By Femi Ogunshola
Abuja, April 9, 2021 The House of Representative on Friday in Abuja begged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to consider the plight of Nigerians and end its nine old days strike.
Rep. Tanko Sununu, the Chairman, House Committee on Healthcare Services, made the appeal at a meeting between NARD and the committee that lasted for five hours.
He pleaded with NARD to consider the plight of ordinary citizens, adding that action will be taken against all the accusations raised.
“Please consider the plight of a common man who has to go and source for what to eat on daily basis.
The President of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, has disclosed that the association might exclude their members currently working in different isolation centres in the country from their ongoing strike.
In a chat with The Guardian, yesterday, Okhuaihesuyi noted that all NARD members, including those working in isolation centres had been involved in the industrial action, saying the association might consider excluding its members in the frontline from the strike. x
He, however, insisted that the strike would continue until the government meets their demands
Chairman of the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Nnamdi Nd-Ezuma, also told The Guardian that the isolation centres in the FCT were still functional, noting that there were consultants and other medical doctors who are not members of NARD that were attending to the patients.
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The Presidency is planning to extend the stay of President Muhamadu Buhari who has been in the United Kingdom since March 30 on a routine medical check-up, as protests continue at the Nigerian Mission House in London.
SaharaReporters learnt that although Buhari failed to hand over to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Vice President has been told to keep himself in acting capacity, as the extension is being worked out.
FILE PHOTO: Nigerian President Buhari at the United Nations
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While not giving a particular date, Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, had said that the President would be back in the second week of April 2021.
Resident Doctors Suspend Nationwide Strike
He said the strike was suspended due to their responsibility to Nigerians and that the Federal government had met some of their demands.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 10, 2021
The National Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its ten days old strike.
The National President of the Association, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, confirmed this in a chat with Vanguard on Saturday.
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He said the strike was suspended due to their responsibility to Nigerians and that the Federal government had met some of their demands.
According to him, the strike was suspended after a series of long hours of meetings with various stakeholders in the health sector.