COVID-19: NMA counsels varsities as students get ready for school resumption

Adefioye Iyunade

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)Kwara State through its chairman, Prof. Baba Issa has urged universities on strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols to ensure the safety of students and curtail the spread of the virus on campuses.

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Issa, who made this known on Monday when he visited the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, in his office said the call has become necessary as universities in the country get ready for the resumption of academic activities.

According to him, NMA was working hard to curtail the spread of the virus and suggested that universities should strictly enforce social distancing, regular hand washing, use of hand sanitizers, and face masks.

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Issa counseled further that university staff should be rotated to limit the possibility of infection spread when academic activities fully resumed.

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The chairman noted that being the highest employer of labour in the state, it was pertinent for the association to visit the university and strengthen the relationship between them.

He expressed the association’s gratitude to the vice-chancellor for appointing medical doctors into various positions in the institution.

Issa further appealed for the appointment of more medical personnel to complement the ones at the university clinic.

The NMA chairman also appealed for statutory allowances to be paid to doctors in the university and for medical students with resit exams to be allowed to resit for the examination.

The vice-chancellor promised to look into all the requests made once they were formally presented to him in writing.

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