The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has cautioned resident doctors in Abuja against threatening to embark on industrial action.

Wike said he would not pay doctors who embark on strike while he’s a minister, adding that he’s ready to contend with them in court.

Addressing resident doctors, Wike said he would make more money when they embark on industrial action.

“Make your recommendations, and we will see the ones we can do and those we can’t do. Don’t threaten me with a strike because I don’t like it. When you go on strike, I save money; even if you come back, I won’t pay; we will determine it in court.

“It’s not about promises but the reality on ground, I don’t believe in theory,” Wike said.

Recently, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have been on-and-off industrial actions due to the Federal Government’s failure to meet its demands.

The doctors’ demands, among many others, include the immediate payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF), tangible steps on the “upward review” of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS), and payment of all salary arrears owed its members since 2015.

The doctors also want the immediate massive recruitment of clinical staff in the hospitals and the abolishment of the bureaucratic limitations to the immediate replacement of doctors and nurses who leave the system.

They also want the immediate review of hazard allowance by all the state governments as well as private tertiary health institutions where any form of residency training is done.

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Isobug:
Overdoing will land this man in a very big problem he will seek for common men help. Always claiming rugged.
The issues of Medical Doctors are handled with desperate equanimity because of the sensitivity of the kind of job they do, you don't misyan when dealing with issues that pertains to human life

ogmask:
Day never break yet for where wike dey. He think say Na everybody he fit bully. E go do dis gragra reach where dem go change am for am Na that time he go know say khaki nor be leather.
Strike or industrial action is a fundamental part of employee and employer relationships all over the world. To do otherwise is called suppression and coercion. A good leader negotiates while a bad leader instills fear through threats and in some cases, witchhunts union leaders.

Kyase:


Over doing what..
Let them go on strike, let's see how it ends

ASUU members are seriously regretting it now

LeoDeKing:
Wike doing his things his own way regardless of the social media noise by handle mops.

sholikay:
Wike the indaboski...the liquid metal....the fight..😃😃😂😂😂