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