Striking Resident Doctors Gives FG 72 hours ultimatum To Meet Demands

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) yesterday gave the Federal Government a 72-hour ultimatum to pay the salary arrears of its members on the GIFMIS platform, and that of its Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF).

The President of the NARD, Dr. DARE ISHAYA, made this known in a statement at the end of the Association’s 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Scientific Conference in Bauchi.

It stated that the condition to end the strike which began on August 2, 2021, is for government to meet its minimum demands, which also include: payment of withheld August and September salaries, withdrawal of the case against it in court, payment of salary arrears and allowances owed its members in state tertiary health institutions, among others.