The Minister of Labour and Employment, Doctor Chris Ngige, made the threat against the striking resident doctors over the weekend. However, resident doctors continued their strike in most University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres in different parts of the country. At the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Doctor Olufemi told newsmen that their members are not worried…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has promised that the National Assembly will look into issues of unpaid entitlement of aides of federal lawmakers. Speaker Gbajabiamila made the promise when he addressed members of the parliamentary aides when the staged a protest at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. In another development, the Speaker…
Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors have asked the Federal Government to honour the agreement it reached with the union. NARD also warned that if the government failed to keep its side of the deal over the next four weeks, it would resume its suspended strike. NARD President, Doctor Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, gave the warning during…
Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors have suspended their nationwide strike. The suspension comes ten days after the doctors commenced the strike, leaving many patients unattended across various government-owned hospitals in the country. The President of NARD, Doctor Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, who confirmed the suspension of the strike to newsmen in Abuja, said that the leadership…