Over 300 Resident Doctors in Katsina State have joined their counterparts to embark on the nationwide strike.
The President of the state chapter of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. Salihu Bolakale told Channels Television that the strike was necessary after the Federal Government failed to fulfill the demands of the association.
Dr. Bolakale noted that some of the demands include payment of COVID-19 allowances, residency training, and implementation of the new minimum wage.
On his part, the Acting Medical Director at the Federal Medical Center Katsina, Dr. Habib Ibrahim described the strike action as unpalatable as the centre remains the only tertiary health institution catering for eight (8) million population of the state.
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He called on the Federal Government to do the needful so that the association would call off the strike to minimise its impact.
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Monday embarked on a nationwide strike to press home its demand.
The union says the strike is coming on the heels of the inability of the Federal Government to meet its yearnings in June this year.
The demands by the doctors include a pay rise, better welfare, and adequate facilities, union leaders said.
The industrial action by the NARD which represents some 40 percent of doctors, is the latest in a string of stoppages by medics to hit Africa’s most populous nation as it struggles to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
