The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Tuesday night, declared a “total and indefinite strike”.
The association declared the industrial action through a statement, listing their demands to include the immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF, the immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement, and the payment of skipping arrears.
The list also noted the upward review of CONMESS in line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of CONMESS, the payment of the arrears of consequential adjustment of minimum to the omitted doctors, and the reversal of the downgrading of the membership certificate by MDCN,
Other demands are the payment of MRTF, new hazard allowance, skipping and implementation of corrected CONMESS in State Tertiary Health Institutions, and the payment of omitted hazard allowance arrears.
The strike comes after the association on July 5 issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government for the implementation of all its demands.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Monday, in a bid to avert the strike, met with the leadership of NARD behind closed doors.