Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta
The National Association of Resident Doctors has said that the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria does not have the legal right to bar trainee doctors from joining the union or industrial action during their one-year internship.
The association insisted that the trainee doctors remain key stakeholders in NARD.
The Chairman of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Prof. Abba Hassan, had during the swearing-in of new trainee doctors, warned them against participating in industrial actions.
The MDCN chairman maintained that house officer engaging in industrial action “is an illegal act which will not be further tolerated.”