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August 30, 2021

August 30, 2021 IFMNEWS

NMA Threatens To Join Doctors Strike, Gives FG 21-Day Ultimatum

The Federal Government has expressed concern about the 21-day strike notice issued by the Nigerian Medical Association over the alleged failure of government to meet the demands of the striking National Association of Resident Doctors.

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, while reacting to the threat by the NMA, said doctors should stop embarking on strikes at dangerous times and appealed to them to call off their strike.

The health minister said doctors should not be seen to be going on strikes at a time when the citizens were facing dangerous threats to lives.

Efforts by the NMA to resolve the disagreements between NARD and the government have so far failed.

August 30, 2021

August 30, 2021 IFMNEWS

Death Of Senator Na’Allah’s Son Appears To Be Culpable Homicide-Kaduna Govt

The Kaduna state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mudasiru Abdullahi, has ordered a full scale investigation into the assassination of a Nigerian Pilot, Mr Abdulkarim Ibn Na-Allah.

Abdullahi gave the order in a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, Mohammed Jalige.

He said the investigation will unravel the identities of the culprits and bringing them to book.

Son of Adamawa Sen. Bala Ibn Na-Allah, the 36-year-old aircraft captain was allegedly murdered in his Kaduna residence on Aug. 29.

August 30, 2021

August 30, 2021 IFMNEWS

Plateau NASS Caucus Must Voice Out Burdens Of Their People – Kaze

Former member of the House of Representatives, Bitrus Kaze has accused the Plateau state government of not doing enough to end the unwarranted killings in some parts of the state.

While speaking on a monitored programme, Bitrus Kaze who is a member of the PDP asked how many people have been prosecuted since the beginning of the crisis.

The state commissioner for Information, Dan Manjang said Governor Lalong has done all he could as the chief security officer in the state to end the killings.

According to him, one of the steps taken by government to curb the killings was the imposition of curfews at different times.

In his reaction, the Speaker, Plateau state House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba believes the crisis would have been curbed if the state government had implemented resolutions passed in the past.

August 27, 2021

August 27, 2021 IFMNEWS

DSS Spokesman: We Did Not Disperse Doctors At Saudi Arabia’s Recruitment Exercise In Abuja

The Department of State Services (DSS), has said that its operatives did not disperse medical doctors who had gathered for a Saudi Arabia organised job recruitment exercise yesterday at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

According to a statement made available to Inspiration FM News, titled, "DSS DID NOT DISPERSE DOCTORS AT SHERATON HOTEL, ABUJA, the Public Relations Officer of the nation's secret police, Dr. Peter Afunanya, said, "the attention of the Department of State Services has once again been drawn to a report circulated in the media that it dispersed doctors attending a Saudi Arabia organised job interview at the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, yesterday
26th August, 2021.

"Sections of the media that reported it did not care to verify the news before going to print. No further evidence was also adduced to prove that the DSS carried out such operation at the hotel", added the DSS spokesman

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