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Nigeria:
Fashola Insists He Can't Reabsorb Sacked Doctors
Vanguard, 30 May 2012
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, urged the sacked striking doctors in the state to channel their appeal through the Health Service Commission, to clear any… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Fashola Proffers Way Out of Face-Off With Sacked Doctors
Leadership, 30 May 2012
As the country celebrates the attainment of democratic governance, Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday assured Lagosians of more dividends of democracy. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Reinstatement of 34 Doctors Mere Propaganda - NMA
Vanguard, 30 May 2012
The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, yesterday, condemned the purported reinstatement of 34 sacked doctors by the state government, saying, it is mere… Read more »
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Nigeria:
I Lack Power to Reverse Doctors' Dismissal, Says Fashola
This Day, 30 May 2012
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday said he lacked powers under the law to overturn the dismissal of the 788 medical doctors recently sacked for allegedly… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Resident Doctors Issue 14 Days Ultimatum to FG Over Sacked Colleagues
Vanguard, 29 May 2012
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to prevail on the Lagos State Government to recall sacked doctors and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lagos 788 - Nationwide Doctors' Strike Looms Over Sacked Docs
Daily Trust, 29 May 2012
The National Association of Resident Doctors yesterday threatened to go on indefinite strike in the next 14 days, if the federal government fails to prevail on Lagos state to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
ASUU Demands Recall of Sacked Lagos Doctors
Daily Trust, 29 May 2012
The Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria (ASUU) on Monday pleaded with the Governor of Lagos state, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola to recall all doctors sacked because of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Reverse Doctors' Sack, Kaduna Doctors Tell Fashola
Daily Trust, 28 May 2012
Doctors in Kaduna State have called on well meaning Lagosians to urge Governor Babatunde Fashola to unconditionally reverse the sack of 788 doctors in his employ or they would join… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lagos Reabsorbs 34 Sacked Doctors
This Day, 29 May 2012
Lagos State Government has reabsorbed 34 medical doctors out of the 788 sacked recently by the state government, THISDAY can report. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doctors' Sack - NBA, Activists Warn NUPENG Over Strike
Vanguard, 28 May 2012
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos branch has described as uncomplimentary, the statement credited to the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Lagos branch, to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NUPENG Threatens Strike Over Lagos Doctors
This Day, 26 May 2012
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Friday raised the stakes in the face-off between the Lagos State Government and striking doctors in the state as it gave… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NUPENG Warns Lagos Govt On Doctors' Strike
Vanguard, 26 May 2012
NIGERIA Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday gave the Lagos State Government up till Monday to resolve all its differences with the striking Lagos doctors… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Court Dismisses Lagos Objection On Sacked Doctors
This Day, 25 May 2012
Justice Benedict Kanyip of the National Industrial Court (NIC) in Lagos yesterday dismissed a preliminary objection filed by the Lagos State Government to challenge the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Court Rejects Lagos Plea to Stop Striking Doctors' Suit
Vanguard, 25 May 2012
The National Industrial Court, NIC, Lagos Division, yesterday ruled that it had jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by the Medical Guild against the Lagos State Government. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Unitary Labour and the Rest of us - Doctors and the Poor in Lagos State
Fahamu, 24 May 2012
What the national executive body of the doctors need to know is the need to constructively explore all available options for resolving the conflict in Lagos State. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Sacked Doctors Have Started Appealing
This Day, 24 May 2012
Lagos State Government yesterday claimed that some of the dismissed doctors had started appealing and responding to the query issued them, questioning their strike embarked by… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Sacked Doctors - Court Dismisses Lagos Objection
Daily Trust, 24 May 2012
A Lagos National Industrial Court (NIC) has dismissed a preliminary objection filed by the Lagos State government challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the suit filed… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doctors VS Lagos Govt - Court Has Jurisdiction to Hear Case - Judge
Vanguard, 24 May 2012
The National Industrial Court (NIC) on Thursday held that it had jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by the Medical Guild against the Lagos State Government. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lagos Doctors VS LASG - Court Has Jurisdiction to Hear Case - Judge
Daily Trust, 24 May 2012
The National Industrial Court (NIC) on Thursday held that it had jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by the Medical Guild against the Lagos State Government. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Sacked Doctors - Group Wants Embassies to Deny Lagos Officials Visa
Daily Trust, 23 May 2012
A pro-labour civil society coalition, Joint Action Front (JAF) has urged foreign missions in the country to place travel ban on Lagos state public officials and their families for… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Sacked Doctors - Lagos Challenges Court Jurisdiction
Daily Trust, 23 May 2012
Lagos State government has challenged jurisdiction of the National Industrial court sitting in Lagos to entertain the suit filed by members of Lagos State Medical Guild who were… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doctors Solidarity Strike Illegal
This Day, 22 May 2012
The House of Representatives Committee on Health yesterday described as unconstitutional the indefinite strike by doctors in the employment of the Federal Government in solidarity… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Sacked Lagos Doctors Lobby for Reinstatement
Vanguard, 21 May 2012
Indications emerged, weekend, that some of the 788 doctors sacked by the Lagos State government are now lobbying to get reinstated. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Recall Sacked Doctors, Lagos PDP Urges Fashola
This Day, 20 May 2012
Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) to as a matter of urgency recall the sacked Lagos doctors to halt the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Sacked Lagos Doctors Decry N33.4 Million Financial Shortfall From CONMESS
Vanguard, 21 May 2012
As health services remain grounded in Federal and state hospitals in Lagos in the wake of an indefinite strike by doctors, doctors under the auspices of the Medical Guild have… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doctors' Strike - Lagos Warns NMA Against Blackmail
This Day, 20 May 2012
The Lagos State Government Saturday defended again its decision to sack doctors on its payroll who went on strike without serving due notice. Read more »
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Nigeria:
New Doctors Engaged to Replace Those Who Abandoned Patients - Lagos Govt
Vanguard, 20 May 2012
Lagos State Government at the weekend urged the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to stop spreading falsehood, noting that sacking doctors who abandoned patients in the hospitals… Read more »
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Nigeria:
APBN Faults Lagos Govt for Sacking 788 Doctors
Vanguard, 21 May 2012
The sack of the 788 doctors by the Lagos State Government, weekend, received heavy knocks from the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria, APBN, which said it was against… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Reflections On the Lagos State Government's Onslaught On Doctors
Fahamu, 17 May 2012
A recent crackdown on doctors in Nigeria is symptomatic of a wider state attack on the working class. Read more »