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Doctors strike: FG blows hot, opens attendance register in teaching hospitals

Kehinde Sallah
Kehinde Sallah August 9, 2021
Updated 2021/08/09 at 9:08 AM
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Doctors strike: NARD President fires back at Ngige

The Federal Government has ordered all chief medical directors in teaching hospitals across the country to open attendance registers in order to implement the no work no pay directive against striking resident doctors.

It would be recalled that the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) resumed their strike on Monday after alleging that the Federal Government failed to implement the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with them after over 100 days they suspended their last strike.

They also claimed the Federal Government failed to meet their demands which includes payment of the residency fund, COVID-19 allowance, hazard allowance, and the outstanding salary shortfalls.

According to them, despite efforts by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to ensure the Medical Residency Training Funds are captured in the supplementary budget, the Federal Government has failed to disburse the funds to their members.

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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige stated in an interview on Politics Today on Channels Television on Friday that the federal government had invoked the “no –work- no pay” rule as contained in Section 43 of the Labour Act.

READ ALSO: Resident doctors begin nationwide strike

Meanwhile, the NARD President, in an interview with the Punch on Sunday said, “We are aware that they are going to bring down registers tomorrow. We are aware that they have spoken to chief medical directors about that. We are aware they have sent a circular on no-work, no-pay to all teaching hospitals.

“We are not aware if they have answered our ultimatum. What have they done in trying to convince the younger ones to go back to work when they have not answered our Memorandum of Action which was signed on March 29 and April 9? So, these are the big questions.

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“You are in government and you want to discipline a child, you beat the child but you still hold the mouth of the child to prevent him from crying out. You had 116 days since you signed a Memorandum of Action which was time-bound and you had six weeks but as of tomorrow it will be 117 days and you have not done anything. Will you bully your child that you have not paid for months and still want to impose a no-work, no-pay policy?

“He (Ngige) has already written to the chief medical directors of hospitals and we are aware they are invoking the no-work- a no-pay policy already, but we are not resuming yet,” Okhuaihesuyi said.

On the alleged threat by the Federal Government to sack NARD members if they failed to resume this week, Okhuaihesuyi said it was a welcome development.

The NARD President argued that anyone hired by the Federal Government would automatically become a NARD member.

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He further wondered where the government would find the doctors to replace the 16,000 NARD members who were already trained.

“I don’t see how they will replace someone who has been in training for three to five years with a new person who hardly knows anything. Anyone who is brought in as a resident doctor will automatically be our member anyway,” Okhuaihesuyi said.

He added that his association had received an invitation to meet with the House of Representatives Committee on Health on Monday (today).

He said, “The chairman, House of Committee on Health, Dr Tanko Sununu, has sent an invite to us to meet him in Abuja on August 9, 2021.”

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Kehinde Sallah August 9, 2021
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