There are strong indications that the Federal government may have reached out to doctors in the country with a view to averting their planned industrial action.
It was learned that, to give effect to it, the government has proposed a meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to forestall the looming strike.
The NARD had served notice to call out its members for strike if the government failed to address its legit professional demands.
A meeting to iron out the contentious issues has been scheduled for Tuesday, according to the President of NARD, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi.
This comes after the association listed some other terms and conditions for the Federal and state governments to meet, failing which it would embark on strike.
The window for a possible truce came as President Muhammadu Buhari promptly postponed his medical trip to the United Kingdom, which was earlier scheduled for Friday.
Meanwhile, there speculations that sudden postponement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to London for a medical check-up may not be unconnected to the protest rocking his destination, Abuja House in London.
The president was scheduled to depart the country for his routine medical check-up in London on Friday morning.
His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, announced on Thursday evening that the president would be expected to return to the country during the second week of July.
However, at the wee hours of Friday, some Nigerians in the UK stormed the Nigerian House in London to register their displeasure over the current unrest in the South-Eastern part of the country.
Reports said the protesters who converged at the Trafalgar Square in London, moved to the Abuja House to await Buhari’s arrival.
In a live video on Friday by the BBC pidgin, a large number of Nigerians were seen at the residence chanting songs in both English and Igbo languages. Some of the protesters were dressed in Igbo attire.
One of the protesters said: “These are the Igbos, the ones that their youths are being killed.
“The Nigerian Army, police are in South-East killing our youths. Our parents have been maimed, our mothers have been raped, kidnapped, the Nigerian government has killed us, we are being marginalised.”
Few moments after the report circulated on social media, Adesina announced the postponement of the trip stating that a new date will be announced soon.
Some Nigerians who took to their social media to express their displeasure on the announced postponement without reason, said: “Buhari was running from shame.”
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, had also claimed that Buhari postponed his trip due to threats of placing him under house arrest in the UK.