EKO HOT BLOG reports that due to the Federal Government’s failure to meet their demands, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has decided to embark on a five-day warning strike.
The strike initiated by the resident doctors is scheduled to begin at 8 am on Wednesday, May 17, and conclude at 8 am on Monday, May 22.
The Resident Doctors made the decision to initiate a five-day warning strike following an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting held virtually on Monday, which lasted for six and a half hours.
NARD issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government on April 29, 2023, to accept its demands or suffer industrial discord.
On Saturday, May 13, 2023, the ultimatum expired.
The doctors are demanding an immediate increment in the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure to the tune of 200 per cent of the current gross salaries of doctors.
The doctors also want the immediate withdrawal of the bill seeking to compel medical and dental graduates to render five-year compulsory services in Nigeria before being granted full licences to practise.
They also want the immediate implementation of CONMESS, domestication of the Medical Residency Training Act, and review of hazard allowance by all the state governments as well as private tertiary health institutions where any form of residency training is done; among others.
The President of NARD, Dr Emeka Orji told journalists that the strike was total, involving both emergency and clinical operations in the hospitals.
Dr. Orji said despite the ultimatum issued to the government which ended on May 13, the government did not negotiate with the doctors regarding their demands.
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