Resident Doctors suspend one-week strike
The leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has suspended its one-week warning strike.
The president of the association, Dr. Emeka Orji, said the strike was suspended for two weeks after reaching some agreement with the government on Friday.
However, he said the doctors will meet again on the second day of June this year to review progress made with the agreement signed after which the association will decide on their next line of action.
The resident doctors had reached an agreement with the federal government over the five-day warning strike it embarked upon.
On May 17, NARD began a five-day warning strike to press home its demands after a 14-day ultimatum to the government lapsed.
The doctors are demanding, among other things, the payment of all salary arrears for their members as well as the immediate upgrade of infrastructure in public hospitals.
