Resident Doctors End Dialogue With FG, Continue Strike

The resident doctors have continued their industrial action even after meeting with the Federal Government delegates.

The meeting in Abuja ended in the
early hours of Thursday between
the leaders of the striking doctors,
NARD, and a federal government
delegation that included the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, and that of health, Isaac Adewole.

According to a statement made by by the ministry of labour, it was revealed that the strike will continue until at least Friday when the doctors are expected to meet to review the offer by the
government on their demands
including payment of salary arrears owed.

“The meeting agreed that NARD
national officers is to present the
outcome of the re-negotiated
Memorandum of Terms of
settlement to an emergency
meeting of its members by Friday September 8, 2017 with a view to suspending the strike once there is evidence of payment of the mandate as presented to the meeting, to the affected institutions,” the statement noted