CEM REPORT | Resident Doctors have issued a two-week ultimatum to the federal government to implement the new National Minimum Wage and Hazard allowance or face indefinite industrial action.
The doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in a communiqué jointly signed by the NARD’s president, Dr Dare Ishaya; secretary general, Suleiman Abiodun; and publicity and social secretary, Alfa Yusuf, which was made available to Journalist at the end of the July National Executive Council meeting and Scientific Conference of the association.
The communique urged the federal government to expedite action on the payment of the newly reviewed Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF) to enable its members to meet the closing date of examination registration as advertised by the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN).
The NARD called on the federal government, the Nigerian Governors Forum, stakeholders and well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the governors of Imo, Ondo, Ekiti and Gombe states to urgently pay arrears of salaries and allowances owed its members in the tertiary health institutions, lamenting that the matter was becoming embarrassing.
The association enjoined the federal government and all state governments to look into the issue of assault on doctors and thoroughly investigate the ongoing cases and put measures in place to nip the menace in the bud to forestall future occurrences.
