Abuja – The negotiation between the Federal Government and the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) ended in a stalemate in the early hours of Friday.

The meeting, which started at about 6 p.m. on Thursday and ended by 5 a.m. on Friday, had in attendance the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu and his health counterpart, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu,
Others in attendance were Chief Richard Egbule, the Chairman, National Incomes, Salaries and Wages Commission (NISWC); Mrs Patience Osinubi, the Director, Hospital Service Management, Ministry of Health, and the leadership of NARD.

The parley ended in a deadlock due to disagreement over a particular clause in the communiqué, which the union said was unacceptable
Wogu said in an interview said that the meeting would continue at noon on Friday, Oct. 4 but could not say if the strike would be called off before the meeting begins.

He, however, said he was certain that the midday meeting would end well.
On his part, the minister of Health, Prof. Chukwu, told Said that the discussion with the union was successful.
“I believed the strike would be called off.
“The meeting went well and like the minister of labour said, I believe they will come back and sign the agreement,’’ he said.

However, Dr Omokwa Harrison, the National Vice President of NARD, said the meeting ended in deadlock due to disagreement over some details that needed to be put together.

“The meeting went well after so many hours and ended in a deadlock due to disagreement over some details that we needed to put together.
“I think that both parties had a very fruitful discussion except for the last issue.

“The agreement reached at the meeting was supposed to be considered by NARD, and the president has already given assurance that we would go back to reconsider the issue,’’ Harrison said.
He said that the union members did not storm out of the meeting and that he was hopeful that the “little disagreement’’ would be resolved.
Harrison explained that in negotiation, parties sometimes disagree on certain issues and “this can lead to the meeting being adjourned or prolonged”.

He said he was confident that the area of disagreement would be resolved, when the meeting reconvenes.
NARD President, Dr Jibril Abdullahi, on Wednesday directed his members nationwide, to proceed on an indefinite strike from Thursday, Oct. 3.
Abdullahi said that the association was protesting what he described as the poor funding of the training of its members.

He said that NARD had demanded that the funding gap be improved through supplementary budget, but “the Federal Government has so far failed to accede to our to the demand”. (NAN)

Lmfao..so no be only ASUU mr deadlock dey follow!

i laugh in mandarin! Doctors don dey open eye small small.thank god they ve realized that nma is a body of politicians who just look out for themselves.gov must be ready to fund residency training or be ready to have their b.alls squeezed.developing healthcare is not just about buying equipment but also developing the much needed man power.in ard we trust!

Hmm

№ sector seems †̥☺ be working right now since they are all in deadlock under goodluck. Aviation , Education, healthcare, power, agriculture (cost of foods) etc.
I laff @ all those then ACN members in lagos who said †̥☺ us 'let's tap into this man's goodluck by voting against our party candidate Ribadu'.

a joke by tonididdy:

A pLane waz ab0ut 2
crash and there were
onLy 4 parachutes
meanwhiLe there were
5 passenqers. The first
pers0n waz Messi and he said: ''Yh0u kn0w I'm
the best footbalLer, I
cant die n0w." He took
one parachute and left.
The sec0nd, who was
Aliko Dangote said: "Yh0u kn0w I'm the
richest man in Africa
and I'm 2 young to die."
So he took the sec0nd
parachute and left.
Prezident Jonathan said: "Yh0u kn0w I'm the
smartest Prezident in
the w0rld so I cant die
n0w." He took one and
left. The passenqers
left were Pope John Paul and a little schooL gurL.
The Pope said 2 her:
"Take the last one, I'lL
sacrifice my life for
yh0u". The little gurL
repLied: "There are 2 parachutes left,
Jonathan took my
schooL bag."