SAFAR 27, 1428 A.H.
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007		  

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Bauchi Speaker urges FG to implement CONIISS
From SULE ALIYU, (Bauchi)

THE Speaker of Bauchi state House of Assembly (BAHA), Hon. Tanko Ibrahim Jalan has urged the federal government to consider the immediate implementation of the Consolidated Tertiary Institution Salary Structure (CONIISS), because of its important effect on the medical and dental profession.
Hon. Jalan told Daily Triumph in Bauchi that the new CONIISS circular which reduced the take home pay medical doctors and university lecturers, is capable of plunging the entire nation into another medical and educational crises.
The lawmaker stressed that the monumental achievements recorded by the Obasanjo administration in the health and educational sectors, may be eroded especially at this period when the nation is on another threshold of history, advising the federal government against the looming crises in the two most important sectors of the economy.
‘’No member of the ruling political party (PDP) will definitely allow the government to be subjected to blackmail by any association through strike actions or neglect of the two vital sectors of the economy for whatever reason,’ he opined
According to him, already the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has given the federal government a 21-day ultimatum with effect from February 12,2007 to withdraw the CONIISS circular or face an industrial action. He urged the federal government to create at least a medical service commission that will effectively conceptualize and implement all medical service as well as reduce problems associated with medical and health practice in the country.
Hon.Jalan reconsider further revealed that as a law maker, he will be moon any attempt to infringe on the rights and privileges of any Nigerian irrespective of his professional calling.
He however, urged the NMA to explore other conventional means of seeking redness for their predicament rather than strike, noting that ‘’their will create an adverse effect on the generality especially the poor masses that cannot afford to pay for private medical services.