The Nasarawa State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, has issued a 21-day strike ultimatum to the state government over the poor welfare packages of doctors across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state.
Speaking during a press briefing in Lafia on Tuesday, Chairman of NMA in the state, Dr Peter Attah, said failure of the state government to implement the doctors’ demands within the stipulated time, would spur the association to embark on an industrial action.
He said, “The challenges we are facing are enormous, we just decided to come up with these ones for now, and we hope that the state government will look into the matter from today, June 13 till July 3, 2023, when we will be embarking on an industrial action if our demands are not met by the state government.
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