Looming protest: Resident doctors to meet Federal Government

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is set to meet with the federal government today amid the ongoing strike action and looming nationwide protest.

The NARD president, Emeka Orji, while speaking to newsmen, said the outcome of the meeting would determine if the doctors would embark on the planned protest.

Orji said, “I cannot mention the federal government representatives we will be meeting with for now. But we will disclose our next move after the meeting maybe in the next four to five hours.”

The resident doctors had embarked on an indefinite strike on July 26 over the failure of the government to implement the demands of members, and also recently announced that it will embark on peaceful nationwide protests from Wednesday, August 9.

Some of the demands of the resident doctors include payment of the 2023 medical residency training fund; immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement and upward review of the consolidated medical salary structure, payment of outstanding arrears of consequential adjustment, hazard and skipping allowance, among several others.