Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has distanced itself from the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) drafted by the Federal Government and vehemently refused to sign the document as a commitment to ending its ongoing industrial action.
The association described the MoU as a veiled punishment for doctors, who are to bear the brunt of government’s failures.
NMA’s intervention was to end the resumed strike of the residents doctors which enters its twenty third day on Monday.
Recall that resident doctors on August 1 commenced a strike over alleged failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement bordering on salaries and allowances.
NARD President, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, who declined his assent owing to an undisclosed clause insisted the leadership has to get the nod of members before he could sign the document.
The Minister of Labour and Employment said at the end of the six-hour meeting that all other unions in the negotiation including the NMA and the Medical and Dental Consultants of Nigeria signed the new agreement.
Chris Ngige disclosed that the meeting did not discuss the issue of ‘No Work No Pay’ but that all parties at the meeting agreed to an out of court settlement.
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