In response to the government's refusal to give consideration to the requests of its members, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced a complete and indefinite strike action.

Dr. Emeka Orji, president of NARD, who made this announcement yesterday, underlined that the strike would start on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

He said that the decision was made during the NARD NEC members' meeting on Tuesday in Lagos.

There major demands are:

1. Immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF

2. Immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement

3. Payment of skipping arrears

4. Upward review of CONMESS in line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of CONMESS

5. Payment of the arrears of consequential adjustment of minimum to the omitted doctors

6. Reversal of the downgrading of the membership certificate by MDCN

7. Payment of MRTF, new hazard allowance, skipping and implementation of corrected CONMESS in State Tertiary Health Institutions

8. Payment of omitted hazard allowance arrears.

Recall that on Monday, Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, pleaded with NARD leadership to give him two weeks so he could meet with President Bola Tinubu to discuss the concerns of the Association.