He said that there was a need to have effective leadership that would address the myriad of issues confronting the health sector in the country.
Chairman of the occasion, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, recalled the role of the NMA in the past and urged them to wake up and contribute their best to rebuild the nation’s health sector.
Also, the President, of NMA, Dr. Uche Ojinmah, thanked the Federal Government, Delta, and other state governments for paying the new hazard allowance, adding that Delta blazed the trail in paying the new allowance and many others.
Ojinmah called on other state governments in the country that were yet to commence payment of the allowance to do so to maintain industrial harmony in their healthcare sectors.
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Earlier, the Chairman of NMA in Delta, Dr. Carter Okolakpa, thanked Gov. Okowa for the immense support his administration had offered the association.
He appealed to the governor to declare an emergency on the replacement of medical doctors and other healthcare workers who had left the service of the state.
In his remarks, the Asagba of Asaba, Obi Prof. Chike Edozien, who was represented by Chief Chris Chukwurah, called for strong leadership in the country that would address the challenges be-devilling all sectors of the nation.
