Resident doctors threaten fresh strike, gives FG two-week ultimatum

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike with effect from July 19.
It gave the Federal Government the two-week ultimatum on Wednesday to commence the implementation of all pending agreements or face an industrial action.
The association disclosed the development in a communique issued at the end of its Extraordinary National Executive Council meeting held on Wednesday .
The communique was signed by the President of NARD, Emeka Orji.
It read in part, ”NEC observed with disappointment that it is now seven weeks since the end of the five-day warning strike action embarked upon by the association to press home her demands and that the resolutions of the conciliatory meeting chaired by the then Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment were yet to be implemented.”
“For emphasis, at the expiration of this further extended ultimatum, if all these demands are not met, we cannot guarantee industrial harmony in the health sector nationwide,” it warned.
The doctors on 17 May embarked on a five-day warning strike before declaring a total strike following the failure of the government to meet its demands.