The
National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) has
announced that it will commence a nationwide strike on Thursday.
Speaking with journalists in Kano on Tuesday, Muhammad Askira, the
National President of the National Association of Resident Doctors of
Nigeria (NARD), announced that NARD will commence on a nationwide strike
on Thursday, June 9.
Muhammad disclosed that the decision was taken at the ordinary
general meeting of the National Executive Council of the association
held between May 30 and June 5 in Jos.
“16 out of 58 federal tertiary institutions or centres were
exempted from the initial centre based strike for the commitment of the
Chief Medical Director of the hospitals to implement the Federal
Government’s directives,” he said.
He said if by midnight of Sunday, June 19, their demands were not
met, all the members of the association, including those exempted, would
join the indefinite nationwide strike, adding that the association
found it necessary to take the decision following the inability of the
government to meet its demands.
“Due to the failure of the government to address the demands of NARD, it has declared a total and indefinite strike.
“NARD has to take this painful decision in order to highlight
the plight of our hardworking members who have had to endure a long
period of deprivation and disenfranchisement,” he said.
