The doctors had been on strike since
October 1.
The National Association of Resident
Doctors (NARD) on Thursday announced the
suspension of its more than three-week-old
nationwide strike.
The President of the association, Jibril
Abdullahi, said this to the News Agency of
Nigeria in an interview.
He said that the strike was suspended
following a meeting by National Executive
Council of NARD in Abuja on October 24.
He said a Memorandum of Understanding on
the suspension of the strike was signed at a
meeting between the leadership of the
doctors and representatives of the Federal
Government,
He said that it was agreed that the issues in
contention would be looked into and
implemented as soon as possible.
“Our leaders will go back to their places and
inform their members of decisions arrived at
and work will resume as soon as possible,”
he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that the strike started on October1 and
meetings had been held between NARD and
the Federal Government with a view to
resolving the issues at stake.
The doctors went on strike over the non-
payment of arrears of salaries of some
doctors for over four months under the
Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information
System (IPPIS) arrangement.
Other issues in contention were the training
and retraining of resident doctors and the
implementation of the Consolidated Medical
Salary Structure (CONMESS) at the Enugu
State University Teaching Hospital.
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"He said that it was agreed that the issues in contention would be looked into & implemented as soön as possible". Hmmm havent we been down this road before? I'm expecting another strike in 3mnths time, i'd better double my savings for the rainy day. All those my dependants are gonna be on a long thng 4nw

Takin a deep breath.... Dis is a welcome development

Did the federal govt meet their demands with "immediate effect"?. I thought they said the govt "must" meet all their demands with immediate effect and they a'int going back if they are not met?

prettyprettywow: Did the federal govt meet their demands with "immediate effect"?. I thought they said the govt "must" meet all their demands with immediate effect and they a'int going back if they are not met?

I guess they considered what the patients are going through and also the workload for their superiors (consultants) and the medical students too.

olrotimi: "He said that it was agreed that the issues in contention would be looked into & implemented as soön as possible". Hmmm havent we been down this road before? I'm expecting another strike in 3mnths time, i'd better double my savings for the rainy day. All those my dependants are gonna be on a long thng 4nw

Chief, e be like u dy give scholarship. make d thing reach ur boy na.

Kcinho:
I guess they considered what the patients are going through and also the workload for their superiors (consultants) and the medical students too.

were they not aware of the above before uttering such statement? This is a typical example of going back to eat your vomitus. they should have still remained home till govt meets all their demands with immediate effect nah.

prettyprettywow: were they not aware of the above before uttering such statement? This is a typical example of going back to eat your vomitus. they should have still remained home till govt meets all their demands with immediate effect nah.

I'm sure if the government no pay soon, something worse will happen. Some of these guys are now broke. Meanwhile wisemen use the strike do better private practice.

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prettyprettywow: were they not aware of the above before uttering such statement? This is a typical example of going back to eat your vomitus. they should have still remained home till govt meets all their demands with immediate effect nah.

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Gbam! U code.