NARD Issues Four-Week Ultimatum to FG Over Welfare Issues

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has set a new four-week deadline for the federal government to address ongoing welfare and salary issues affecting its members. This decision follows a virtual meeting of the NARD's National Executive Council, where members expressed dissatisfaction with the government's slow response to previous commitments.

NARD's communiqué, signed by President Dr. Mohammad Usman Suleiman, Secretary General Dr.

Shuaibu Ibrahim, and Public Social Secretary Dr. Abdulmajid Yahya Ibrahim, indicates that the patience of resident doctors is wearing thin due to delays in implementing agreed welfare packages.

The association warned that if the government fails to show meaningful progress within the new deadline, they will prepare for industrial action. Key concerns include the failure to release the 2026 Medical Residency Training Fund and ongoing delays in salary payments, which have created significant financial hardship for doctors.

NARD also condemned actions by the management of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex that threaten the welfare rights of its members.