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NARD demand payment of COVID-19 hazard allowance, provision of PPE

 By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have demanded an immediate resumption of payment of their COVID-19 as well as provision of Personal Protective Equipment for doctors at all Tertiary institutions across the country to enable them perform their duties.

NEC noted that the COVID-19 Hazard allowance payment was commenced and subsequently abandoned abruptly immediately the NARD strike was suspended.

NARD made these demands at it’s National Executive Council Meeting,( NEC) with the theme ” Targeted violence against health care workers in Nigeria’s health care facilities: Effects on health care service delivery”, held in a virtual meeting at Home State from 20th of July 2020 to 25th July 2020.

The NEC which was attended by over 200 members from across the country.

In a communique issued at the end of the meeting, NEC demanded that various hospitals should be provided with the necessary infrastructures and sustain the provision of the needed personal protective equipment and funding of various tertiary health institutions.

NEC noted with dismay nonpayment of the salary shortfall for 2014-2016 despite promises by several stakeholders to intervene which led to suspending the strike action.

 NEC demands that the various hospitals should be provided with the funds they need to run the hospitals and sustain the provision of the needed personal protective equipment in the hospitals.

NARD demands the immediate implementation and funding of the medical residency training act as agreed.

Other resolutions include

NEC demands immediate removal of the Chief Medical Director of University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Prof Henry Ugboma for fraud, administrative rascality, unnecessary onslaught/ victimization and abuse of office of the chief medical director. We also demands the immediate and unconditional reinstatement of the suspended UPTH ARD EXCOs led by Dr. Solomon Amadi.

The NEC meeting was Chaired by Abubakar Ali Gombe former minister of state for health.

Special Guest of honour was HE Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, Executive Governor of Gombe state.

Royal Father was HRH Abubakar Shehu Abubakar III. Emir of Gombe.

Guest of Honour was Hon. Abubakar S. Ibrahim speaker GSHA and the Chief Host was Dr Sule Bathnna Chief Medical Director FTH Gombe state.

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