The strike embarked upon by members of the National Association of Resident Doctors , NARD since Monday, September 4 would still continue despite holding series of meeting with the Ministers of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige and Health, Prof. Isaac Oyewole.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the meeting held in Abuja ended in the early hours of Thursday between the leaders of the striking doctors, the two ministers and other top government officials.
A statement by the labour ministry after the meeting which lasted several hours said the strike would continue until at least Friday when the doctors are expected to meet to review the offer by the government on their demands including payment of salary arrears owed.
”The meeting agreed that NARD national officers is to present the outcome of the re-negotiated Memorandum of Terms of settlement to an emergency meeting of its members by Friday September 8, 2017 with a view to suspending the strike once there is evidence of payment of the mandate as presented to the meeting, to the affected institutions,” the statement noted
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