- The development is consequent upon the signing of a new agreement with the federal government.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called off the industrial action it embarked on April 1.
Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, president of the association, announced the development on Saturday.
The development is consequent upon the signing of a new agreement with the federal government, concerning issues raised in NARD’s 13-point demand.
At a meeting which lasted hours and stretched into the late hours of Friday, the federal government had promised to address the issues raised by the doctors, including salary arrears and owed allowances.
Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, had said on Saturday in Abuja that a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed after a conciliatory meeting between representatives of the federal government and those of NARD.
Speaking with journalists after the meeting, Ngige said the federal government has set up a committee to look into the issue of irregular payment, adding that the panel will revert within the next 72 hours.
“A five-man committee has been set up, comprising of the government agencies concerned — federal ministry of health chairing — representatives of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, accountant-general’s office, NMA, Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, and the chairman of the committee of CMDs,” the minister said.
“They’re to work and smoothen rough edges as those affected in the irregularities we mentioned, which is the issue of double payments in some cases. So, they have to manage the situation and regularise. There are issues of some still omitted.
“We gave them 72 hours to meet from tomorrow and give us a clean, authenticated list, so that even in the subsequent months, we won’t have all these hiccups anymore.”
The doctors’ strike has crippled activities across public hospitals in the country, leading relatives to relocate patients from affected facilities.
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