A Nigerian government delegation led by the Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, is currently meeting with members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, at the National Assembly In Abuja.
The purpose of the meeting is to address and find a solution to the imminent strike by resident doctors,
Among those attending the meeting are; first Vice-President of NARD, Nnamdi Ndi-Ezuma, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance Special Duties, Okokon Udo, TheCable reports.
In May, the resident doctors embarked on a five-day warning strike due to the federal government’s refusal to meet the association’s demands.
Early in July, NARD issued a two-week ultimatum to the government for the implementation of all its demands.
Some of the demands include massive recruitment of clinical staff in hospitals; immediate infrastructural development in hospitals and an allocation of at least 15% of budgetary provisions to health.
Others are immediate payment of the 2023 medical residency training fund (MRTF); and the immediate increment in the consolidated medical salary structure (CONMESS) to the tune of 200% of the gross salary of doctors.