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Resident Doctors Detail Demands to suspend Strike Action

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors(NARD) has set the release of the circular for one-for-one clinical staff replacement and payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund as minimal criteria for calling off its indefinite strike, which began on July 26.

Dr Emeka Orji, National President of NARD, said this in a chat with our correspondent on Wednesday.

 Despite the suspension of the planned statewide protest, Orji stated that the association was allowing the Federal Government 72 hours to meet some of its critical requests before calling off the strike.

According to him, the union will determine whether to prolong or end the strike by Friday, August 12. The striking doctors had previously intended to launch a daily peaceful protest on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, if the government did not satisfy their requests.

Orji said, “We had a fruitful meeting yesterday (Tuesday) at the Villa and with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, so it will not be good to have that level of meeting and the next day we hit the streets to protest, it will look as if there is an ulterior motive behind our demands.

“Our demands are germane because there is a shortage of doctors in our hospitals, so the few of us remaining are being overworked. How long are we going to continue like that? They have told us what they will do today (Wednesday), and tomorrow (Thursday), and we are hopeful they will do the needful. If they are able to do those things, then I am sure the National Executive Committee will give us the mandate to suspend the strike because we are very understanding.

The circular for one-for-one replacement is the first and the 2023 MRTF fund is the second one. If they are able to address them, we will appeal to our members to suspend the strike while we continue to negotiate for all the salary arrears, skipping arrears, and other things.”

Orji said it should not be difficult for the government to implement the one-for-one replacement without additional expenses.

The government has the list of those who have left and it is a matter of replacing them immediately and the new ones that are recruited are paid the salary you have budgeted to replace those who have left. So, it is not difficult to do. This is a thing that has been agreed to be done since February but nothing has been done about it, but we are hoping the government will do as agreed,” he added.

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