Medical and Dental Consultants Association, MDCAN, and Medical and Dental Specialist Association in Basic Medical Sciences, MEDSABAMS, have raised concern over the on-going withdrawal of services in medical schools in South-West universities.
The withdrawal of services was as a result of non migration of medical lecturers to CONMESS salary structure.
The two Medical Associations equally observed that no meaningful progress had been made as regards the implementation of payment of clinical lecturers with CONMESS salary structure by the universities in the South West and Ilorin contrary to what was obtained in other geo-political zones of the country.
In a press statement issued in Jos, the Plateau State Capital, jointly signed by MDCAN and MEDSABAMS Presidents, Prof Mohammad Aminu and Prof AbdulGafar Jimoh, the associations called on the Federal Government, the Minister of Education, and National Universities Commission, NUC, to prevail on the Vice Chancellors of the South-West Universities to intensify efforts to resolve the issue to avoid further disruption of academic calendar.
They also called on the Federal Government, the Minister of Education, and National Universities Commission, NUC, to prevail on the Vice Chancellors of the South-West Universities to intensify efforts to resolve the issue to avoid further disruption of academic calendar.
The Associations urged the Minister of Labour and Employment, the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission to expedite action to honour the resolutions reached with Federal Government on the 22nd November, 2024, among which is to migrate all medical lectures to CONMESS.
The clinical lecturers in all the tertiary institutions from South-Western Nigeria had since 3rd February, 2025, withdrew their services, pending the full payment of their CONMESS salary structure.
