Efforts by the House of Representatives to reconcile striking resident doctors under the aegis of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and the Federal Government seem to have hit the rocks as the latter...
• Aggrieved workers accuse govt of oppression, vow strike continuesEfforts by the House of Representatives to reconcile striking resident doctors under the aegis of National Association of Resident Doctors and the Federal Government seem to have hit the rocks as the latter have taken the former to the Industrial Court of Nigeria .
Sununu is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist and a former National Secretary/Secretary General, Nigerian Medical Association . It was learnt that NMA President, Prof. Innocent Ujah, is accusing the leadership of NARD of not getting the Association’s approval before going on strike. “We are asking Nigerians to come and see our plight and come to our aid. We are being oppressed. We are owed for four to seven months. Our members are suffering.”This came as Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project urged President Muhammadu Buhari to redirect the proposed spending of N4.8 billion for monitoring WhatsApp messages, phone calls and text messages of Nigerians to paying the salaries of striking resident doctors and meeting other national health challenges.
SERAP noted that redirecting the proposed money would remove threats to the fundamental human rights of Nigerians and ensure access to quality healthcare for socially and economically vulnerable people who rely solely on public hospitals. SERAP said: “The mere threat of mass surveillance, even when secret, coupled with the lack of remedy, can constitute an interference with human rights, including the rights to privacy, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association.“The proposed spending of N4.8 billion of public funds, as contained in the Supplementary Appropriation Act, which you signed last month, would give rise to serious violations of the human rights of Nigerians and other people.
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