The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on late Tuesday, declared an indefinite strike, which will begin today, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 12am.
The Association President, Dr Emeka Orji, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the decision was made during the July National Executive Council meeting in Lagos.
Orji said, “Our members are saying that we have been on this since January on the same issues, and they are not going to continue to wait.
“The very important part of our demands is one-for-one replacement, and doctors are still leaving and the ones remaining are being overworked.
“Last week, a doctor died in Bayelsa State. Doctors are dying from being overworked, and we have been on this for a long time.
“When we met on Friday, everybody was calling for a strike, and I just had to plead with them because the Secretary to the Government, George Akume, intervened, but up till today, we cannot reach them again, and nobody wants to hear about any intervention by the government again.”
