The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors should not have to beg for what has already been agreed upon. The Federal Government signed a deal on the Professional Allowance Table, and now it wants to abandon it. This is not governance; it is betrayal.
Our resident doctors are the last line of defence in hospitals that are already collapsing. They work gruelling hours, in impossible conditions, for pay that insults their sacrifice. And now, the government seeks to take away the little that was promised? The Tinubu administration must demonstrate commitment to the issues: 19 months of unpaid Professional Allowance arrears; promotion arrears gathering dust; a Medical Residency Training Fund stuck in bureaucratic limbo; and a government that treats its doctors as an afterthought and remains unconcerned as they flee the country in droves.
Every doctor Nigeria loses to the UK, Canada, or Saudi Arabia is a failure of leadership, not a failure of patriotism. You cannot ask people to serve a nation that refuses to honour its own word.
I stand with NARD. Pay what you owe. Honour what you signed. Or explain to 200 million Nigerians why their hospitals will go dark on Tuesday. -AA
Q: Are you saying you and your colleagues at NARD are going ahead on Monday with the nationwide strike?
- Dr. Mohammed Suleiman had this to say:
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@muhammadpate Interestingly, the 3 health unions (NMA, JOHESU and NANNM) could now identify their common enemy. It'll be mutual for all to come together and fight for the best.
@Ausbones How could you convert post basic Nursing to Msc program when Basic Nursing certificate is as low as below diploma? U mean someone that bagged certificate from 3 year Nursing program will jump to Msc without passing through university or University? You guys are funny indeed
@WhiteHouse At last when US invaders get access to Nigeria it'll be difficult for them to know who's Christian,Muslim or Pegan. They'll kill all and get away with their target resources. So many educated illiterate on the media.