The House of Representatives said on Tuesday that over 2,500 graduate doctors might miss participating in the 2015 Batch ‘B’ National Youth Service Corps due to delays created by the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council.
It noted that the graduates, who had completed their internship, had not been issued Permanent Licence by the Council, a prerequisite for participating in the mandatory one-year NYSC program.
In a resolution members passed in Abuja, the House noted that while the graduates were not responsible for the delay, the same NMDC had instructed the authorities of the NYSC not to admit any of them into camps without a permanent licence.
A member who raised the issue under matters of urgent public importance, Mr. Oladele George, informed the House that the temporary licence held by the doctors did not grant them entry into NYSC camps.
“The issue of giving these young professionals permanent licence should not take more than one week.
“But, now it has taken months and yet no permanent licence for these graduates.
“Nigeria risks a vacuum of over 2,500 medical professionals if these doctors do not go for their service in batch ‘B’ for 2015,” he added.
The session, which was presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, advised the NMDC to waive the rule by allowing the graduates to enrol for their youth service, “pending when permanent licences will be issued to them.”
The House stated that all graduate doctors, who had fulfilled the requirements for the permanent licence, including payment of relevant fees, should be granted access into camps.
It added that the delay in the issuance of the licence could not be blamed on the doctors but on the NMDC.
The House further directed its Committee on Health Services to intervene and find out why the medical council was delaying the graduates after they had satisfied the requirements for the licence.
The resolution of the House received unanimous backing by lawmakers through a voice vote of a “yes.”

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Please o, when did MDCN turn to NMDC? Abi am I in Morocco now or what? Meanwhile all these HOs should not agree o. Look at what PCN did for the pharmacists. They should press MDCN to write a letter if they have truly done their housemanship

After going through so much stress and paying as much as 50,000naira for d permanent licence, it won't be fair if these docs get disenfranchised from service this year, the legislative house should come in please...

I learnt the graduate nurses are also experiencing same, true?

Abeg they should help us solve this internship issue oooooo b4 person go dy house for everything wen him learn as student

MDCN. Instead of looking after the young ones among you, you are standing in th her way. What's stops you from allowing them with thier temporary license for now.



Park well joor.