Tims

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[Dr Mohammad Usman Suleiman @mohagirei]

URGENT APPEAL TO AVERT A LOOMING NATIONWIDE NARD STRIKE (TICS 2.0)

Dear Esteemed Leaders and Respected Elders of the Medical Profession,

I write to you at a critical moment for Nigeria’s health sector and the medical profession. As revered elders, past and present leaders, and custodians of the values that have long sustained our noble calling, your voices carry unmatched moral authority and national weight.

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) stands on the brink of another nationwide industrial action— Total and Indefinite Comprehensive Strike TICS 2.0 triggered by the failure of the Federal Ministry of Health and the Federal Government to honour the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) freely entered into with NARD. This development is deeply distressing, not only because of its implications for healthcare delivery, but because it represents a breakdown of trust, sincerity, and good faith in government–professional relations.

For clarity, the sequence of events over the past few months underscores NARD’s patience and restraint:
• Following the suspension of the warning strike, NARD issued a two-week ultimatum, which elapsed without any meaningful response from the FMOH or the Federal Government in the last AGM.
• This ultimatum was subsequently extended by 30 days as a form of goodwill, again without response.
• A further seven-day extension was granted, still without response.
• Consequently, TICS 1.0 commenced, prompting limited engagement that culminated in the signing of an MoU with clear timelines.

Today marks the 31st day after the signing of the MoU, yet there has been no visible or substantive progress on its implementation. In this context, it is only fair to state that resident doctors should not be blamed if industrial action resumes, having repeatedly demonstrated patience while government obligations remain unmet.

It is important to emphasise that NARD has shown uncommon restraint and patriotism. Strikes were suspended, timelines were extended, and multiple conciliatory meetings were honoured, all in the hope that commitments made by the government would translate into concrete action. Regrettably, most of these commitments remain unfulfilled, while agreed deadlines have been ignored without explanation.

Distinguished elders, resident doctors form the backbone of service delivery in Nigeria’s tertiary hospitals. They are overworked, continue to experience breakdowns, and are increasingly demoralised. When agreements addressing our welfare endorsed by the Federal Government are treated with levity, it sends a dangerous signal that sacrifice, dialogue, and professionalism no longer count.

We therefore humbly but urgently appeal to you to prevail on the Federal Ministry of Health, and by extension the Federal Government, to take immediate and visible steps to honour the MoU with NARD. Your timely intervention can still avert this looming crisis, restore confidence, and prevent yet another avoidable disruption to healthcare services across the country.
History has shown that when respected medical elders speak, governments listen. This is one of those defining moments where your intervention can preserve industrial harmony, safeguard patients’ lives, and protect the integrity of our profession.

Nigeria’s patients, our colleagues, and the future of the nation’s health system are counting on you.

Yours faithfully,

SHUAIBU IBRAHIM
Secretary General
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD)

[NARD @nard_nigeria]

Every day on the job, doctors give their all even when the system gives them nothing.
From using phone flashlights to save lives to buying gloves with our own money, this is the reality we face.

We' re not asking for luxury, just dignity, fair pay, and hospitals that work.
We demand better!!

[NARD @nard_nigeria]

DAY 6 — “IMAGINE A NIGERIA WHERE HOSPITALS WORK”

DEAR NIGERIANS,

Hope is not lost.

* Imagine walking into a clean, well-lit hospital.
* Doctors rested, nurses smiling, equipment working.
* No strikes, no fear, just care that restores faith in our nation.

This vision isn’t a dream; it’s what we’re fighting for.
We can build it together.

Hope lives here.
Share this vision.
Stand for reform.

#NigeriaCanHeal | #SaveDoctorsSaveNigeria | #OperationTICS

NARD Media Team

[Dr Mohammad Usman Suleiman @mohagirei]

It is Day 6
And the strike continues

@nationalnma @mdcan_ng @nard_nigeria @NGRPresident @NGRSenate @Fmohnigeria

[NARD @nard_nigeria]

A PASSIONATE APPEAL TO THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FEDERATION

Dear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR

Your Excellency Sir,

Warm greetings to you from the entire body of Resident Doctors in Nigeria; a vital group of young medical professionals who provide specialist care and constitute a significant portion of the nation’s healthcare workforce.

We write to you today with deep concern and a profound sense of duty to draw your urgent attention to the worsening state of Nigeria’s health sector. Our healthcare system, Sir, is on the verge of collapse, a situation that has now assumed the dimensions of a national emergency and a matter of national security.

Your Excellency, we are aware that some individuals around you may have assured you that the challenges facing resident doctors have been resolved. Respectfully, Sir, that information is not accurate. Our realities in the hospitals across Nigeria tell a different story. Many of our members are yet to receive their legitimate entitlements, despite several signed agreements and repeated assurances from government representatives.

We are not politicians. We are doctors; men and women devoted to saving lives, working long hours in often harsh and under-resourced conditions. Our appeal is simple and sincere: we seek not luxuries, but the basic salaries, allowances, and welfare packages that have already been approved and promised by government.

Sadly, while many in privileged positions continue to receive their full emoluments without delay, the frontline doctors who shoulder the burden of patient care are left struggling. This inequity is demoralizing and threatens the very foundation of our healthcare delivery system.

Mr. President, you have always been known for your compassion, fairness, and courage in addressing difficult national challenges. We therefore appeal to your fatherly leadership to personally intervene and resolve the long-standing 19-point demands of the Nigerian Resident Doctors in order to restore hope, trust, and stability to our health sector.

We believe that under your decisive leadership, Nigeria’s health system can once again stand strong to serve our people with dignity and save countless lives.

May God grant you the wisdom, strength, and goodwill to act swiftly in the interest of all Nigerians.

Thank you Your Excellency for your kind attention and anticipated action.

Dr. Mohammad Usman Suleiman
President, Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors
27:10:2025

[NARD @nard_nigeria]

When doctors collapse in the line of duty, it’s more than exhaustion — it’s a reflection of a system that has refused to listen for too long.

This is not just one person’s story, it’s the reality of many Nigerian doctors who keep giving their all in a system that gives so little in return.

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@EazzyAyo622121 @ParallelFacts People like you are the reason why Nigeria has remained backwards

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@renoomokri Yes, you are lying

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@savalake231 @renoomokri Each time i read a post like this, I am convinced beyond reasonable doubt that the political class has conquered the minds of the masses permanently with ethnicity

[Tims @TimsOkey]

@renoomokri So amid the anguish, hunger, insecurity and pains ravaging Nigeria, people still gather under Reno Omokri's post to discuss PO? Tufiakwa!

The Political class are actually winning. The masses are busy fighting ethnic war . Poor people fighting themselves.

[Tims @TimsOkey]

@rusticfunmi The goal is to keep you distracted with bigotry while they quietly loot your resources.

Continue fighting your brother while the Naira crashes to 5,000/$1.

Keep up the “my tribe vs. your tribe” nonsense while they play “the powerful vs. the powerless.”

Na you smart pass

[Rinu Oduala 🔥🔫 @SavvyRinu]

The goal is to keep you distracted with bigotry while they quietly loot your resources.

Continue fighting your brother while the Naira crashes to 5,000/$1.

Keep up the “my tribe vs. your tribe” nonsense while they play “the powerful vs. the powerless.”

Na you smart pass 🫡

[Tims @TimsOkey]

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[Darey @kunmydrey]

"INEC is a Criminal Institution and do not represent the interest of Nigerians.

They have committed Criminal offenses by rigging against Nigerians."
- Bola Tinubu

Nigerians, rise up and take to the streets.