Resident doctors declare 5-day warning strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors has declared five days of warning strike beginning from Wednesday May 11 in agitation over what it calls “remuneration injustice”.

NARD’s President, Dr Muhammad Askira, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja, adding that its negotiations with government representatives were not satisfactory.

The doctors had entered into negotiation with government after President Muhammadu Buhari assured them that their demands would be considered.

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“There are some processes still on-going in resolving the impasse, but efforts so far made by government have not yet met our demands with respect to doctors’ pay and residency training”, Askira said.

According to Askira, the doctors’ grievances included the fact that resident doctors at Federal hospitals including UBTH, UCH and LUTH have not been paid December salaries unlike their non-doctor counterparts and that new entry steps for house officers are yet to be implemented.

Continuing, the NARD President said some hospitals still stop doctors from skipping a pay grade unlike non-doctor workers after a court ruling allowed the practice, and that arrears accruing from years of the practice are yet to be paid to doctors.

It would be recalled that a previous indefinite strike due to start on Tuesday, after an ultimatum that’s run more than 30 days, was shelved in favour of the warning strike.

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