TECHNOCRAT MEDIA NIGERIA
ABUJA – The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has hinted that it may call off its months-long strike on Tuesday.
In August, the doctor’s union embarked on strike following a disagreement with the federal government over the non-availability of medical facilities across the nation’s public tertiary hospitals.
In a communique signed by the Nigerian Medical Association, Secretary-General Ekpe Philips Uche, after a delegates meeting of the NMA and NARD on Sunday in Abuja, the NMA advised NARD to stop the ongoing industrial action.
At the meeting, NMA mandated the National Officers Committee, NOC, to ensure the implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed with the federal government on August 21, the People Gazette gathered.
The association asked NOC to report back to the National Executive Council of NMA periodically on the progress being made on implementing the memorandum of understanding.
NMA also mandated the NOC to continue to interface with the chairmen of the state branches, including the FCT, on the progress being made.
Ninth week into the doctors’ strike, activities in public tertiary hospitals across the country have been crippled, leaving patients stranded and some lost their lives.
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