Doctors under the aegis of the National
Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria on Tuesday embarked on an
indefinite nationwide strike to protest against non-payment of their
salaries.
The NARD National President, Dr. Jubril
Abdullahi, announced this in Kano State at a briefing.
He also said they were protesting the
poor funding of the residency programme by the Federal Government.
According to him, members of the
association have not received their salary in the last four months.
The NARD president said the decision to
embark on the action was taken at the National Executive Council meeting
in Abuja in September.
He directed members of the association
to withdraw their services immediately until they receive further
instructions from the leadership of the association.
He said, “The Federal Government has
failed to respond to our demands, as contained in its earlier
ultimatum which effectively expired at midnight of September 30th, 2013.
Abdullahi, who emphasised that the
decision to go on strike was a painful one, added that they had to do so
to protest against Federal Government’s attitude in articulating a
comprehensive guideline for residency training in the country.”
He added that the government had failed
to address the irregularities in the implementation of the Integrated
Payroll and Personnel Information System, a new system used to pay
salaries of federal health workers.
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