The Federal Government has again appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to call off its strike, saying the association has lost all moral and legal grounds to continue its seven-day-old action.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said the Federal Government has not only substantially met the seven-point demand by NARD, it has also demonstrated transparency in their implementation.
According to the Minister, even though some of the House officers were recruited outside the quota allocated by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria and some were recruited between January and March when there was an embargo on selective recruitment by Teaching Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres, amnesty was granted to them all and to be paid in line with the Memorandum of Action (MoA).
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