Resident Doctors Sign Memorandum of Understanding With Nigerian Govt PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
Nigeria's striking doctors' union said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the federal government, and that the timelines set in the agreement will be reviewed by its National Executive Council. commenced a five-day warning strike in the early hours of Wednesday following the failure of the Nigerian government to meet its demands.
But speaking with PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday evening, the President of NARD, Emeka Orji, said representatives of the association on Friday met with the Senate Committee on Health, the House of Representatives Committee on Health and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, to deliberate on their demands.
"The meeting was to deliberate the issues tabled before the government and at the end of the meeting, the government agreed to some of our demands and put a timeline on when they will be implemented and for some others, they did not approve of which they offered some explanations," he said."The MoU also note that NARD officers present at the meeting will take the MoU back to the NEC of NARD that has the power to give further directives after analysing the MoU.
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