The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the federal government to implement the upward review of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) among other demands.
In a communique issued Tuesday after its national executive council meeting, the association said it could “no longer guarantee the present relative industrial harmony within the government hospitals and our medical schools if the issues were not satisfactorily resolved”.
The communique was signed by the president of the association, Victor Makanjuola and the Secretary-General, Yemi Raji.
MDCAN also demanded immediate implementation of the upward review of age retirement to 70 years for consultants and 65 years for other health workers, as an immediate measure to bridge the ongoing massive brain drain.
It flayed the non-implementation of the jointly agreed upward review of CONMESS and the introduction of accoutrement allowance with the Nigerian Medical Association.
It said the released circular only captured the percentage increase on the basic salary, as against applying it to both the basic salary and all allowances except hazard allowance.
It said the recent upward review of CONMESS did not take into consideration the consequences of the fuel subsidy removal and the inflation that had pervaded the socioeconomic space in the past three months.
