The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) has suspended a five-day warning strike initiated due to the nonpayment of salaries owed to some members.
Dr. Ashiru Mikail, Vice-President of the association, informed Pathway News on Tuesday in Zaria that the strike was suspended on Monday evening. The resident doctors resumed work at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
He explained that the strike was called off after a marathon meeting between the association and ABUTH management.
“There was a serious commitment from the part of the management to address the demands of the association; the management had pledged to stop percentage salary payments to our members. The meeting also charted robust initiatives to curtail further industrial disharmony between the association and ABUTH management,” Mikail stated.
Pathway News reports that the association embarked on the five-day warning strike on July 22 to protest percentage salary payments for members on the GIFMIS platform and nonpayment of accoutrement allowance, among other issues.
