The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has issued a fresh 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet its demands or face industrial action.
The association disclosed this on Tuesday through communique at the end of its extraordinary National Executive Council meeting (NEC).
The meeting was held virtually.
The communique was released and signed by its President, Dr Victor Makanjuola, and Secretary-General, Dr Yemi Raji and made available to newsmen.
The communique partly reads: “This error has resulted in the complete exclusion of the clinical lecturers (Honorary Consultants) from benefitting from the upward review.
“The commencement date for the new circular was agreed to be January 1, 2023, rather than June 1, 2023.
“We believe this error will be corrected without delay. The recent upward review of Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) did not take into consideration the consequences of the fuel subsidy removal and exponential inflation that has pervaded our socio-economic space in the past three months.
“Despite our association’s decision to keep faith with the engagement and negotiations with the National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission for more than two years regarding the correction of the shortfalls in remuneration for Clinical Lecturers (Honorary Consultants), the issue is yet to be conclusively addressed by the Federal Government.”
