Yar’adua Approves New Pay Scale For Doctors

Yar’Adua approves new pay scale for doctors
From JACOB EDI, ABUJA
Thursday, September 24, 2009

 
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President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has approved Medical Service Scale (MSS) for medical doctors in the employment of the Federal Government.

A press statement issued by Niyi Ojuolape, Special Assistant (Communications) to the Health Minister said the consideration and approval of the new MSS followed extensive deliberations and negotiations between the Federal Government’s team and the Nigerian Medical Association on the salary structure and allowances of medical and dental practitioners including Specialist Allowance, Call Duty Allowance and Teaching Allowance etc.

According to the statement, a dialogue was on-going on between the representatives of other professionals within the health sector and a Federal Government team under the leadership of the Federal Ministry of Labour to secure a similar package to address the welfare of other health professionals employed by the Federal Government.

“It must be noted that there is already an approval in principle by the Presidency in this regard, but the details thereof is still the subject of the on-going deliberations, the process of which has actually begun a long time ago. It is expected that we will come to an agreement very soon on the specifics of the package, further to which we will secure the approval of the president for a long lasting package that will address the issue of the welfare of the entire health sector.

“The presidential approval of the MSS is a fulfillment of the undertaking given by the Honourable Minister of Health that the agreement reached with the NMA will have received the necessary approval before the end of September, 2009.”

In the same vein, the minister wants to seize this opportunity to assure other professionals in the sector and indeed all Nigerians that as soon as the welfare package being currently negotiated is agreed upon, the approval of the president will be sought and obtained in a very short time.”


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http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2009/sept/24/national-24-09-2009-006.htm

Reading through the posted link,I was looking to see the amount added or approved,but not.Is this another form of until tomorrow comes?Pls let the Docs in the house confirm this

lol 

That's my President

He sure knows the value of Doctors because he is _{ALWAYS STRONG}

Mark of our useless, quack journalists. The fool could not be bothered to find out the figures in his report.

There is no way an editor in the UK will accept that for print.

[b][size=8pt][color=#770077] ;seriously he needs to attend to there needs cuz a bird in hand is better than 50 in the bush if u get wat i mean 

No, this is not about not being able to find out the figures. It is just a typical Nigerian journalistic practice.

If 'it is an approval in principle and the finer details are still ongoing' then there must be some indicative figures that are provisionally being approved. A journalist with a brain cell in his head will report this indicative figures. But a large proportion of Nigerian journalists are just hungry quacks, not qualified to do the job.

he probably approved 2k on top what they are making now. give us the figures and maybe i go change course

it is still an increment na

As a doctor, what I need is facts and figures. I hope this is not another political statement on our national dailies. I would have preffered if then release was from the Presidency and not the Minister of Health. Anyway, if it is not implemented not approved come Sept 30, We r going on strike.

This is a rily gud news for doctors and doctors-to-be. But wat i want to know is that is this Medical Service Scale just for doctors working in federal hospitals? or for both state and federal hospitals?, cos i heard it cuts across both state and federal hospitals. How true is that?

radiant 

Nice move by Yaradua.