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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), connected Tuesday, renewed telephone for the Federal Government to reinstate 5 doctors sacked by the absorption of Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, Kogi State.
The sacked doctors were allegedly dismissed successful October 2024 arsenic good arsenic successful May and August 2025 by the absorption of the teaching infirmary led by erstwhile Chief Medical Director, Dr Olatunde Alabi.
The affected doctors were reportedly sacked for their engagement successful national activities against the infirmary management.
Addressing a property league successful Lokoja, NARD President, Dr. Muhammed Usman Suleiman, noted that the sacked doctors person been retired of enactment for implicit a year.
Suleiman recalled that the NARD had during its caller 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM), gave the Federal Government a 30-day deadline to conscionable a bid of outstanding payment and argumentation demands affecting its members.
“Today is the 18th time of the 30-day ultimatum that NARD gave to the Federal Government to instrumentality our demands, among which is the reinstatement of 5 doctors sacked astatine FTH Lokoja.
“NARD’s demands see the reinstatement of the sacked doctors, outgo of unpaid promotion and wage arrears dating backmost to 5 years, unpaid 25 and 35 per cent increment and entitlements,” helium said.
He emphasised that Nigeria was facing situation successful the wellness sector, with a ratio of 1 doc servicing implicit 9,000 Nigerians, compared to the modular ratio of 1 doc to 600 people.
Suleiman stressed that the national authorities indispensable beryllium holistic successful its attack to addressing the issues successful the wellness sector.
He urged President Bola Tinubu to instrumentality urgent action, informing that if the concern was not addressed, it mightiness effect to a nationalist disaster.
Suleiman further expressed NARD’s readiness to prosecute successful dialog with the national authorities to resoluteness the issues raised successful their demands.
“We request sacked doctors backmost to trim enactment loads successful the hospital. We informed Nigerians astir doctors’ plight.
“NARD is acceptable to sermon with national authorities to reinstate the sacked doctors,” helium said.
Suleiman stressed the request for the continuation of the ongoing dialog betwixt the national authorities and Nigerian doctors arsenic good arsenic different wellness workers without further delay.
“That is the lone mode to curb encephalon drain. “NARD is saying ‘enough is enough,'” he emphasised.
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