The Federal Government on Monday began negotiation with the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) with a view to get them to shelve their planned strike as the nation needs their cooperation to successfully battle the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has also begged the resident doctors not to carry out their threat to go on indefinite strike at the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum issued to the government. It, therefore, gave a 14-day ultimatum within which the government should address their demand or face a total and indefinite strike. Dr Ehanire said: “As we speak, negotiation is going on with the Minister of Labour. Many of the points raised by resident doctors are issues that have easy solution that can be resolved.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 01, 2020 18:56 UTC