FG Appeals To Doctors To Shelve Strike

The Federal Government has appealed to resident doctors to consider the plight of 80 per cent of the citizenry in need of healthcare and not proceed on strike.

The government said the country was in a bad place health wise because of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the medical sector.

Chris Ngige, the Minister  of Labour and Employment, conveyed the plea at a conciliatory meeting with the leadership of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) .

According to him, majority of the welfare issues under contention were almost resolved even before the letter of complaint and notification of a planned strike action was delivered at the ministry.