The Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, has dismissed as baseless and borne out of ignorance, the the allegation recently raised by the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, that the lives of its members were being threatened by its members.
This was disclosed by the chairman of JOHESU, Federal Capital Territory Chapter, Maduka Maduabuchi, at a media briefing in Abuja on Tuesday.
The FCT JOHESU boss warned the NMA to desist from making what he described as grave allegation, urging it to tender an apology within the next few days or the union will be forced to take drastic measures against NMA.
Maduabuchi, therefore, called on the police, DSS and the FCT Hospital Management Board to investigate the allegations raised by NMA in an effort to put the records straight.
Maduabuchi said: “The allegations made by one Dr Isaac Akerele on behalf of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) were as wild as they were baseless. “The allegations are the result of the frustrations of the ARD/NMA in their failed attempt to break the ranks of JOHESU members and sell to the public and government a lie that work is going on successfully without the JOHESU members.
“JOHESU FCTA chapter, hereby, wishes to put the records straight and to lay bare the cocktail of lies that abound in the mischievous, damaging and misleading allegations of the NMA/ARD FCT chapter.”
“JOHESU, however, called on “ARD/NMA FCT to desist from making inflammatory statements and un-founded allegations against JOHESU FCTA.
“This is more so bearing in mind that healthcare is a team work. We call on the FCT Administration to investigate this matter and to admonish Dr. Akerele and the NMA/ARD to abstain from acts capable of creating fear and doubt in the minds of patients attending FCTA hospitals.
“This is a great disservice to the efforts of the FCTA Minister, the Health and Human Services Secretariat and the Hospitals Management Board to provide quality healthcare for the people of the FCT.
“We call on the Police, the DSS and other security agencies to disregard the frivolous allegations of ARD /NMA FCT chapter.”
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