According to her family, the NMA in Cross River, in the last 25 days, has not received any response or proof that the doctor is alive.
According to Mr Mimiko, Nigeria may only have native doctors to turn to for treatment if the medical doctors continue to leave the country in droves.
“This is with a view to suspending the strike,’’ he stated.
NMA says prioritising healthcare financing by all tiers of government is critical to reversing the brain drain in the health sector.
The NMA said the legislation was against the chatter signed by African countries on establishing the board for African traditional medicine.
“Or we can go for graded privatisation where they sell 51 per cent of the shares. Of course, they should fix it up a bit so that it could fetch some money.”
“We call on the kidnappers to search their conscience and see if it is right to keep in forced captivity an elder that has spent most of his life in the service of humanity.”
