Nigerian resident doctors have alleged a plot to instigate
health workers to embark on nationwide strike to frustrate
the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
The National Association of Resident Doctors said
Wednesday in a communique after a meeting in Abuja that
its members have rejected the plan, and were indeed ready
to work with the new government.
“There is also a hatchet plan to set Nigerian doctors against
the new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari
by instigating NARD or NMA to declare a nationwide strike
so that the government will be pressured to attend to their
spurious claims of shortfall in 2015 personnel cost,” the
union said.
The group did not disclose the identity of those behind the
plot.
It pledged to support the administration and work towards
improving healthcare delivery to the Nigerian people, to
curtail foreign medical tourism.
The doctors warned hospital authorities in the country
against selective implementation of directives from the
federal government, with regards to the welfare of medical
and health personnel.
The federal government had in January 2013 directed the
full implementation of all agreements affecting doctors and
non-doctors in all hospitals.
But the union said some hospitals selected the directives
they implemented,in some case, excluding some medical
and dental practitioners.
The association said it will seek justice where such
discrimination exist.
“NARD is not on strike against the new government of
positive change and NARD is NOT going to declare a
nationwide strike against the FG as requested by some
Chief Medical Directors, CMDs,” the communique said.
The association called on the government to capture all
cadres of hospital staff in the Integrated Personnel and
Payment Information System immediately.
It also called for an immediate forensic personnel audit of
all staff in all Federal/State tertiary hospitals and health
institutions.
NARD also called on the government to review personnel
proposal presented by all hospitals for 2015 budget.
It said the measure will determine the immediate and
remote intent for such false proposals in personnel cost.
It suggested that any hospital management found to have
any form of corrupt tendencies should be sanctioned
appropriately.
“NARD resolves that the payment of 10 months arrears of
2014 to be made directly from the Office of the Accountant
General of the Federation (OAGF) to individual
beneficiaries by working closely with the NMA
remuneration committee as we can’t trust most of the
hospital managements in making such payments without
creating unnecessary rancour,” the union said.
The association said it has come to the conclusion that
strike actions in some hospitals are as a result of gross
incompetence, misappropriation, maladministration,
discrimination, administrative corruption and indiscipline
on the part of the hospital managements.

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