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Resident Doctors Union Calls For 5-Day Strike, Patients Affected
Resident Doctors Union Calls For 5-Day Strike, Patients Affected....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
According to a report by Naija News, Dr. Ashiru Mikail, the Vice President of the hospital’s chapter of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), declared a strike during a briefing in Zaria. The strike commenced early Monday morning following the expiration of a one-week ultimatum given to hospital management to address the issues. Dr. Mikail cautioned that if their demands are not met after this warning strike, the association would convene to decide on further actions……. CONTINUE READING
Dr. Mikail outlined several demands of the association, which include rejecting percentage salary payments for members on the GIFMIS platform and the immediate repayment of withheld parts of doctors’ salaries. He highlighted that salaries of affected members were recently reduced by 25 to 27 percent, amounting to ₦58,000 to ₦60,000, with additional salary arrears owed from 2021.
Despite economic challenges, Dr. Mikail criticized management for not providing valid reasons for these deductions. He disclosed that the management proposed to allocate ₦2 million monthly from overhead costs to settle accoutrement allowance arrears, amounting to only ₦5,000 per doctor monthly, far below the ₦100,000 owed to each member.
Dr. Mikail also emphasized that while over 60 percent of Federal Health Tertiary institutions in the North West zone have started paying arrears of accoutrement allowance, ABUTH has not yet done so. He pointed out that management suggested paying ₦5,000 instead of the due ₦25,000 per member.
Additionally, the association demands the implementation of a 25 percent CONMESS upward review for salaries of members on the GIFMIS platform.
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