₦airaland Forum

A PASSIONATE CALL TO ALL NIGERIANS TO STAND WITH NARD

Fellow Nigerians!

Warm greetings from the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).

We wish to address you at this critical time as we embark on a total, comprehensive, and indefinite strike, a decision that did not come lightly, nor was it ever our desire. We are fully aware of the pains and inconveniences that accompany any disruption in healthcare services, and we deeply regret the situation.

However, this action has become inevitable, following the repeated failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to honor its promises and implement the agreements reached with us after several rounds of dialogue, appeals, and ultimata.

Our demands are not selfish, neither are they politically motivated. They are genuine, germane, and patriotic, centered on the survival of the Nigerian health system and the well-being of every citizen who depends on it.

We fight not for personal gain, but for the creation of a system that allows doctors to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care to patients in an environment that supports their mental and physical well-being. A resident doctor who is overworked, underpaid, and mentally exhausted cannot offer optimal care to the patient who needs them most.

Our demands include issues of excessive workload, fair remuneration, payment of arrears, improvement of working conditions, adequate staffing, and the provision of essential medical infrastructure, all of which directly impact the quality of healthcare delivered to Nigerians.

A nation’s health system can only be as strong as the hands that sustain it. If the doctors are broken, under-motivated, or forced to seek survival abroad, the patients suffer most. This is why we have taken this painful stand to secure the future of Nigerian healthcare for every man, woman, and child who deserves quality care here at home.

We therefore call on all Nigerians; our patients, civil society groups, labour unions, religious and traditional leaders, and every citizen of conscience, to stand with us. Add your voices to ours in appealing to the Federal Government to do the right thing.

This is not a fight between resident doctors and government; it is a struggle for a functional, just, and humane healthcare system, one where your doctor can attend to you with a clear mind, a motivated spirit, and access to the tools needed to save lives.

Together, we can rebuild a system that values both the caregiver and the cared-for. We appeal to you to weigh in and urge the Government to address our demands urgently, so that hospitals can reopen, doctors can return to their duty posts, and Nigerians can once again access the care they deserve.

We always stand with you, and now we ask you to stand with us in solidarity and service to humanity.

Dr. Mohammad Usman Suleiman
President, Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD)
1st November, 2025.

KingAzubuike:
Tinubu is not ruthless enough. As they are going on strike, they ought not to be paid salaries too. Nobody will beg them to come back and work

KingAzubuike:
Tinubu is not ruthless enough. As they are going on strike, they ought not to be paid salaries too. Nobody will beg them to come back and work

Glitcher:
when I see posts like this I wonder if we actually realise how stupid we are as a people.

israelmao:
Tinubu's allocation of trillions to states are not making in positive impact it is even worse than when billions were allocated.

PlasmaTV:
Do you reason at all?
Seriously?

Mtchew

Go to federal hospitals and see the abysmal working conditions while your rulers are eating large in Aso rock. Yet, you are saying they should fire doctors??

israelmao:
Tinubu's allocation of trillions to states are not making in positive impact it is even worse than when billions were allocated.

KingAzubuike:
So the best option for them is to strike,

Do you know how many patients will die due to their own selfish interest? So why should you support them to behave like demi gods?

KingAzubuike:
Tinubu is not ruthless enough. As they are going on strike, they ought not to be paid salaries too. Nobody will beg them to come back and work

MiamiLord:
Can anything good come out from this government? I wonder.

KingAzubuike:
Tinubu is not ruthless enough. As they are going on strike, they ought not to be paid salaries too. Nobody will beg them to come back and work

nairalanda1:
Well, you got to wake up to the fact that our hospitals are understaffed and poorly funded.

You don't also know how long nard has been trying to dialogue with presidency and how their demands have been repeatedly ignored over the years self.

nairalanda1:
Because healthcare needs much more than just the 2 trillion it gets in the budget.

In saner climes UK, health gets 274 billion pounds

There is a reason why unions go on strike frequently. Nigeria is a poor country. Our budget is wack before we even talk about corruption.

KingAzubuike:
So striking and leaving patients to die is the best option?

israelmao:
What has Rwanda as human and material resources to have beaten Nigeria as one of African nation with the largest economies?

israelmao:
Tinubu's allocation of trillions to states are not making much positive impact it is even worse than when billions were allocated.

nairalanda1:
Lol. Rwanda is basically a slightly better version of Nigeria. Most people live in poverty.

KingAzubuike:
Tinubu is not ruthless enough. As they are going on strike, they ought not to be paid salaries too. Nobody will beg them to come back and work