Doctors strike: Six-hour resolution meeting with FG ends in deadlock.

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The six hours meeting, held on Tuesday, between the house of representatives committee on health, the federal government and the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to end the ongoing strike, ended with no agreement.

According to The Cable, the two-day public hearing, organised by the house committee on health services, started on Monday but ended in a deadlock on Tuesday.

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The meeting was attended by Olorunnimbe Mamora, minister of state for health; Emmanuel Meribole, permanent secretary, office of the head of service; Ben Akabueze, director-general of the budget office of the federation; Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, president of NARD, among others.

Speaking at the meeting on Tuesday, NARD president, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, cited the experiences of doctors in hospitals across the country, especially as it related to payment of salaries.

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“We need to get something right, and getting something right is when we tell ourselves the truth. Why we are still on strike today is because of the ministry of health, mostly — my apologies to the minister of health. I will say it as it is,” he said.

“We have been honoured that the speaker came to see us and invited us four times. This is the second time we are going on a strike in this year. Why are we having these bottlenecks? Because some people are not doing their jobs.”

However, after about six hours of discussions, Tanko Sununu, chairman of the committee, asked the resident doctors to work with the ministry of health to come up with an agreement reached at the meeting.

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But Okhuaihesuyi insisted that the meeting has not resolved the issues raised by the resident doctors, adding that no agreement has been reached.

You recall, doctors embark on indefinite strike on April 1 to protest the failure of the government’s to fulfil an agreement signed with the union.

The strike was later suspended by NARD on April 10 following the signing of a new agreement with the federal government, concerning issues raised in a 13-point demand.

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However, it’s been over months since the agreement was signed, according to the resident doctors federal government has failed to meet most of their demands hence the commencement of a fresh indefinite nationwide strike on August 2 and won’t be called off until the federal government meet all demands as agreed.

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