UCH resident doctors begin strike over unpaid salaries

Association of Resident Doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan has commenced an indefinite industrial action over unpaid four months salaries of some members.

President of the UCH Ibadan chapter of the association, Dr Temitope Hussein, said on Saturday in Ibadan that the strike was to protest non-payment of January, February, March and April salaries of some of their members.

He said other issues included the non-enrolment of some members into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, (IPPIS), said to be affecting payment of their emoluments.

The National Association of Resident Doctors had in April suspended its indefinite strike after ten days.

NARD had cited “new agreement reached with the Federal Government” as the reason for suspending the strike.

The doctors had demanded, amongst other things, payment of all salary arrears and review of the current hazard allowance to 50 per cent of consolidated basic salaries for all health workers.