Nigerian doctors apologises to Nigerians as strike begins nationwide.
Nigerian doctors signalled the beginning of their national strike on Thursday, with an apology to Nigerians, who will be affected by the strike.
In a message on Twitter, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said: “Nigerians must understand that we love them and the strike is not intended to hurt them but to challenge the Nigerian Government”.
NARD urged “@MBuhari @Fmohnigeria @LabourMinNG whose responsibilities amongst others is to care for her citizens and labour force to do the needful”.
The Twitter message also came with a quote that the doctors said is their favourite behind closed doors:
“I love what I do. I hate what I have to do”.
In an interview on Wednesday, NARD president, Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi said: “I want Nigerians to ask the government to be more responsible; and there’s nothing that can make us avert this strike”.
NARD and Federal Government team led by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, met on Thursday in an attempt to persuade the doctors to shelve the April 1 strike.
After the meeting that started around 5 pm and lasted till 1:30 am on Thursday, both sides reached an agreement, which culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of Action.
President of NARD, Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, however, explained the outcome of its meeting with the government must be transmitted to its National Executive Council (NEC) members for further deliberations before any decision to call off the strike or otherwise could be reached.
Okhuaihesuyi, who raised concerns over unfulfilled promises by the government to resident doctors in the past years, insisted due process must be deployed even if the association were to give the government another benefit of the doubt.
He said: “We commenced the strike at 8am this morning. We had a meeting till early hours of this morning and for you to avert a strike you have to call on your NEC members
“They have made promises as usual which we will take back but they have been making promises over a decade ago and most if it has not been fulfilled so we insist on a total and indefinite strike.”
Nigerian doctors signalled the beginning of their national strike on Thursday, with an apology to Nigerians, who will be affected by the strike.
In a message on Twitter, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said: “Nigerians must understand that we love them and the strike is not intended to hurt them but to challenge the Nigerian Government”.
NARD urged “@MBuhari @Fmohnigeria @LabourMinNG whose responsibilities amongst others is to care for her citizens and labour force to do the needful”.
The Twitter message also came with a quote that the doctors said is their favourite behind closed doors: “I love what I do. I hate what I have to do”.
In an interview on Wednesday, NARD president, Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi said: “I want Nigerians to ask the government to be more responsible; and there’s nothing that can make us avert this strike”.
NARD and Federal Government team led by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, met on Thursday in an attempt to persuade the doctors to shelve the April 1 strike.
After the meeting that started around 5 pm and lasted till 1:30 am on Thursday, both sides reached an agreement, which culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of Action.
President of NARD, Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, however, explained the outcome of its meeting with the government must be transmitted to its National Executive Council (NEC) members for further deliberations before any decision to call off the strike or otherwise could be reached.
Okhuaihesuyi, who raised concerns over unfulfilled promises by the government to resident doctors in the past years, insisted due process must be deployed even if the association were to give the government another benefit of the doubt.
He said: “We commenced the strike at 8am this morning. We had a meeting till early hours of this morning and for you to avert a strike you have to call on your NEC members
“They have made promises as usual which we will take back but they have been making promises over a decade ago and most if it has not been fulfilled so we insist on a total and indefinite strike.”