The six-day warning strike has been suspended by the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital’s National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).
In a statement released Monday in Kaduna, the chapter’s president, Dr. Josiah Yakubu, made the announcement.
Yakubu clarified that the suspension was the consequence of an emergency congress that was convened on Saturday, as well as a number of meetings and inputs, especially from the Nigerian Medical Association’s state and national leadership.
According to him, the hospital’s work would resume on Tuesday at 8:00 a.m., and the other resident physicians would be back by 10:00 a.m.
According to Yakubu, the congress also determined that the Secretary to the State Government had stepped in to arbitrate on behalf of the state government ever since their industrial action began.
He stated that the Secretary to the Kaduna State Government requested a follow-up meeting with the NMA leadership.
“Unfortunately, some of our members received letters terminating their appointments as resident physicians at our first meeting. This was different from that.
A notification of intention to terminate their appointments was included in warning letters sent to certain other individuals.
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“The management of Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital took the action unilaterally, as we have now learned,” he stated.
According to Yakubu, the two-hour-long conversation with the medical group helped all sides understand the difficulties at hand.
He stated, “They emphasized the potential ways to resolve the industrial conflict in a friendly manner.
“This was done in a way that ensures the state’s healthcare service delivery is not compromised and that doctors are not undervalued.”
Yakubu claimed that the state government had committed to resolving the doctors’ demands and concerns and had accepted and acknowledged the validity of all of them.
“The state government’s secretary requested a two-month period to allow the government to practically initiate and resolve these issues of manpower and compensation of doctors in the state as demanded,” he continued.
A draft cost analysis of the switch from CONMESS 2014 to CONMESS 2024 was sent to the SSG for review before being presented to the Governor.
To this end, a Memorandum of Understanding was developed in collaboration with the SSG, Chairman of NMA Kaduna State, President of NARD, President of ARD Kaduna, and President of ARD BDTH.
“It was anticipated at the end of the meeting that these developments would be informed to the ARD Kaduna and ARD BDTH congress for evaluation.”
Yakubu added that the NMA and NARD leadership had promised to thoroughly monitor the entire process until all demands were sufficiently addressed.
