{"id":30506,"date":"2014-08-24T19:33:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T18:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=30506"},"modified":"2014-08-24T19:33:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T18:33:49","slug":"amosun-commends-nma-calling-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/amosun-commends-nma-calling-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Amosun Commends NMA For Calling off Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has commended the Nigerian<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Medical Association (NMA) over it&#8217;s decision to\u00a0 call off the over one<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">month Medical Doctors&#8217; nationwide strike in the overall interest of the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">generality of the citizenry.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on media, Mrs Olufunmilayo<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wakama,Amosun noted that the decision could not have come at a better time<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">when the nation is battling to curb the spread of the dreaded Ebola Virus,<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">which he noted is fast becoming an epidemic.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;People should always find amicable ways of resolving crisis. I want to<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">commend the leadership of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), for having<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">found a way round the issues that led to the industrial action in the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">first place.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I am happy that the strike has been called off at this very crucial time,<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">when the guidance and expertise of our medical personnel are most crucial<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">in containing the Ebola Virus,&#8221; he said.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Amosun also commended the efforts of the NMA National President, Dr.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kayode Obembe, the Senate President, David Mark, as well as others who<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">were able to prevail on the concerned parties for the favourable outcome.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He also expressed the hope that stakeholders would be able to find a final<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">resolution of the dispute while negotiations continue.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has commended the NigerianMedical Association (NMA) over it&#8217;s decision to\u00a0 call off the over onemonth Medical Doctors&#8217; nationwide strike in the overall interest of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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