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Abuja doctors to begin strike Tuesday
Doctors on the payroll of the Federal Capital Territory including those on COVID-19 duty will begin an indefinite strike from Tuesday.
The doctors are demanding the payment of their COVID-19 allowance and other welfare packages.
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In a memo issued on Monday by the Secretary of the Association of Resident Doctors in the FCT, Dr. Mustapha Ibrahim, the doctors said they would embark on the strike from 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
The memo read: “This is to inform you that we will be embarking on an indefinite strike with effect from 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, following the decision of the EGM dated Friday, August 28, 2020.”
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