Doctors under the umbrella of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) yesterday announced they would embark on a nationwide strike from Monday, August 2 over the failure of the federal government to meet their demands which include implementing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it signed with them after over 100 days.
The doctors at a meeting of the National Executive held yesterday in Umuahia, Abia State unanimously agreed to embark on strike from tomorrow.
Speaking with journalists after the meeting, the organization’s national president, Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, said the government had revoked the agreement reached with them in March this year. Uyilawa pointed out irregularities in payment of salaries and non-payment of insurance benefits for members.
He said: “We had issues with them being non-regular payment and as part of the memorandum of action, it was said that they should be captured back into the IPPS platform.
“The last time we met the minister of labor and minister of health, we were told that our members were part of those to be given the insurance benefit, but we found out that their names are not even there.”
He apologized to Nigerians for the decision which, according to him, was necessitated by the government’s inaction.
Ada Peter
