{"id":123294,"date":"2025-10-27T06:13:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T05:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123294"},"modified":"2025-10-27T06:13:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T05:13:36","slug":"resident-doctors-to-commence-indefinite-strike-november-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/resident-doctors-to-commence-indefinite-strike-november-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Doctors to commence indefinite strike November 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to commence an indefinite nationwide strike beginning November 1, 2025, following the expiration of a 30-day ultimatum issued to the Federal Government over unmet demands.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The announcement, signed by NARD President Dr. Mohammad Suleiman, came after a five-hour emergency meeting of the association\u2019s National Executive Council (NEC) held on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that NARD had earlier embarked on a five-day warning strike in August 2025, to press home similar demands, after which the Federal Government promised to meet some of the conditions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the association accused the government of failing to honor its commitments, prompting the renewed industrial action.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to NARD, the strike became inevitable due to the government\u2019s failure to implement agreements reached after several meetings and interventions. The doctors\u2019 demands include the implementation of the 2023 Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS), payment of skipping arrears, upward review of hazard allowance, and the replacement of exited resident doctors to address manpower shortages in public hospitals.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has appealed to the doctors to shelve the strike, describing it as \u201cill-timed\u201d and warning that it could further strain the health sector. Officials said discussions were ongoing to address outstanding issues and ensure the payment of verified entitlements.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite this, NARD insists that only concrete action, not promises, will make it reconsider its position, emphasizing that doctors have been \u201cpushed to the wall\u201d by poor remuneration and working conditions across the country\u2019s hospitals.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to commence an indefinite nationwide strike beginning November 1, 2025, following the expiration of a 30-day ultimatum&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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