The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has begun a nationwide seven-day warning strike over the abduction of their colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who has been in a kidnappers den for eight months, News About Nigeria reports.
The President of NARD, Dr. Dele Abdullahi, announced the strike during a virtual emergency meeting of the National Executive Council held Sunday.
He noted that the strike is a total one, adding that no concessions or regency care will be given to patients during the period of the strike.
He charged all medical centres to ensure that they comply fully with the directive and warned that any centre found to have defaulted on the decision of NARD would be fined heavily and denied participation in the forthcoming NARD AGM.
The strike commenced at midnight on Monday, August 26, 2024, and is expected to run for at least seven days.
“The strike is total, and there will be no concessions or emergency care during this period.
“All centres, both federal and state, should ensure full compliance, even as proper handover of patients to consultants should be done.
“Any centre found to have defaulted on the decision of NARD would be fined heavily and denied participation in the forthcoming NARD AGM,” he stated.
Recall that a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, NEC, Kaduna, Popoola, was abducted on the 27th of December, 2023, along with her husband and nephew.
Her husband was released in March, while Popoola and her nephew remain in captivity.
Members of NARD had earlier protested in all tertiary hospitals across the nation to demand Popoola’s release.
