Tag: Resident Doctors

FG Stopped Residency Payment After Strike Suspension – NARD

12Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

FG Stopped Residency Payment After Strike Suspension – NARD

A fresh crisis may be brewing between the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors and the Federal Government as the association accused the government of already deviating from the understanding reached before it suspended its strike last week. This was as the association also accused the government of causing confusion among its members and suspending the payment of the Medical Residency Training Funds The National President of NARD, Dr Dare Ishaya, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH in Abuja on Monday. But the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said there was no truth in the claim Reports last week said that the association, after interventions by the Nigerian Medical Association, suspended its industrial action with the aim of holding a meeting of th...

Resident doctors call off strike, to resume Wednesday

4Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

Resident doctors call off strike, to resume Wednesday

The National Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its nationwide strike. The strike which began on August 2 has been suspended with effect from 8am, Wednesday, according to the President of the association, Dr Godiya Ishaya. Ishaya, in an interview with our correspondent, said, “We are suspending the strike for six weeks to give room for movement in some of the items we noticed a stalemate. There was a stalemate in the enrollment of our members into the IPPIS and payment of their areas. Read also: I’m Healthy, Just Undergoing Therapy – Tinubu “The government was invoking the trade dispute article 41, that is the ‘no work, no pay.’ And since they have been enrolled into IPPIS, it means there was not going to be any salary into their accounts. Without them being paid, th...

Resident Doctors Continue Strike Despite Court Order

24Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

Resident Doctors Continue Strike Despite Court Order

On Monday, the National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja had ordered the striking National Association of Resident Doctors, to suspend its industrial action which began on August 2, 2021. Justice John Targema made the order while delivering his ruling on an ex parte application brought before the court by the Federal Government. The court stated that the application was granted after carefully considering the processes filed by the applicants. But NARD, in its reaction, said it would not suspend the strike despite the court ruling. Read Also: FG Stopped Residency Payment After Strike Suspension – NARD Earlier, Justice Targema had stated, “Having looked especially at the affidavit of extreme urgency, the grounds of the application, the affidavit in support of the same and ar...

Strike Continues Until Our Demands Are Met – Resident Doctors

22Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

Strike Continues Until Our Demands Are Met – Resident Doctors

The National Association of Resident Doctors says it will not suspend its ongoing industrial action until the Federal Government meets its demands. The association expressed resilience, pledging not to sign any Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Government. The association’s Vice President, Arome Adejo, disclosed this in an interview with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday. Read Also: COVID: FG Removes South Africa, Brazil, Turkey From Travel Restriction List Adeno said, “There is no hope of the strike being called off. We are tired of going back to our members with empty promises. “In fact, we are not signing any Memorandum of Understanding with them. We have signed a countless number of memorandum and we are not going to do again until they do what they are meant to do. ...

Strike: FG Agrees To Begin Implementation of MoU With NMA August 23

22Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

Strike: FG Agrees To Begin Implementation of MoU With NMA August 23

The Federal Government has said it will commence the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding it reached with the Nigerian Medical Association on August 23, 2021 to persuade the Resident Doctors to suspend the indefinite nationwide strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this while addressing newsmen before a closed-door meeting with NMA and other relevant stakeholders on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting was summoned at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari, aimed at resolving the doctors’ strike that started at about 2pm on Friday, but adjourned in the early hours of Saturday before reconvening in the afternoon. It would be recalled that the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) had embarked...

Resident Doctors Commence Strike Two Days After Buhari Embarked on London Medical Trip

1Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

Resident Doctors Commence Strike Two Days After Buhari Embarked on London Medical Trip

Members of the Nigeran Association of Resident Doctors, NARD on Thursday (today) began a nationwide industrial action after issuing a prior notice without their demands met by the Nigerian Government. The doctors in a tweet on Twitter stated that the strike was not intended to hurt ordinary citizens but to challenge the Government to care for her citizens. The NARD in a tweet on it handle, @nard_nigeria, wrote, “Nigerians must understand that we love them and the strike is not intended to hurt them but to challenge the Nigerian government @MBuhari @Fmohnigeria @LabourMinNG whose responsibilities amongst others is to care for her citizens and labour force to do the needful.” According to the NARD President, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, the strike commenced by 8 am Thursday. It comes...