The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Tuesday night, announced an indefinite nationwide strike set to begin at 12 midnight.
Dr. Orji Emeka Innocent, President of the association, who made the declaration, said the move comes in response to unresolved issues that have prompted the doctors to take a collective stand.
He said the strike was declared during the National Executive Council meeting of the association in Lagos.
According to Innocent, the major demands of the association are : immediate payment of the 2023Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF), immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement , payment of skipping arrears and upward review ofCONMESSin line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of CONMESS.
It had in a communique issued after its virtual extraordinary national executive council (NEC) meeting decried government ‘s slow response to it’s demands despite giving it several ultimatums and embarking on a five day warning strike from May 17th to 21st this year.
It said, “The resolutions of the conciliatory meeting chaired by the then Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment were yet to be implemented, seven weeks after, despite the set time lines for their implementation.”
NARD said the major demands of the association are : immediate payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF) , immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement , payment of skipping arrears and upward review of CONMESS in line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS).
Others are payment of the arrears of consequential adjustment of minimum to the omitted doctors , reversal of the downgrading of the membership certificate by Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN ) , payment of MRTF, new hazard allowance, skipping and implementation of corrected CONMESS in State Tertiary Health Institutions and payment of omitted hazard allowance arrears.
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