‎Resident doctors strike continues despite meeting with govt delegation

The minister of health, prof. Isaac Adewole and the minister of Labour and employment, Chris Ngige during the meeting with resident doctors, in Abuja on Wednesday.
The minister of health, prof. Isaac Adewole and the minister of Labour and employment, Chris Ngige during the meeting with resident doctors, in Abuja on Wednesday.

The strike by resident doctors will continue‎ despite a meeting between them and a federal government delegation, officials have said.

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.

A statement by the labour ministry after the meeting which lasted several hours said the strike would 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

The strike has crippled activities in several public hospitals ‎across Nigeria.

Details later…

Resident doctors deliberating after the first phase of the meeting

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  • Man_Enough

    While the helpless and the hapless fellow Nigerians keep dying in their numbers. Humans have lost touch with humanity.

  • Dr Pat Mumuwole Awosan

    Buhari please just die and go so that Nigerians can live. What kind of person are you? Imagine, in the wjole of Nigeria ONLY one cancer radiotherapy machine exists (working) and it is at a private facility (Eko Hospitalm Ikeja Lagos)…and this is a country with 200 million people earning billions of Dollars in revenue. But you can go to London to receive treatment while the rest Nigerians die with poorly equipped hospitals. Not so? Mumu dey smell. Shame on you now and for ever more. Amen.

    • Chris Divine

      CORRECTION SIR, there is one in Zaria. ABUTH.

  • Abamieda

    Mohammadu Buhari is all SORROWS, TEARS and BLOOD. They are his regular trademark [Fela Kuti]

  • Ex

    …what we should all pray for is the mass burial of all our leaders, past present and future, including those who are against restructuring. Give me a country. I need a country. Break up Nigeria NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!