Strike Goes On As Resident Doctors Reject 25% Salary Increase

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has rejected the 25 per cent increment in the basic salary of doctors as well as the accoutrement allowance.

According to the association, they insisted that their earlier demand is for full restoration of the consolidated medical salary structure to its right value.

The doctors maintained that there was no going back in the ongoing nationwide total and indefinite strike until reasonable progress is made by the government.

This is stated in a jointly signed statement by Orji Emeka Innocent, the president, Chikezie Kelechi, Secretary General, and Uma Musa, publicity and social secretary.

Declaring their stand, the striking doctors described the 25 per cent as paltry and said the strike continues.

The doctors stated that the 2023 medical residency training fund has not been paid even after several promises made by the government.

However, they appealed to the Federal Government and state governments to forestall the further escalation of the ongoing industrial disharmony in the health sector nationwide.