Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, met behind closed doors on Monday afternoon with the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).
The NARD issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government on July 5.
The doctors are asking for the recruitment of clinical staff in hospitals, immediate infrastructural development in hospitals, and an allocation of at least 15 percent of budgetary provisions to health, as well as immediate payment of the 2023 medical residency training fund, among other demands.
The resident doctors issued the warning of industrial action after appraising the level of implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the government on May 19, 2023, following a five-day warning strike embarked upon by the Association on May 17, 2023.
The communique, co-signed by NARD President Orji Innocent, Secretary General Chikezie Kelechi, and Publicity and Social Secretary Umar Musa, called on the government to pay all outstanding arrears owed by its members without further delay.
The payments were said to include the hazard allowance and the skipped arrears from 2014 to 2016, and the arrears of consequential adjustment of minimum wage
The doctors said there is no justifiable reason for the government to keep owing their arrears and allowances.
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