By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) as the umbrella body for the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has urged the Federal Government to resolve all disagreement between the doctors and the government to avoid the impending strikes and other disputes.
The NMA President, Dr. Uche Ojinmah in a press release made this call today ahead of the NARD faceoff and nationwide strike slated to commence Wednesday.
We hereby call on our Government to quickly conclude measures to resolve all areas of disagreement and eschew all punitive responses in the interest of industrial harmony, NMA stated.
The umbrella body of doctors in Nigeria also appealed to its members to follow the path of peace by extending a gesture of goodwill towards the Government in the interest of suffering patients and fellow citizens.
‘Let’s put aside all obstacles (contrived or real) towards speedy resolution of this dispute for the love of the Nation.”
“It is our belief that this avoidable labour dispute has gone on for far too long to the detriment of the common Nigerian citizen.”
The association said it has to meddle in the dispute because of its policy to protect and promote the interest of its members.
