The Federal Government may sack the striking resident doctors if the strike persists beyond today.
This was contained in a fresh memorandum of terms of settlement reached at the end of a meeting held at the instance of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, with executives of the Nigerian Medical Association, NARD; Chief Medical Directors, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), including other relevant government officials, and made available to newsmen in the early hours of yesterday in Abuja.
A crucial meeting of the executives of NARD and the Federal Government in Abuja today will determine the way forward in the ongoing strike.
At today’s meeting in Abuja, resident doctors would choose to either back down or return to work while giving the Federal Government time to address their demands or call the bluff of the government and continue the strike until their demands are met by the government.
When contacted, President of the Association of Resident Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (ARD-LUTH), Dr. Adebayo Sekumade, said that NARD would issue a statement on the way forward.
NARD said its members are not intimidated by the pronouncement of government if they decide to proceed on the ongoing nationwide strike after today.
