Ade Adesomoju, AbujaThe National Industrial Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors to immediately end their industrial action which started on September 7 2020. However, being an ex parte hearing which is one-sided proceedings, the respondents were not represented in court on Wednesday. Tietie added that if allowed to continue, the strike action by the doctors would cause an irreparable damage to the ongoing negotiation between NARD and the Federal Government. Ruling on the application, Justice Ibrahim Galadima upheld Tietie’s arguments and ordered NARD members to immediately end the strike action. The application was assigned to Justice Galadima sitting as a vacation judge.

Source: Punch September 16, 2020 18:22 UTC