By Chioma Obinna
The fight against the COVID -19 pandemic in Nigeria may suffer a set back as the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, made good its threat to embark on strike to press for the agreement reached with the Federal government three years ago.
This development has arisen even as the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu warned that Nigeria cannot afford any reduction in the number of available doctors, now that the country is faced with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Members of the NARD had last week issued an ultimatum to the Federal government threatening to embark on industrial action should the Federal government fail to meet their demands by Monday. (15th June 2020).
Good Health Weekly gathered that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had met with top officials of the Ministry of Health, the NMA and the NARD to avert the planned strike by the Association.
In a telephone chat, the…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
