Abuja - 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 (NAN) 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 told NAN that at meeting between the leadership of
the doctors and representatives of the Federal
Government, a Memorandum of Understanding on the
suspension of the strike was signed.
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."
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
strike started on October 1 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.
- NAN

Good to know .
My questions, must trade unions embark on strike before
their demands are met in the nation ?

Ruchidera: Good to know .
My questions, must trade unions embark on strike before
their demands are met in the nation ?

that's Nigeria for u

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?

Just passing.