The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) says the Federal Government had refused to pay their August salary in compliance with the no-work no-pay rule it recently invoked.
National President of the association, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, confirmed this development to the PUNCH.
He said, “They did not pay. They implemented it (no-work no-pay rule).
“None of our members in federal institutions have received their salaries.
“It is so sad that instead of meeting our demands, the government keeps ignoring the main reason for the strike.”
The resident doctors had on August 2, 2021 embarked on a nationwide strike.
All efforts so far made by the government, including approaching the National Industrial Court, to ensure the doctors resume work have not yielded any result with the striking doctors insisting that all their demands must be met.
The development forced the government to invoke the no-work no-pay rule.
