The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD)are set to embark on industrial action due to various pressing issues
They however exempt doctors in isolation centers taking care of COVID - 19 patients . The industrial action is to commence 15th June 2020 .

As usual, the government will wait till 12 midnight of 14th June to organize another emergency meeting with these guys... We are not a serious nation

Before castigating the doctors , get your facts right pls.
-It is rumoured that the presidential task force (PTF) receives #450k per day ( not month) as allowance per person . Whereas health workers , pre covid 19, are on 5k hazard allowance per month ( flat rate ) for all, irrespective of your status.
When the pandemic started , with heat from the senate president , the hazard allowance was reviewed as follow
* 70% of basic salary for all front line workers
* 50% of basic salary for other clinical staff that are not front line workers
* 10% of basic salary for non clinical hospital staff.
The government promised to kick off the payment from March and review it again after the pandemic ( till now nothing has been paid)
- life insurance for health workers was also part of the demands
More than 10 doctors have died from this virus with hundrends exposed ( even myself ) and over 300 infected ( figure of the infected health workers are surely under reported)
In my centre currently, about 5 resident doctors are receiving treatment in our isolation unit
No PPE , most of the time ,we buy face shield, mask etc out of pockets ( some people are smiling at their bank accounts every blessed day )
* You need to know that many of the resident doctors are young , with little children , wives , husband , old parents at home , experience with LASA FEVER has shown that this country is not worth dying for
Most of the structures in our secondary and territory hospitals are dead . surgeons, most of the time we bring our Instruments to operate patients ( if not you will contaminate the wound with your sweat!)
- When the pandemic started federal government ordered that the retired but still viable health workers should be temporarily called back to service to support in fighting the virus ; alas , Jos university teaching hospital (JUTH) sacked about 26 resident doctors claiming they have out stayed their welcome in the training
- WHAT NOW PROMPTED THIS ACTION ?
About 3 days ago, the PTF , had a meeting with NARD , the out come of the meeting was that there is no money in the federation purse to pay the health workers as promised , life insurance ,not done.
They claimed they have to revisit the agreement , however that the federal government is planing something robust for the health workers .
27billion naira was just approved, to renovate the national Assembly
Very huge amount of money was just given out to renovate NTA
It is obvious that this pandemic has not taught us any lesion as a nation .
Obviously when the boarders are opened, they will resume the medical tourism as usual.
The only language they understand is industrial action!