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Former Nigerian President Dr Goodluck Jonathan appealed to the National Association of Resident Physicians (NARD) and the federal government to quickly resolve the ongoing industrial conflict in order to save lives in the country.
Jonathan made this advocacy at the 57th Annual Conference and Scientific Workshop of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State.
He said that the importance of the medical profession cannot be overstated, just as he praised the members of the Medical Laboratory Science Association for their tenacity during the pandemics that have recently taken place in the country.
The ex-president instructed medical scientists to continue investigating the causes of diseases, with a view to also working on prevention mechanisms and possible remedies whenever they occur, saying that if the country is to develop , the medical sector must play a pivotal role.
Similarly, Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has tasked the federal government to work on a harmonized pay structure for all medical workers in the country.
He said if there had been a harmonized salary structure for all staff in the medical profession in Nigeria, the problems of endless industrial strikes due to salary issues would have been a thing of the past.
Diri, represented by his deputy Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said all staff in the healthcare delivery chain are important and therefore should be treated fairly on the platform of fairness.
According to the governor, medical laboratory scientists are essential to the doctor’s ability to correctly diagnose and treat diseases in the health system.
He pointed out that although the medical laboratory profession is at the forefront of disease investigation, it has not received the recognition it rightly deserves in Nigeria.
Governor Diri, who urged the federal government to carry out comprehensive reform in the health sector, suggested that states and local governments should be given more responsibility and resources to provide services to the population, while as he said the federal government is currently overwhelmed. by the challenges in the health sector, hence the urgent need for devolution of power to save the sector from total collapse
“I want to call on the federal government to lead a comprehensive reform in the health sector of our country. Salaries and allowances for all categories of health workers in Nigeria should be harmonized.
“All personnel in the health sector are important and should be treated on the basis of fairness. Medical laboratory scientists are involved in the proper investigation of diseases, but they are less recognized in Nigeria.
“Only a harmonized salary structure in the health sector will bring equity. Experience has shown that if you satisfied the doctors, the nurses would complain, ”he said.
“If you make the nurses happy, the pharmacists will complain; if you satisfied the pharmacists, the environmental health workers would complain and make their own demands. Let us reflect on this issue of wage disparity in the healthcare sector at this conference. However, here in Bayelsa State, the challenges AMLSN faces are being addressed by the government, as a follow-up to our health summit. We are working on the legal framework, and also to incorporate the delegation of tasks to achieve better results and results, ”he added.
In a keynote address, Dr Azibapu Eruani, Group Chairman, Azikel Companies called for effective collaboration in funding and promoting research to prepare for the onset of any pandemic in the future to prevent losses human, social and economic consequences.
Minister of State for Health Dr Adeleke Mamora said AMLSN is at the forefront of capacity building to guide physicians in clinical case management and patient treatment.
Represented by the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Center of Yenagoa, Dr Dennis Alagoa, the minister said that President Muhammadu Buhari has established the health sector reform committee to address the challenges facing the sector. and improve the delivery of health care in the country.

By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa

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