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NARD Directs Resident Doctors To Resume Work Fully On Wednesday

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has directed its members across the country to resume work fully from Wednesday.

President of the association, Dr Dare Godiya Ishaya, announced this on Monday while briefing reporters in Abuja following the suspension of the strike by resident doctors which lasted two months.

He explained that the association took the decision to suspend the industrial action due to a simple majority vote of members at a meeting held on Sunday.

Ishaya, however, stated that the strike has been suspended for six weeks to allow the Federal Government to address the issues raised by the doctors.

He said while most of the issues that led to the nationwide strike still remained unaddressed, the association decided to suspend the action for the period because of interventions from the President, the National Assembly, and the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

DAYBREAK had reported the suspension of industrial action by the association.

The strike, which began on August 2 to protest the issues affecting members, has left many patients helpless in government-owned hospitals within the period.

These include the non-payment of death benefits to families of members who died while treating COVID-19 patients, as well as non-payment of hazard allowance and arrears of salaries of members in various states.

On its part, the government had convened several meetings with the association, in a bid to get the doctors back to work.

But the action of the government has failed to resolve the impasse with both parties trading accusations in the media, leading to a suit filed at the National Industrial Court in Abuja.

Justice Bashar Alkali, who presided over the matter, ordered the resident doctors to suspend their strike and return to work immediately, pending the determination of the substantive suit.

He directed parties in the matter to return to the negotiating table, saying no amount of money could compensate for the loss of lives as a result of the impasse.

Rather than ask members to return to their duty posts, NARD instructed its lawyers to file necessary processes to appeal the ruling.

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