Tinubu approves retirement age of 65 for health workers.

Tinubu  approves retirement age  of 65 for health  workers. 

Tinubu mourns  victims of Niger  blast
President Bola Tinubu
•  Encourages public, private schools to  prioritize children's safety
•  Planes en route to France ahead of AU summit in Addis Ababa
President Bola  Tinubu yesterday called on all public and private schools to  prioritize the safety  of children at all times,  even as he  urged education  regulators to ensure  adherence to safety  standards.
On the same  day, the  president approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other  health workers from 60 to  65.
He then left Abuja for Paris,  France on a private  visit, en route to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital for the African Union (AU)  summit.
Tinubu's appeal was contained in his condolence message to  the parents, guardians and families of those who died in a fire that  engulfed an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, on Tuesday  night. The president, while  greeting the state government and  school owners, prayed for the  speedy recovery of those receiving medical attention. He also  wished eternal rest  to the souls of the  deceased and  solace to their loved  ones.
The National Publicity  Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Mannir Bature, disclosed the new retirement age in a  statement yesterday in  Lagos.
Bature said the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare,  Prof. Muhammad Pate,  has been  tasked with formally  presenting the approval to the  Governing Council through the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHOSF) for  finalization.
He said Pate conveyed the policy  change at a high-level meeting with the NMA President,  Prof. Bala  Audu and key stakeholders in the health  sector. The NMA  spokesperson quoted the minister as saying that Tinubu  had approved the correction of  subsequent adjustments  to the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Salary Structure  (CONHESS) resulting from the implementation of the new minimum  wage.
The NMA had  advocated increasing the retirement age of health workers from 60 to 65 years to  combat brain drain, improve knowledge  transfer and  ensure quality  health care delivery.
In Addis Ababa, Tinubu will join African leaders at the 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of  State of the AU, from February 12 to 16,  2025.
The President is  expected to arrive  in Addis Ababa early next week for the  summit.
The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,  explained in a  statement that while in France, Tinubu  met with his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron.

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