They had asked the president, whom they accused of wasting taxpayers money, to return to Nigeria immediately.
Omokri had said the protesters laid a siege to the house and Buhari had been denied access to his doctors.
But speaking during the protest, one of the supporters of the president described Omokri’s claim as fake news.
“There is the news about the president being held hostage, everyone could see, to my left, my right, you can see that there is nothing there, no one is being held hostage, it’s all fake news. But we are here today to actually show support to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, that we are here for you, Nigeria in the diaspora actually support you.
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The National President, National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, tells TUNDE AJAJA why the strike action embarked upon by the members of the association has to continue as well as the reservations the association has with the state of the health sector
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people were hopeful that your association would shelve the strike action after meeting with the delegation of the Federal Government on Wednesday night, could you share with us what transpired at the meeting?
We have members who have not been paid salaries for four months. Those reading this interview could also put themselves in that situation and see if they would have the zeal to keep going to work. These are members who are in the first level after graduation and have worked for four months but they have not been paid any salary. So, is it the memorandum of understanding the government brings up from time to time that would
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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, yesterday, alleged that the elites in Nigeria were behind the plot to divide the country. The lawmaker spoke to journalists on Saturday in his home town, Gashua, Yobe State.
2. President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, condemned the Monday night attack on three communities in Íshíelu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. In a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari directed law enforcement agencies to fish out the attackers and make them face justice.
3. Spokesman of Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba sociocultural group, Yinka Odumakin died in the early hours of Saturday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. He was said to have died in an isolation centre after testing positive for coronavirus.
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A former Vice-President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Julian Ojebo, says that some medical practitioners in Nigeria are paying personal loans running into several millions of naira, which they had obtained from financial houses to enable them to write certain qualifying examinations.
Ojebo spoke in the wake of the ongoing indefinite strike by NARD members throughout the nation.
Resident doctors had embarked on nationwide strike on April 1 to press the Federal Government to meet its 13-point demands.
Speaking on a radio programme, Ojebo said that many doctors are indebted to commercial banks, and that the financial stress occasioned by the withholding of doctors’ pay was part of what informed NARD’s decision to go on its current strike.