We will disclose our next move after the meeting, maybe in the next four to five hours.
By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – Baring last minute changes, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) will today meet with representatives of the federal government over its ongoing strike and nationwide protest schedules for tomorrow.
Resident doctors had embarked on an indefinite strike on July 26 over the failure of the government to implement the demands of members.
It announced last week that its members will embark on peaceful nationwide protests from Wednesday, August 9, which is tomorrow.
But NARD president, Emeka Orji, said on Tuesday that the outcome of the meeting will determine whether the planned peaceful protest would go on as planned.
He stated: “We will disclose our next move after the meeting, maybe in the next four to five hours.”
The doctors are demanding, among others, the payment of the 2023 medical residency training fund (MRTF); immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement and upward review of the consolidated medical salary structure (CONMESS).
Others are payment of outstanding arrears of consequential adjustment, hazard and skipping allowance.