Striking resident doctors yesterday ended their seven-day industrial action. The strike was meant to persuade the government and security agencies to rescue one of their colleagues, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola-Olawale, who has been in her abductors’ den since 27 December, last year. The warning strike, which began on 26 August, faced strong opposition from the Federal Government, which threatened to enforce …

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the release of over N300million as a grant to 389 medical doctors in the State Civil Service who are on residency training. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt Thursday evening. The released fund will cover two consecutive years – 2023-2024 – Residency Training …

The Ondo State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has called on the state government to address the issue of shortage of resident doctors in state-owned hospitals. The association said many of the doctors in the state had left for foreign countries for greener pasture, while some who were still in Nigeria had left the state for another state. …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has demanded the payment of its N25,000 quarterly accoutrement allowance for medical and dental doctors in hospitals, medical centres, and clinics in the federal public service. NARD made this known in its communique issued on Sunday at the end of its January National Executive Council meeting and health summit held in Abuja from …

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, approved the waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” order instituted against striking members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) last 1st August, following the commencement of their industrial action, which began five days earlier. A statement signed on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, read: …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said the Federal Government had yet to meet all its minimum demands as agreed before it suspended its strike. NARD said it would hold its National Executive Council meeting next week to rate FG’s efforts in meeting its demands and decide what to do next. NARD had on 11 August 2023, suspended its …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its nationwide strike after 17 days, to review progress made in a fortnight. NARD president, Dr. Emeka Orji said: “We just suspended the strike. Work to resume 8 am tomorrow. We will review progress made in two weeks”. NARD commenced the nationwide strike on 26th July after its National Executive Council …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has listed the release of the circular for one-for-one replacement of clinical staff, and the payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund as minimum conditions to call off its indefinite strike which commenced on 26 July. In an interview with newsmen on Wednesday, NARD National President, Dr. Emeka Orji said that though …

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Saturday, rejected the 25 per cent increment in the basic salary of doctors as well as the accoutrement allowance. They insisted that their earlier demand is for full restoration of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure to its right value as at the time of the approval …

The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, at exactly noon yesterday, made good its threat as members complied with the indefinite strike order issued by the National Executive Council, NEC, on Tuesday night. NARD embarked on the strike, despite the intervention of speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, who met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday night, …