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FG issues “No Work, No Pay” policy to striking doctors
The Federal Government says it will evoke the “No Work, No Pay” policy on members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) for the number of days that they observed the nationwide industrial action. Mr Ado Bako, the Assistant Director, Information Public Relations, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The…
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Residency: Zulum approves N200m for 150 medical doctors
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has approved the release of N200 million for 150 indigent medical doctors to attend residency programmes. Zulum gave the approval on Wednesday in Maiduguri while receiving the national leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) who paid him a courtesy visit. He explained that about 50 medical doctors working with the state government would receive…
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Resident doctors demand immediate release of kidnapped colleague
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) chapter is demanding the immediate release of a kidnapped colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Popoola, a medical doctor at National Eye Centre, Kaduna, was abducted with her husband and nephew on December 27, 2023. The ARD President, UATH, Dr Abah Innocent,…
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UCH resident doctors stage peaceful protest, demand release of abducted colleague
Resident doctors at University College Hospital, Ibadan, on Friday, staged a peaceful protest to demand for immediate release of their colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola and her nephew, Abdul-Mugniy Folaranmi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Popoola, a Senior Registrar in the Department of Opthalmology, National Eye Centre, Kaduna, was abducted on Dec. 27, 2023 alongside her husband and…
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ABUTH resident doctors suspend 5-day warning strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) branch, has suspended a five-day warning strike over the nonpayment of salaries owed some members. Dr Ashiru Mikail, Vice-President of the association, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Zaria that the strike was suspended on Monday evening. He said that the resident doctors had…
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ABUTH resident doctors begin 5-day warning strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) branch has commenced a five-day warning strike over the nonpayment of salaries owed some members. Dr Ashiru Mikail, Vice President of the association made this known during a news conference on Monday in Zaria. Mikail said that the association on July 15, gave management of the hospital a…
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Manpower: Resident doctors appeal for more staffers at GH llorin
The Association of Resident Doctors, General Hospital, Ilorin, (ARD-GHI), have appealed to Gov. Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, to employ more medical staffers for the facility. The association made the call on Tuesday in Ilorin in their Sallah goodwill message to the governor, which was jointly signed by Dr Usman Abubakar, the President and Dr Audu Charles, the Secretary, ARD-GH Ilorin.…
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Medical doctors in Yobe shun NLC strike
The Yobe chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has dissociated itself from the ongoing nationwide strike embarked by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). The association’s Chairman, Dr Abubakar Mala, told newsmen in Damaturu on Monday that the state’s NMA is not part of the strike and will continue to provide medical services to patients. He said “we are not…
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Lagos Govt urges striking doctors to return to work
The Lagos State Government has urged striking doctors under its employment to suspend their three days warning strike and return to work. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, made the plea in a statement in Lagos released on Monday night. Omotoso said that the call became necessary after a joint meeting between the State Commissioners for…
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FG releases Resident doctors’ ‘hazard allowance’
The Federal Government on Friday said it has released N4.5 billion covering “hazard and inducement” allowances for the month of April and May 2020, respectively, to 31 Federal Teaching and Medical centres across the country. The government also expressed optimism that the strike action embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) would soon end. Minister of Labour…
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El-Rufai to Doctors: Go on Strike, lose your jobs
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has issued a stern warning to doctors in the state to shelve the planned strike or lose their jobs if they proceed. Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Communications, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, in a statement, said government would not be misled into granting the Congress of Health Workers Unions and Associations in…
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