“Over a billion naira is on for payment as death benefits. Evidence has been tendered about those who have received the cheques.'
Mr Ngige, however, disclosed that a committee has been constituted to look into the issue of tertiary institutions that are not adhering to the abolition of bench fees.
”The resident doctors have claimed that some training hospitals like Lagos University Teaching Hospital and University College Hospital, Ibadan, are not adhering to that agreement and a special committee has been set up under the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Health to look into it. “With all these and others like consequential minimum wage salary adjustment arrears being taken care of, we hope that the National Executive Committee of NARD which is billed to meet sometime next week will be happy and then encourage their officers to dialogue.
Meanwhile, the NARD 1st Vice National President, Arome Adejo, has commended the minister for his intervention, which he said has led to industrial harmony in the health sector, describing him as a lovely father, gentleman and elder.
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