The industrial action threatened by the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, NARD, has commenced on Thursday, June 9, 2016.
NARD had given the Federal Government a warning that it members would stay away from government-owned hospitals in the country unless their demands were met.
President of the association, Muhammad Askira, announced on Tuesday, June 7 that they were going on strike because the government failed to meet their demands of better working condition and better remuneration.
“Sixteen out of 58 federal tertiary institutions or centres were exempted from the initial centre based strike for the commitment of the chief medical director of the hospitals to implement the federal government’s directives.
“If by midnight on Sunday, June 19, our demands are not met, all the members of the association, including those exempted, would join the indefinite nationwide strike.
“Due to the failure of the government to address the demands of NARD, it has declared a total and indefinite strike.
“NARD has to take this painful decision in order to highlight the plight of our hardworking members who have had to endure a long period of deprivation and disenfranchisement,” he had disclosed.
