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NMA chaos: Delegates suspend NOC, reinstate disqualified candidates

Friday, April 24, 2026

Delegates at an emergency meeting in Abuja voted to suspend the NMA’s National Officers’ Committee, reinstate six disqualified electoral candidates and set up a caretaker committee to run the association. The move deepens the leadership crisis within the Nigerian Medical Association, threatening coordination of doctors’ advocacy and potentially disrupting health‑service negotiations

The crisis rocking the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, at the national level escalated on Thursday as delegates at an Emergency Delegates Meeting, EDM, in Abuja voted to suspend the National Officers’ Committee, NOC, reverse the disqualification of six electoral candidates, and install a caretaker committee to steer the affairs of the association. The post NMA chaos: Delegates suspend NOC, reinstate disqualified candidates appeared first on Vanguard News.