NMA Demands IMSUTH Road Contract Revocation, New Salary Implementation.

The Nigeria Medical Association NMA, Imo state branch has appealed to the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma to, as a matter of state importance, call the contractor handling the road leading to the Imo State University Teaching Hospital, IMSUTH, Orlu to order, and direct the company back to site or revoke its contract if it fails to complete the road project within a specified period.

Rising from an extraordinary meeting of the association, Sunday, September 27, 2020 in Owerri, NMA chairman in Imo, Dr. Okwara Chidiebere, told newsmen that the road leading to the teaching hospital was in dire need of attention, saying that bad roads had hampered a lot of productivity within and around the hospital vicinity.


Dr. Okwara, appealed to Uzodinma to either compel those handling the road project to either expedite action or have their contract revoked and re-awarded to another for the benefit of Imo State.

He said the disconnection between good health care delivery and the practitioners needed to be addressed by the governor. He said both doctors’ welfare and infrastructure needed for efficient performance at various public health centres in the state should be addressed.



“We are appealing that the revised consolidation medical salary structure circular 2014 with proper placement of doctors be implemented in Imo without delay. “We know our Governor has our interest at heart and that’s why we are pleading with him as a matter of urgency address the litany of problems piling up around medical care in the state.

“The implementation of this salary structure is the best gift Governor Uzodinma can give to Imo people on October 1. Our workforce is ready to put in their best to see that Imo attains a favourable level in health care delivery and we need to have all necessary tools to work with,” he said.

Okwara regretted that Imo had consistently been deprived of the salary structure which had been in existence since 2014, adding that with the current administration in place, he hoped their plight would be addressed.

The Chairman, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, IMSUTH branch, Dr. Chijioke Nzewuihe, stated that Imo State boasted of some of the best committed medical doctors in the country and should be properly remunerated for efficient performance.

Dr. Nzewuihe also called on Governor Uzodinma to come to their aid by speeding up the pace of construction work at IMSUTH, stressing that should school resume without the road project completed, both students and teachers would face hard time going to school.

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