Resident Doctors begin indefinite strike

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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commenced an indefinite strike.

The NARD president, Dr. Emeka Orji in a release on Tuesday disclosed this stating that the strike would begin 12am on Wednesday July 26, 2023.

The resident doctors had in May embarked on a five-day warning strike due to the federal government’s refusal to meet the association’s demands and issued a two-week Ultimatum earlier in July for the implementation of all its demand.

According to the NARD President, the demands include “immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF; immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement, payment of skipping arrears and upward review of CONMESS in line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of CONMESS.”

The association also demands ”payment of the arrears of consequential adjustment of minimum to the omitted doctors; reversal of the downgrading of the membership certificate by MDCN, payment of MRTF, new hazard allowance, skipping and implementation of corrected CONMESS in State Tertiary Health Institutions and payment of omitted hazard allowance arrears.”