The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to commence the implementation of all pending agreements or face industrial disharmony.
The PUNCH reports that resident doctors in the country embarked on a five-day warning strike on May 17 to 21, 2023, to press home their demands.
The association had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government to address the issues raised by the resident doctors. The doctors are demanding an immediate increment in the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure to the tune of 200 per cent of the current gross salary of doctors, immediate massive recruitment of clinical staff in the hospitals; immediate withdrawal of the bill seeking to compel medical and dental graduates to render five-year compulsory services in Nigeria before being granted full licences to practise; immediate infrastructural development in the hospitals with a subsequent allocation of at...
They are also demanding the immediate massive recruitment of clinical staff in the hospitals and the abolishment of the bureaucratic limitations to the immediate replacement of doctors and Nurses who leave the system. Other demands are the immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF in line with the agreements reached at the stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Federal Ministry of Health on February 15, 2023; among others.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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