Nigeria, May 18 -- Doctors in Akwa Ibom State have given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) a two-week deadline to meet conditions set by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) or face a resumption of a statewide industrial action.

The ultimatum was contained in a communique issued after an emergency general meeting of the NMA held on Saturday over the EFCC's controversial raid of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH).

The association said although it had suspended the strike in most public health facilities across the state on humanitarian grounds, the action would continue at UUTH and the University of Uyo pending compliance with its demands.

It warned that all exempted centres would rejoin the strike if the...