NMA election: Enang, others reject disqualification, call for reversal

A statesmanlike campaigner successful the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA election, Ofem Enang, and others person rejected their disqualification by the National Officers’ Committee.

They made their presumption known astatine a property league successful Abuja connected Wednesday.

Enang, a Professor of Internal Medicine astatine the University of Calabar, described their disqualification arsenic unconstitutional and a nonstop usurpation of NMA’s constitution.

He described the determination arsenic an effort to manipulate the electoral process successful favour of preferred candidates.

Enang revealed that helium and others were disqualified implicit method administrative interpretations connected the crushed of the fig of copies of CVs submitted.

“Notably, the constitution does not empower the NOC to disqualify candidates based connected administrative technicalities.

“Furthermore, Article 11(1b) provides thus: All members shall, taxable to the provisions of Article 4 of this constitution, beryllium eligible to contention elections to immoderate office…

“The supra intelligibly establishes that law criteria, not administrative discretion, find eligibility.

“The disqualification is, therefore, inconsistent with owed process and represents an overreaction of authority,” helium stated.

He demanded adherence to the NMA constitution, fairness successful the electoral proc...