Relief as Doctors Agree to End Strike ...Strike unwarranted, illegal, Ngige insists
Striking resident doctors have reached agreement with the federal government to end their four-day industrial action. The doctors also allegedly apologised to the federal government over their strike, blaming it on communication gap and bottlenecks in the implementation of agreement reached between the government and the association. At the end of the reconciliatory meeting held on Wedenesday at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) accepted to meet with its executive council with a view to calling off the strike by today. The communiqué issued after the meeting stated that: "In view of these understanding, NARD will consult with its executive council within the next 24hrs with a view to calling off the strike by September 10, 2020." The meeting agreed that nobody would be victimised for any activity connected with or for participating in the industrial action. In a communiqué jointly signed by the Minister of