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The association says it has been talking with the Edo Government without positive outcomes

The NMA also calls for establishment of more virology centres.

The warning is coming as the killer disease resurfaces in parts of the country.

Tijjani Sa’idu died on Thursday.

NMA state chapter threatens withdrawal of services.

The doctors said their salaries are not being paid in full.

In 2017, within Calabar alone, five doctors and three of their dependants and family members were kidnapped.

The doctors state their grievances.

Association says medical examinations should be free from legislative scrutiny.

Two cases each were confirmed in Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom states, one each in Enugu State and Abuja.

“Government should not allow itself to be intimidated by illegal bodies like JOHESU in the health sector.”

Only 33 per cent of children around 12 to 23 months of age had three doses of pentavalent vaccine.

The ministry had earlier issued same warning to NMA.

Some of the unions are so powerful that they can hold the government to ransom.

The doctors began the strike on September 18.

Government says it will do everything to reach a compromise with the doctors.

The meeting between the NARD and the government delegation was inconclusive.

"Upgrading health facilities to international standards would save Nigeria the high amount of foreign exchange spent on medical tourism abroad."

“From what we have seen, there are a lot of them that are thriving within the society.”

“Some health workers never waited to confirm whether or not the patients required blood before transfusing them.”

The doctors agreed to suspend the strike because the state government met about 70 per cent of their demands.

The CPC and the NMA raised a joint standing committee for collaboration to enhance standards, care of patients.

The strike lasted 11 days.

The body wants vaccines to be produced locally.

The Nigerian surgeon spoke on funding, brain drain, medical tourism, and other issues affecting the country's health sector.