelines are available to relevant authorities responsible for salaries”.
Furthermore, the Statement read in part that, “Doctors in Nigeria, Niger State inclusive, are on Consolidated Medical Salary Scale (CONMESS), which clearly states what allowances are due all doctors based on levels, qualifications and appointments.
“If a doctor is appointed a Permanent Secretary, it does not change his status as a medical doctor nor stops his or her clinical practice, considering the fact that most of them are specialists, whose services are still very much needed in our hospitals and hence a need to earn professional allowances.
“The position of consultant appointment is based on certain minimum requirement and no doctor can claim to be a consultant without meeting these requirements. This is why presently, the State can only boast of less than 10 consultants in its entire work force, compared to a single Federal institution within the State with more than 35 consultants in various specialties of medicine”.
The NMA, however, said that the way and manner in which the preliminary report was released left much to be desired, adding that, “the hired consultant instead of submitting the report to the state government has become the spokesperson for the state, even while the exercise has not been completed. Among all the people alleged to have been involved in wrong doing thus far, only the doctors have their names mentioned and published.”
The NMA also called on the Niger State Government to direct the immediate inclusion of a representative from it in the screening exercise.
By: Pita Chikwem
Daily Times
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