The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD-FCTA), has given FCT Minister Nyesom Wike a two-week deadline to address their outstanding demands.
Failure to comply, they warned, will result in the “deadliest shutdown” of hospitals in the nation’s capital, according to ARD-FCTA President, Dr. George Ebong.
Ebong who praised Wike’s infrastructural development efforts on Monday, emphasized the need for the Minister to focus on the well-being of doctors, who are struggling due to economic hardship.
“We want him to know that doctors are an abandoned project.
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“While he fixes the infrastructural abandoned project, we are the human abandoned projects,” Ebong told newsmen in Abuja.
The doctors are demanding that Wike “clear six months of salary arrears owed to members employed in 2023,” pay “the Medical Residency Training Fund for 2024,” and “review the bonding policy.”
They also want the Minister to enforce the implementation of skipping and issuance of skipping letters, pay accoutrements allowance for 2024, and settle outstanding hazard allowance arrears.
He warned that if their demands are not met, the health sector will collapse.
“We don’t want the deadliest shutdown that may lead to loss of lives; it is important that the minister listen and act on demand without delays,” he added.
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Last modified: December 23, 2024
