Dr. Umar Musa, a medical Expert, warned women against the indiscriminate use of contraceptives as consumption of contraceptives could delay conception or damage the uterus.

Dr. Musa, President of the Resident Doctors Association, Kaduna State, said that while contraceptives help prevent unwanted pregnancies; they do not prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

He disclosed that there is a particular contraceptive in hot demand, noting that many women are probably using it indiscriminately.

“Too much of this contraceptive will weaken the wall of the womb and damage the uterus which will cause miscarriages in the future.

“There are lots of risks associated with the constant use of this drug. Most ladies consume contraceptives in clinically unsafe ways.

“They use these drugs without knowing the way they interact with the body system and forgetting that people react to drugs in different ways,’’ he said.

Musa also advocated tighter restrictions on the sale of contraceptives and suggested that the use of condoms was an option to stave off unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.

However, a condom may look like a major inconvenience and a fun killer for many; it would protect one from sexually transmitted diseases and prevent pregnancy.

The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has called on newly sworn in Medical Doctors to heed to the ethics of their profession.

The Governor stated this during the oath taking ceremony of the 19th batch of Medical grandaunts in Ebonyi State University, in Abakaliki, the State capital.

Governor Umahi advised Universities and Medical & Dental Council of Nigeria to always create enabling environment and necessary laws that can aid Medical activities in Nigeria.

“Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN must at all times make work easy for the professionals in that field, for when they have enabling environment to operate, they will operate optimally,” the Governor stated.

Governor David Umahi was represented by his Deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe.

The Vice Chancellor of Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Professor Chigozie Ogbu was full of happiness as the University has increased to 1730 medical personnel who have graduated so far in the school.

Professor Ogbu advised the new medical Doctors to be good Ambassadors of the profession.

The Chief Medical Director of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital, Dr. Emaka Onwe Ogah, encouraged them to be dedicated and obedient while discharging their duties.

One of the parents of the grandaunts, a retired Permanent Secretary, Mr. Cajetan Oketa said he was fulfilled seeing his son become a medical Doctor.

“It’s not by power or might but by the spirit says the Lord. My son should put God first, Doctors care, only God heals, with God, he will always succeed,” he said.

Also, one of the new Medical Doctors, Dr. Oscar Oketa thanked God for making him a fulfilled Man.

Oscar thanked the Staff and Management of Ebonyi State University for bringing the best out of him.

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has given the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum which takes effect from Monday, July 26, 2021, to resolve the issue of continuous underpayment of members, who are clinical lecturers in universities across the country.

The National President, (MDCAN), Prof. Kenneth Ozoilo, gave the ultimatum at a press conference in Jos, Plateau State, during the association’s emergency National Executive Council meeting which held on Monday July 19, 2021.

He said that all efforts at engaging various arms and agencies of government to achieve a negotiated peaceable solution in the past 10 years had proved an unmitigated failure.

The MDCAN president stated, “After extensive deliberation, NEC observed as follows, the income loss being suffered by consultants, who are clinical lecturers in the universities, has gone on for over 10 years.

“It is the direct result of the fact that they do two full-time jobs in both the universities and the teaching hospitals, yet receive a combined emolument that is less than that for one job.

“The income loss extends into retirement as their retirement benefits are much attenuated too due to the income loss incurred in the university.

“That this income loss is the result of the fact that their work in the teaching hospitals is under-compensated, and also the fact that the remuneration system in the university does not recognise them as doctors, despite the fact that the university primarily employs them because of the fact that they are doctors.

“That this income loss has led to the increasing difficulty in attracting the brightest and the best of consultants into the universities as lecturers, a steady exodus of the few doctors in academia to service centres and a worsening of the brain drain phenomenon,” he added.

NEC, therefore, hereby issues a 21-day ultimatum effective from Monday, July 26, 2021, to the government and its agencies as a notice of its resolve.