Medical doctors in Nigeria under the aegis of Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, are set to commence a nationwide strike from Monday even as President Muhammadu Buhari is presently ensconced in the UK for his medical checkup.

“We are embarking on a total and indefinite strike on August 2, 2021 [Monday]. You can recall we had a memorandum of action on March 31, 2021, and had an addendum to it on April 9, and since then, we still have had irregularities in the payment of salaries to the house officers,” Mr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, President of NARD said in a statement on Saturday.

The doctors are protesting the exclusion of House Officers from the federal government’s scheme of service House Officers are resident physicians and surgeons of hospitals (the “house”) who are receiving further training, usually in a medical or surgical specialty, while caring for patients under the direction of an attending physician.

Although the federal government’s circular removing House Officers from the scheme of service was not implemented, NARD says it’s members are experiencing irregularities in the payment of salaries to house staffs.

“We had issues with them being non-regular payment and as part of the memorandum of action, it was said that they should be captured back into the IPPS platform,” Mr Okhuaihesuyi further disclosed.

The strike, according to NARD is further propelled by the refusal of the federal government to honour and implement the Memorandum of Understanding which it signed with them more than hundred days ago.

The Resident Doctors’ strike is coming amidst Presidents Buhari’s medical tour in the UK after he left the country on July 26 to attend a virtual summit and a routine medical check up.

Nigeria’s health sector continue to worsen under the Buhari’s administration with greater risks being posed with the impending fourth wave of the novel coronavirus.

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We sincerely hope the FG will liase with the NMA and other stakeholders to stem this.
The Vice President would actually do a good job here. As for the Man upstairs, he will never be aware.

Ok are you guys going on strike because Mbuhari went on medical vacation or you guys are going on strike because of poor medical facilities.

Pauldollars:
We sincerely hope the FG will liase with the NMA and other stakeholders to stem this.
The Vice President would actually do a good job here. As for the Man upstairs, he will never be aware.

No doubt he will but the FG through the minister Ngige, keyamo are the ones interfacing with the nma even the assu people too.

From Olympic athletes to Doctors.... The only people enjoy this administration is the home grown school feeding programmes for invisible children ongoing and BMC miscreants

Stop medical tourism by public servants & watch our medical sector improve.
Stop public servants from sending their children abroad for schooling & watch our education sector improve.
Stop...

Nigeria is a crime against humanity

APC government is ineffective and inefficient. Every sector is poorly managed.

Fund primary health care
Block corruption losses.
Hire the best brains.
Make health insurance effective.
Improve economy.
Have empathy.

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As if the medical tourism trips started today...

Dear Lord, what is happening?

Nigerians will hear nwen!! It is well

Catsofnaija:
APC government is ineffective and inefficient. Every sector is poorly managed.

Fund primary health care
Block corruption losses.
Hire the best brains.
Make health insurance effective.
Improve economy.
Have empathy.

https://www.nairaland.com/5614213/pet-cat-whatsapp-group

hire which best brains, when they can't even pay the ones they have

Visocrate:
Ok are you guys going on strike because Mbuhari went on medical vacation or you guys are going on strike because of poor medical facilities.

it's because of pay, unfulfilled promises and the poor treatment of Interns/houseofficers