The resident doctors announced that they have commenced a nationwide “indefinite strike” on Monday
morning in a communique issued at the end of its ‘virtual extraordinary National Executive Council Meeting’.
“Today we had a meeting with the House Committee Chairman of Health. NARD was also in attendance. At that meeting, they had not yet declared their position on the strike… “We have exempted doctors working in isolation and treatment centres just to prove we are not trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to make our demands,” the doctor said.The NARD president said their demands date back to 2017. “We have tried to use dialogue, ultimatums and all other possible means but the government has not demonstrated sufficient commitment in solving the challenges.
Resident doctors are certified doctors undergoing residency to become consultants. They make up a large bulk of doctors in Nigeria’s tertiary hospitals. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , Chikwe Ihekweazu, earlier said the centre is distributing enough PPE to health workers who are front liners in the fight against COVID-19.The Nigerian government had promised a special COVID-19 hazard and inducement allowance of 50 per cent of Consolidated Basic Salary to all health workers in Nigerian Teaching Hospitals, Federal Medical Centres , and designated COVID-19 centres.
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