Leadership crisis tears Zamfara NMA apart, factions emerge

The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, successful Zamfara State has been factionalized into groups with antithetic chairmen pursuing a powerfulness tussle successful the Association soon aft its 2024 predetermination of authorities officers.

DAILY POST reports that the contiguous past Vice Chairman of the Association, Dr Ibrahim Jibril Hano, was declared by the returning officer, Dr. Mannir Bature, arsenic the victor of the predetermination for the chairmanship position.

It besides reports that Dr Hano polled 183 votes to decision Dr Mayanchi and Dr Usman Suleiman Mayanchi, who scored 12 votes, saying that Dr Mayanchi rejected the effect and claimed to beryllium the caller president of the association.

Recall that the State helping of the NMA, started its Annual General Meeting peacefully, with a technological league but erstwhile the predetermination of the caller State officials commenced, occupation that could not beryllium addressed began.

The returning serviceman for the predetermination was the National Publicity Secretary and erstwhile State Chairman of the Association, Dr Mannir Bature, who adjourned the league to 5 pm, wherever the delegates were to enactment successful the exercise.

Dr Bature stated that they reconvened astatine 5 pm, erstwhile the predetermination was conducted, saying that candidates for different positions emerged unopposed but 3 candidates, namely Ibrahim Jibril Hano, Mohammed Abubakar and Usman Suleiman contested the chairmanship position.

He said Dr. Ibrahim Jibril Hano who was the NMA National Publicity Secretary was described arsenic the morganatic and recognised caller State Chairman by the National Body.

Dr. Hano promised to run an unfastened doorway policy, transparent, and accountable leadership, arsenic good arsenic to transportation each subordinate along, stressing that helium has the mandate to pb the Association successful the State.

Dr. Usman Suleiman Mayanchi who is besides claiming to beryllium the caller State Chairman is receiving the enactment of immoderate elders of the Association. He is calling connected the members to enactment him and his squad to win successful taking the Association to greater heights.

Meanwhile, Dr Ibrahim Jibril Hano’s campy has been recognised by the National enactment and added to its level arsenic the authorities officer.

It was, however, reported that connected Sunday, August 11, Dr Mayanchi went to the State Secretariat, claiming helium was the caller president of the relation but helium was denied access.

Other camps program to instrumentality enactment against him.

Leadership situation tears Zamfara NMA apart, factions emerge