NMA, NARD Meet Minister, Move To Resolve Issues

The newly elected leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) held a meeting in Abuja with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Tuesday to resolve the face-off between the government and the resident doctors.

The meeting was held behind closed doors to introduce the new executives of NARD to the minister and to talk about issues prolonging the ongoing industrial action by the resident doctors.

NMA has attributed the ongoing strike by the resident doctors under the umbrella of NARD which has entered its 58th day to the alleged uncooperative attitude of the immediate past leadership of NARD.

The National President, NARD, Dare Ishaya, disclosed that some of the issues have been agreed upon.


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