Doctors in public health institutions have suspended their nationwide strike.
The National President of the Nigerian
Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele in a statement in Lagos on
Sunday directed all members of the association working in the public
sector to resume work on Monday in their various hospitals across the
nation.
Doctors in public health institutions
had embarked on a five- day nationwide strike last week to protest acts
of injustices against their members and underfunding of the sector.
Enabulele stated that the five day
warning strike was suspended in the spirit of the upcoming yuletide and
also to give government time to resolve its demands.
He, however, noted that doctors would
embark on an indefinite strike by January 6, 2013, if government fails
to fulfill its demands.
Enabulele stated,” We call on all
Nigerian doctors in the public health sector to resume full services
with effect from 8am on Monday 23rdDecember, 2013.
“We also wish to use this opportunity
to remind government that Nigerian doctors shall not hesitate to
commence a full blown strike action from 8am on Monday, 6thJanuary
2014, if government does not satisfactorily resolve the demands of the
Nigerian Medical Association. We therefore call on the Local, State and
Federal levels of Government to take note of this notice.
While thanking Nigerians for the
solidarity,the association called on well-meaning Nigerians to assist in
the resolution of the demands of the NMA.
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