Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has said it is illegal to pay doctors who aren’t at their duty posts. On August 2, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) embarked on strike over “irregular payment of salaries”, among other issues and yet to call it off. This led to Federal Government withholding of … Read more
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has revealed the number of medical doctors left in the country. Speaking during an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, the President of the association, Dr Emeka Orji, said only 100,000 medical doctors are left in the country. According to Orji, about 100 resident doctors leave the country monthly … Read more
Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, has said federal government does not owe doctor or any worker in the health sector salaries. Ngige made this known on Tuesday at the meeting of the presidential committee on salaries, with the leadership of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) in Abuja. The Minister said the clarification … Read more
The federal government has dragged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), before the National Industrial Court over the strike embarked upon by the health workers. Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The doctors had commenced the strike on August 1 over “irregular payment of salaries”, among … Read more
The National assembly has appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend the nationwide strike and embrace negotiation with the federal government, stressing that the upper chamber is working to resolve issues. On Monday, the doctors had embarked on strike over the alleged failure of the federal government to fulfil its part of an agreement … Read more
Resident doctors in Nigeria will begin a five-day warning strike on Wednesday. The warning strike followed the failure of the federal government to meet its demands. According to the medical practitioners, the strike will commence at 8 am on Wednesday, May 17, and will end on Monday, May 22, at 8 am. The decision was … Read more
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of frustrating the efforts of legislators with regards to their demands. NARD Publicity Secretary, Dr. Dotun Oshikoya said the executive arm is not doing anything to end the strike which is now three weeks old. Oshikoya who spoke to the News … Read more
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said it’s wrong for medical doctors in the country to be receiving 5000 Naira as hazard allowance while lawmakers receive 1.2m. The group which commenced an indefinite strike on Monday over irregular payment of salaries, allowances, among other issues, called on federal government to get its priorities … Read more
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has urged Nigerians to bear with them and understand their plights as regards the ongoing strike embarked on by the group. The doctors on August 1 commenced an industrial strike over “irregular payment of salaries”, among other issues. The association, in a statement signed by its president, Uyilawa … Read more