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RESIDENT doctors across Nigeria on Thursday commenced industrial action, following the instruction of their national body, National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), in defiance of the agreement signed in a memorandum of action (MoA) with the Federal Government.
The association said the agreement was not new, as it was earlier signed in 2017, though no attempt had been made by the government to work with it.
It, therefore, accused the government of not being sincere in its dealing with the union. The association had signed the agreement with the Federal Government to shelve the planned strike at midnight on Wednesday, after a marathon meeting between the government team, led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the leadership of NARD.
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The impact of the strike by resident doctors on hospitals and patients dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspapers. The comment of Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, that citizens without national identity number (NIN) may face jail terms also made the headlines.
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