The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared an indefinite strike action.
This was announced by the association on Tuesday evening.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Monday, had held deliberations with the leadership of NARD behind closed doors in a bid to averting the planned strike action but it appears the meeting didn’t yield fruits.
NARD are demanding the immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF, the immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement, and the payment of skipping arrears.
Also, they demand the upward review of CONMESS in line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of CONMESS, the payment of the arrears of consequential adjustment of minimum to the omitted doctors, and the reversal of the downgrading of the membership certificate by MDCN,
Other demands are the payment of MRTF, new hazard allowance, skipping and implementation of corrected CONMESS in State Tertiary Health Institutions, and the payment of omitted hazard allowance arrears.
The strike action comes after the association on July 5 issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government for the implementation of all its demands.