NMA Breaks Silence On Resident Doctors/FG Dispute, Calls For Resolution

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on Tuesday, waded into the dispute between the striking Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD and the Federal Government, calling for a speedy resolution of disagreements over labour demands. The NMA, in a statement by its President, Uche Ojinmah, stressed that as the mother association to NARD, the labour dispute which it described as avoidable has gone on for long to the detriment of Nigerian citizen.

Ojinmah called on the Government to quickly conclude measures to resolve all areas of disagreement and eschew all punitive responses in the interest of industrial harmony. He also urged the resident doctors to extend a gesture of goodwill towards the government in the interest of the suffering patients. Recall that the resident doctors on July 25 declared a total and indefinite strike action over unmet demands including the payment of the 2023 MRTF, the release of the circular on one-for-one replacement, and the payment of skipping arrears, among others.