The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARDs, has
issued a nationwide strike notice effective September 4.
Olusegun Olaopa, the President of NARDs, University
College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, announced this on Wednesday in a statement made
available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan.
Mr. Olaopa said that the resident doctors would commence
an indefinite industrial action on Monday to press home their demands.
According to him, the action is sequel a statement signed
by John Onyebueze and Aneke Emmanuel, National President and Secretary of
NARDs, respectively.
The statement said that it was resolved at the NEC
meeting of NARDs held in Abuja on August 26 to embark on the strike.
“Neither the federal nor state governments has shown
commitment to the resolution of issues at stake nor honoured previous agreements.
“Consequent upon this, the association resolved to
proceed on a total indefinite industrial action from Monday, September 4, 2017,
until all these issues are permanently resolved.
“Nationwide pre-strike protests against this injustice
are to hold in all our branches and states of the federation on August 30,
2017.
“All heads of tertiary health institutions who have
received funding for payments to our members should be directed to pay same
immediately" it said.
NAN reports that the members of NARDs are demanding for
the resolution of persistent shortfalls and unpaid arrears of salaries earned
in both federal and state tertiary health institutions.
Other issues are the enrolment of resident doctors into
the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) since 2003, and
non-implementation of adjusted House Officers’ Entry grade level equivalent
since 2014.
The resident doctors are also asking for the resolution
of issues around their stagnation of promotion and non-promotion of members who
have met requisite criteria despite all collective bargaining agreements and
circulars.
NAN recalls that resident doctors in UCH had on January
6, embarked on a one-day protest rally over non-payment of their November and
December 2016 salaries.
Source :(NAN)
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