Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
Federal government has presented resident doctors with new commitment with a view to getting them to call off their ongoing strike.
Rising from another conciliation meeting between federal government and the National Association Resident Doctors (NARD) held yesterday, both sides tried to resolve various issues fuelling the current strike including; non-payment of House Officers / non-recruitment of House officers; abolishment of the Bench fees; non-payment of National Minimum Wage consequential adjustment arrears.
Other issues taken up at the meeting were residency training allowance; hazard allowance and payment of Resident Doctors on GIFMIS platform.
The meeting which was a follow up to the conciliatory meeting of March 31 saw both sides taking a step further to iron out grey’s areas of concern.