ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The umbrella body of all doctors, under the auspices of the Nigerian Medical Association, (NMA) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to urgently conclude measures to resolve all areas of disagreement.
This is as the nationwide strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors, (NARD) enters its second week.
Also, the NMA urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to eschew all punitive responses in the interest of industrial harmony.
The President of the NMA, Dr. Uche Ojinmah, in a press statement, said the NMA will continue to protect the interest of the members of NARD as a matter of policy said the avoidable labour dispute has gone too far.
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He said: “It is our belief that this avoidable labour dispute has gone on for far too long to the detriment of the common Nigerian citizen.
“We hereby call on our Government to quickly conclude measures to resolve all areas of disagreement and eschew all punitive responses in the interest of industrial harmony.”
He further called on NARD to extend a gesture of goodwill towards the government in the interest of the suffering patients and fellow citizens.
“Let’s put aside all obstacles (contrived or real) towards a speedy resolution of this dispute for the love of the Nation. A better Nigeria is a tangible reality if we all do right by this nation,” he added.