APO House online Gathers That Senator(Dr.)Chris Nwabueze Ngige,the Nigerian Federal Minister of Labour,Employment and productivity, has muscled members of the National Association of Resident Doctors to a meeting.
According to Ngige this follows a directive from President Mohammadu Buhari, to resolve all issues without belabouring technicality, he is compeled to meet again with the striking resident Doctors.
He said this is after the ministry had approached the National Industrial Court to enforce "No Work, No Pay" policy on the striking resident doctors.
The Minister made this revelation at an ongoing meeting in Abuja with the Nigerian Medical Association and National Association of Resident Doctors.
Ngige who is with the minister of state for Health, Olurunnibe Momora says the National Industrial Court, NIC agreed on NARD to return to talks in alternative despute resolution mediation.
While expressing confidence that after today's meeting the ongoing strike will be called off, the two Ministers who are leading the government team insist on the Doctors to place the patients first
President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Professor Innocent Ujah says the lingering issue between the federal government an resident doctors are totally avoidable, insisting however that there is no pretence that all is well.
Ujah agues that the NMA was not carried along in the 20-day old strike, adding that No Doctor is trained to go on strike for It paints Doctors in Bad light and encourages brain drain.
Before going into a closed door, Ngige clarified that the NMA has never been sidelined, following previous agreement reached, stressing that It's not also correct to mention that government of President Buhari Does not honour agreement.
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