The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has a dialogue with the leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) over its ongoing nationwide strike.
This follows a meeting between the NGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, and the leadership of the association, led by its President Dr Aliyu Sokomba.
This was contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson for the NGF Secretariat, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, on Saturday.
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The statement said that it was the first time the doctors would seek the governors’ intervention, adding that the NGF urged them to call off the strike.
The statement said the NARD representatives promised to meet with other executive members of the association and await the action of the NGF on the issues raised.
The statement added that at the end of the meeting, NARD President reached out to the secretariat that the doctors have agreed to “call off the strike” to allow the governors to address their complaints.
The resident doctors embarked on the industrial action on Monday but exempted their colleagues working in various coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation and treatment centres across the country, to join them after two weeks if their demands are not attended to.
According to their demands, they are asking the government to provide protective equipment for all healthcare workers and immediate reversal of the disengagement of all 26 resident doctors at the University Teaching Hospital in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
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