Don't Threaten Me With Strike, If You Resume, I Won't Pay - Wike Warns Doctors
Faith Ukanwa
Oct 19, 2023
Don't Threaten Me With Strike, If You Resume, I Won't Pay - Wike Warns Doctors
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned resident doctors in Abuja against threatening to embark on strike, noting that he will not pay them if they resume.
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Speaking to the doctors, Wike said he would save money if doctors embark on strike and is ready to contend with them before a law court.
He advised them to instead of striking, to make recommendations and the government will do the ones it can.
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"Make your recommendations, and we will see the ones we can do and those we can't do. Don't threaten me with a strike because I don't like it. When you go on strike, I save money; even if you come back, I won't pay; we will determine it in court.
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"It's not about promises but the reality on ground, I don't believe in theory," Wike said.
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Recently, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have been on-and-off industrial actions due to the Federal Government's failure to meet its demands.
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The doctors' demands, among many others, include the immediate payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF), tangible steps on the "upward review" of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS), and payment of all salary arrears owed its members since 2015.
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The doctors also want the immediate massive recruitment of clinical staff in the hospitals and the abolishment of the bureaucratic limitations to the immediate replacement of doctors and nurses who leave the system.
They also want the immediate review of hazard allowance by all the state governments as well as private tertiary health institutions where any form of residency training is done.
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— Faith Ukanwa