The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) will begin an indefinite strike on Thursday, June 9, 2016.
The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) will begin an indefinite strike on Thursday, June 9, 2016.
This was disclosed by NARD president, Muhammad Askira, on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, The Cable reports.
“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,” he said.
“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 added.
Meanwhile,
civil servants in Ondo and Ekiti States are on strike due to the
inability of their respective governments to pay salaries.
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