Nigeria: Resident Doctors Embark On Nationwide Strike

2 October 2013

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARDN) has ordered its members nationwide to embark on an indefinite strike beginning from Tuesday over the failure of the federal government to observe the implementation of Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS) agreement reached between both parties.

President of the association, Dr. Jibril Abdullahi, who fielded questions from journalists in Kano yesterday, said: "We further noted the failure of the federal government to appropriately respond to our demands as contained in our earlier ultimatum which effectively expires at midnight of September 30, 2013."

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