They also want the payment of all salary arrears, implementation of the CONMEAS salary structure and new hazard allowance and domestication of the Medical Residency Training Act and payment of medical residency training fund to its members in state tertiary health facilities among others. After suspending the strike, the doctors issued a fresh two-week ultimatum for the government to meet its demands. According to him, “this is most reassuring owing to the fact that the 9th Assembly had previously intervened in this matter. He added further that the House was not unmindful of the many sacrifices resident doctors have continued to make in the nation’s health sector in spite of the many challenges they faced and the poor conditions within which they work. After the Speaker”s remarks,, the meeting went into the executive session and still in progress as at the Press time.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 25, 2023 03:31 UTC