The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has threatened to embark on another nationwide strike starting from September 7. The doctors are demanding from the Federal Government the implementation of residency funding, COVID-19 allowance, hazard allowance as well as the outstanding salary shortfall of 2014, 2015, and 2016. In a statement released and signed by the…
Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, who have failed to return to work have been sacked by the Federal Government. A circular from the from the Ministry of Health disclosed that the Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, directed Chief Medical Directors and Medical Director of Federal Government Tertiary Health Institutions to…
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,…
The Federal Government has taken a step to stop the threat by resident doctors in Nigeria to embark on an industrial action. Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that the government will look into the grievances of the doctors. This came following a 21-day ultimatum given to the Federal…