Curfew: Lagos doctors end sit-at-home strike
Following the affirmation by the police that health workers are exempted from the 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, the Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association , on Thursday, reversed the sit-at-home strike which it earlier embarked upon at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
On Wednesday evening, however, the police hierarchy notified its officers about essential service providers, including doctors, who are exempted from the curfew.reported how the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, directed Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police to exempt essential service providers from the movement restriction order.
In its reaction, the leadership of the NMA said in a statement on Thursday that it has discontinued the sit-at-home strike after the police and the Lagos State governor reached out to clarify the status of doctors and assured them that there would be no further harassment of its members. “The association has further received assurances from Mr. Governor and the top hierarchy of the police that no health workers will be further harassed in the course of their lawful efforts to sustain services in the middle of the pandemic,” the statement partly reads.
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