DOCTORS’ ULTIMATUM ENDS TODAY HOLD NEC MEETING SATURDAY

The two-week ultimatum issued by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors to the Federal and state governments ends today.

The association’s President, Dr Dare Ishaya, in an interview with newsmen said the union has, scheduled its extraordinary National Executive Council meeting for Saturday, September 10, 2022, in Jos, Plateau State, to deliberate on the ultimatum.

The resident doctors had on July 30, 2022, issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to implement all the agreements it had with the association or risk an indefinite strike.

NARD’s demands include the payment of the newly-reviewed Medical Residency Training Fund; the immediate implementation and payment of the new hazard allowance and arrears, and several others.

Again, on August 21, 2022, the association extended the ultimatum by two weeks to give room for intervention by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

It was gathered that the Federal Government has yet to implement the increased hazard allowance and the newly-reviewed MRTF.