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JUST IN: Health workers stage protest in Abuja over controversial regulatory bill

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Members of the Joint Health Sector Unions and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations have staged a protest at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.

The demonstrators are kicking against a proposed health sector regulatory bill currently before the National Assembly of Nigeria.

The protesters say they also plan to march to the National Assembly complex to present their concerns directly to lawmakers.

The protesting health workers are against the bill, claiming that if allowed to pass, it would subject every medical profession to the regulation of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.

They maintain that all health professions have their regulatory bodies, and that the new bill was seeking to make other health professionals second-class to medical doctors.

The protesters plan to also go to the National Assembly, where they hope to present their case to lawmakers.

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