Senate, Reps appeal to Resident Doctors to consider Nigerians and call off strike

Both the Senate and House of Representatives have jointly called on the resident doctors to call of their strike and return to negotiation table with the federal government.

The Resident Doctors under the aegis of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) resumed strike on Monday August 2, 2021.

Already, the strike action is affecting medical services at various government-owned hospitals.

Senate committee chairman on health Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe who spoke at the flag-off of a public health sensitisation campaign organised by the National Agency Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said the impact of doctors’ strike on the overall health of Nigeria was enormous.

According to him, “Medical doctors are critical to the nation’s health. I urge them to consider the generality of Nigerians and call off the ongoing strike.

Already, the federal government has commenced discussions with the doctors and hopefully it will continue in order to reach a good conclusion.

Also, speaking, the chairman house committee on health services, Hon. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, appealed to doctors to end the ongoing strike.

NAFDAC DG, Prof. Moji Adeyeye while highlighting the essence of the sensitisation campaign explained that the exercise will start on August 9 and end on October 9, 2021.

The sensitisation campaigns is poised to contribute significantly to Federal Government’s concerted efforts to inform, sensitize, educate and alert the public about inherent dangers of intake and use of spurious regulated products.


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