The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has asked its members to return to work on Monday (today), following a seven-day nationwide warning strike over the abduction of their colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola.
Popoola was kidnapped about eight months ago. However, NARD stated that it would examine the Federal Government’s pledge to resolve its demand within the following three weeks.
Last Monday, NARD launched a seven-day warning strike to urge for the release of Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna.
The doctor was abducted on December 27, 2023, along with her husband and nephew.
Popoola and her nephew are still being held captive, despite the fact that her husband was released in March.
The Federal Government said on Thursday that it would implement the ‘no work, no pay’ policy for the striking resident doctors.
But the doctors claimed they were unconcerned about the policy.
Speaking in an interview on Sunday, the NARD President, Dr. Dele Abdullahi, said, “We are suspending the strike now. We will be meeting to review the progress the government has made in the next three weeks.
“We are resuming on Monday, September 2, 2024, at 8 am. The engagement of the government has been a little bit better. But we are hopeful that they will sustain this current line of action.”
