MDCAN rejects FG’s revised allowances, issues 21-day ultimatum
The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Affiliation of Nigeria (MDCAN) has formally rejected the revised allowances outlined by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Charge (NSIWC) for medical and dental officers in the federal public provider, joining the Nigerian Medical Affiliation (NMA) in demanding a full withdrawal of the spherical.
In a joint commentary issued on Sunday and signed by its President, Prof. Muhammad Muhammad, and Regular Secretary, Prof. Daiyabu Ibrahim, the affiliation described the June 27, 2025 spherical (SWC/S/04/S.218/III/646) as “grossly insufficient, deceptive, and a flagrant violation” of long-standing collective bargaining agreements with the Federal Government.
MDCAN has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the authorities, warning that failure to behave on its calls for might well well well well consequence in the disruption of health companies.
Among its calls for are the instantaneous correction of consequential salary adjustments and compliance with agreements relationship attend to 2001, 2009, and 2014, especially in the case of the relativity between the Consolidated Medical Wage Structure (CONMESS) and the Consolidated Properly being Wage Structure (CONHESS).
The consultants additionally referred to as for the discharge of the spherical on Scientific Duty and diverse allowances for honorary consultants, as agreed in January 2024, and the implementation of specialist and scarce expertise allowances for health workers.
Varied calls for comprise the cost of all illustrious arrears linked to 25/35 per cent CONMESS, scientific accountability, and accoutrement allowances, as effectively because the 2025 Medical Residency Practising Fund (MRTF).
MDCAN wants the MRTF reviewed to replicate fresh financial realities.
The affiliation additionally adverse what it described because the appointment of non-medical personnel as consultants in hospitals. It referred to as for a reversal of such appointments, citing concerns about affected person safety and professional standards.
“The instantaneous reversal of the appointment of diverse healthcare experts as consultants in hospitals is extreme to make it likely for that affected person safety and uphold standards of care,” the commentary read.
MDCAN extra demanded the trendy utility of CONMESS all over all authorities establishments, revised retirement age implementation, and entire medical health insurance for all medical and dental practitioners, alongside with enhanced welfare provisions.
“MDCAN is confident that the Federal Government will attain all it takes to solve these concerns all around the 21-day window duration, to avert the functionality disruptions in healthcare companies and its attendant penalties if these concerns are likely to be no longer resolved,” the affiliation mentioned.
It reaffirmed its full support for the Nigerian Medical Affiliation and mentioned it would await extra directives from the NMA, which had earlier warned of imaginable industrial motion if the spherical is no longer withdrawn and diverse calls for met.
