Once again, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend their industrial action and resume work while negotiation continues.
Ngige made the appeal during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, as the resident doctors’ strike enters Day 59.
“I want to appeal to NARD to reconsider their position, get back to work tomorrow (today) or next and then come back again for discussions. We have so many things to discuss.
“I have nephews who are resident doctors. I have three of them at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, UNTH Enugu, Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu. I have so many of them.
“I have a son who will graduate in Medicine in October. I cannot destroy the profession, I have to protect the profession too.”
