punch newspaper JULY 4, 2014 BY FRIDAY OLOKOR

The Federal Government on Friday expressed
optimism that the ongoing strike action by
the Nigerian Medical Association would be
called of on Monday (next week) at the end
of the association’s Emergency Delegates
Meeting.
“I also want to remind all health workers that
the ethics of their professions dictates that at
all times emergency care must not be denied
to those that need them. I thank you all,” the
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu,
stated during a press briefing in Abuja to
convey government’s update on the strike.
While describing the strike as “unnecessary,”
he said “almost all the issues in contention
were either issues that had been
satisfactorily resolved or issues that could be
treated merely through administrative
mechanism.”
Chukwu said he had expected the NMA to
respond and attend to all emergency cases
in public hospitals “in the spirit of this
understanding.”