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Medical doctors under the auspices of The Association of Resident Doctors in Kaduna state have threatened to resume their suspended strike if government fails to implement MOU it signed with the association two years ago.
Issuing a 21-day strike notice at a press briefing on Thursday, The President of the association, Dr. Emmanuel Joseph said that the medical doctors would resume their suspended strike if, after the ultimatum, the government fails to implement the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the association.
“The MOU set out mutually agreed road map with timeline towards resolving the issues and provided the basis for suspension of the strike action two years ago,” he said.
Joseph noted that since the agreement, the ARD has patiently and painstakingly continued to engage the government for the implementation of the agreed terms.
He, however, said the association was “rudely shocked by the content of the establishment circular of the 27th September, 2019, which is in breach to our MOU and indeed shortchanges doctors in salaries and allowances to the tune 26-49 per cent across grades and steps.”
According to the ARD president, the Kaduna state government has only “partially” attended to only two out of eight issues contained in the MOU after two years of the agreement.
“It is our earnest hope that the 21 days given will provide ample time for the government to rectify the anomalies in the new circular, to keep with the terms of our MOU and to meet up with other mutually terms of the MOU,” Joseph said.
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