Resident Doctors Threaten 21-Day Nationwide Strike Action
The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) has given the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to meet their demands (unpaid salaries) or face an indefinite nationwide strike.
Dr. Muhammad Askira, the president of NARD, who spoke at a news conference yesterday, 4th of April in Abuja gave the warning and said the ultimatum took effect from April 4.
The Nations news reports that Dr. Askira listed some of their demands as payments of members’ salaries till date, appropriate placement of members in states and federal tertiary hospitals across the nation, reversal of sacked members in some hospitals as well as appropriate funding of residency training programme.
Askira added that some of their members in states tertiary hospitals in Osun, Imo, Ekiti, Abia and Kogi, among others, were owed 3 to 8 month’s salary. He then urged the government to adequately fund hospitals and upgrade facilities in public hospitals in line with international best practices.
”NARD will no longer tolerate undue sack of resident doctors and demands immediate reversal of such, and urge government to comply with the pension deductions act as amended in 2014. We urged the government to ensure appropriate and adequate remuneration of our members at hospitals,” Dr. Askira said.
Dr. Askira also reacted to the Health Minister’s threat that any health worker who is engaged in industrial disharmony would forfeit his salary. He requested the minister to ascribe penalties for ”work without pay” before the penalty for ”no work no pay”.
Government shld pay them their salaries
Pls Doctors u pple shld sort it out well
If they go on strike wat will happen to their parents?
I don’t understand why people as important as doctors will be owed salaries they’ve worked for? What the heck is going on in this nation?
Government owing doctors? I can beat my chest now and say Nigeria is the worst country in the world. This administration is the worst and I think the president should be impeached.
8 months salary? Which way 9ja?
This our govt. sef i tire o, no salary, light, fuel
someone should pls wake NLC, TUC & the Civil Society
Enough is enough
there is suffering in the land
as if they dn’t have eyes
Hmmmmmmm, NIGERIA
This is just too much for one country. Please ooooooo. They shouldnt even think about it or the country is so finished.
Na wa o
Hmmmm
Naija!
na wa oooo.
Can’t just wait till 2019 to vote him out