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To forestall the current wave of anomalies in political circles, the Nigerian Medical Association has called for a psychiatric evaluation of politicians seeking political office in 2015 to determine their mental state.
This call was made by the medical body in a communiqué issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting in Jos on Sunday.
The NMA also called on all psychiatric doctors in the country to register with the Independent National Electoral Commission to supervise such test.
The communiqué also clarified issues on the strike embarked upon by some doctors, saying that medical doctors were not on strike, but would not succumb to blackmail.
Continuing, the communiqué, read by NMA National President, Dr. Kayode Obembe, said that such a test had become necessary because of the manner some political office holders had been conducting themselves, adding that medical doctors had also been advised to register in order to participate in the political process at all levels.
It also called on doctors to register as polling officers to assist INEC to conduct a free and fair election.
The communiqué said, “As the events that will culminate in the 2015 general elections in Nigeria start in different parts of the country, apprehension appears to be building up among the citizenry for so many reasons, ranging from the insecurity challenge being unleashed on the nation by the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, the face-off between the executive and legislative arms of government, the threat of impeachment being peddled by a sizeable section of the National Assembly against the President, to the economic crisis that has necessitated desperate measures from the government.
“The NMA wishes to join other Nigerians at home and abroad as well as the international community, to express the need for politicians in the country to tread with caution so as not to cause tension in a system that is already heated to a near-boiling point.
“We also urge the Federal Government to scale up security apparatus to checkmate the emerging security challenges in the country.”
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