Resident doctors suspend strike after two weeks

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, suspended the strike they embarked upon on July 26, 2023.

President of the association, Dr. Emeka Orji disclosed to newsmen in Abuja, that the resident doctors would resume work at 8 am on Saturday.

“We just suspended the strike. Work to resume at 8 am (Saturday). We will review progress made in two weeks,” he said.

According to Dr. Orji, while speaking on why the protest was called off, “We had a fruitful meeting on Tuesday at the Villa and with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, so it will not be good to have that level of meeting and we hit the streets to protest. It will look as if there is an ulterior motive behind our demands.”

The association embarked on an indefinite strike on July 26 over the failure of the government to implement the demands of its members.

The doctors are demanding the immediate payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund, the immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement, the payment of skipping arrears, the upward review of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure 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, the reversal of the downgrading of the membership certificate by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, among others.