...meeting with NMA deadlocked

The House of Representatives today threatened to issue warrant of arrest against Minister of health Onyebuchi Chukwu for shunning a rescheduled meeting with the lawmakers to end the ongoing doctors' strike.

This came as the House observed that Chukwu is not showing any commitment toward ending the strike as he failed to attend a meeting with the committee on health which was rescheduled to today from Monday.

Briefing the lawmakers at plenary on the outcome of their meeting with the health stakeholders earlier, chairman of the committee on health Rep Godwin Ndudi Elumelu (PDP, Delta) said from all indications, Chukwu and his officials do not want the doctors' strike to end any time soon.

He said the committee after holding a partial meeting with stakeholders on Monday decided to reschedule it as finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim; Head of Service, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji and Director-General of the Budget Office, Bright Okogu were all absent and did not send any representative.

But at today's meeting which was scheduled for 10am, the lawmakers waited up till about 11.30am, but none of the officials turned up, with only Minister of labour Emeka Wogu, a representative of the SGF and chairman of the Salaries and Wages Commission.

Chukwu who had attended Monday's meeting did not turn up for today's session and did not send any representative, a situation which angered the lawmakers.

Elumelu suggested to the House that Chukwu and the other government officials be re-summoned but that should he fail, the House should invoke its constitutional powers on warrant of arrest.

Similarly, minority whip Samson Osagie suggested that Chukwu should be made to appear before the committee within 24 hours.

However, ruling on the matter, Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal directed that Chukwu should expeditiously attend to the committee, otherwise the House would resort to other ways of forcing him to attend.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/top-stories/29471-doctors-strike-reps-threaten-warrant-of-arrest-against-health-minister

This is the same minister who was calling for a debate a few days back but has refused to show up for a commitee hearing
NMA should add it as their 25th demand,to have this man removed. he is not only incompetent but also corrupt.

Doctors are rapidly loosing their relevance!Seems no one cares anymore...!#tune out the noisy cry baby

phaantom: This is the same minister who was calling for a debate a few days back but has refused to show up for a commitee hearing
NMA should add it as their 25th demand,to have this man removed. he is not only incompetent but also corrupt.

Guy were u banned?

Not for sale anyway.

Tobbie9: Guy were u banned?

yeah......nairalands anti spam bot

Will all these ever end?

Hmm. I can't seem to remember them flexing their muscles like this when the Petroleum Minister snubbed them. I guess it pays to know where your power reach

he is an honorary johesu member

The Minister is obviously tired of the frivolous demands of the doctors.

^^^ frivolous? all these cleaners sef

Once the health minister is a doctor he wont attend,the same blood runs through their veins. Blood is thicker than water.

lmao... jokers

Smh here again!

CircleOfWilis: he is an honorary johesu member

You guys are so quick to cry foul when people disagree with your insane ideals. Get off your high horse! You are not god after all..

I read few lines, then I jumped and started reading comments. Like if you did same.

This is indeed a season of strikes and impeachments. No thanks to the success of the PDP led government to destablize the country.

Make them start to arrest all the doctors

The drama continues...

Watchin this whole movie in my 14inches black n white tv, n its not even clear. Abeg what did de say happen again?

The health minister is a doctor. He is also on strike . Don't expect him to discharge his duties when all doctors are on strike. Men and Ego.... cos of ds small strike, does he know how many lives has been lost?

Too many talking and less doing





I no blame him he can afford health trip to india so wetin concern him.

His a doctor now! Displaying their normal arrogance and self fullness

stup*d doctors and their arrogance

waiting for someone to say APC minister

My little contribution as a doctor who has worked in a teaching hospital in Naija and now working in the NHS:

1. It is an absolute shame for any doctor to go on total strike, for whatever reason. There is just no justification for causing so much suffering and death in a profession that is considered to be as noble as Medicine.
2. The Chief Executive of every major health organization or hospital in most of the West is NOT a doctor. In the NHS for example, there is a Medical Director and others below him who are doctors but the head honcho is the Chief Executive, who is usually not a doctor.
3. There are Nurse Consultants in the NHS but they are mainly based in tertiary academic units and hardly involved in daily clinical care.
4. The first and only time I remember the BMA agreeing to a Doctor's strike in England, emergency and other essential services were not affected. Hardly anybody noticed there was a strike going on and most of this was because doctors voluntarily decided it would have been unethical, even if the reason for considering the strike was justified.

Nigerians have enough on their hands as it is. That a group of very educated and essential professionals cannot see why it is necessary to get back to work simply for the sake of the common man is extremely sad.

NASS got to be kidding. Do you just issue a warrant of arrest against anybody? Was he accused if corruption or what? Can someone shed more light on this?,pls.

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I don't even know what to say yet

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Thus administration has so much emboldened ministers to shun meetings by th house of reps. Impunity is the order in Jonathan's led government