UCH RESIDENT DOCTORS RESUME WORK AFTER MONTH LONG STRIKE
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Resident doctors at the University College Hospital in Ibadan have returned to work after a nationwide strike that lasted a month.
The News Agency of Nigeria says the strike started on November 1, after the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors decided to take action because the government didn’t meet their demands.
The doctors asked for several things, including a 200 percent raise in the medical salary structure, full approval of new allowances that were proposed in July 2022, immediate hiring of more clinical staff, and the removal of delays that are preventing the replacement of current doctors.
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Dr. Gboyega Ajibola, the president of UCH NARD, mentioned that the NARD National Executive Council met on November 29 to review the situation again.
He noted that the government had met most of their immediate and short-term demands.
According to Ajibola, a Memorandum of Understanding, was signed with the government, outlining the association’s demands and the timelines for their implementation.
“Based on the satisfactory terms of the MoU, the NARD NEC decided to suspend the industrial action and allow the government four weeks to execute the agreed points,” he said.
Ajibola explained that, in line with NARD tradition, each centre held a congress on December 1 to brief members on the developments. Following the briefing, centre presidents instructed all members to return to their duty posts.
He confirmed that all resident doctors at UCH resumed work on Monday.
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