Resident Doctors Begin Nationwide Strike, Call Other Health Workers to Join

The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has commenced its Nationwide strike today (Monday).

According to the National Publicity Secretary, Dr Stanley Egbogu, he said the Association has to go ahead because the Federal Government was yet to invite its leadership for a meeting despite notifying them.

NARD said the Nigerian Medical Association, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives and others should support the struggle for an upward review of its hazard allowance from the paltry sum of N5,000.

He said, “The Federal Government has not invited us to a meeting after we notified them that we will be proceeding on strike. We have directed all our members across the country both federal and state institutions to recommence the strike we suspended on June 22, 2020.

We call on all other unions in the health sector, the NMA, PSN, NANNM to support this struggle for upward review of our hazard allowance from the paltry sum of N5,000.

“The truth is that the current hazard can’t be compared to the daily risks of hazard we face every day from the current coronavirus to the Hepatitis B and C viruses. The risks is just too much for N5,000.”

Recall that NARD had resolved to commence an indefinite strike with effect from Monday September 7 2020.

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