The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD FCTA) has commenced a three-day warning strike over unpaid salaries, allowances, and other demands.
Leadership Newspaper reports that the president of ARD FCTA, Dr George Ebong, disclosed this in a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.
It was gathered that the strike has grounded activities in government hospitals in Abuja.
According to Dr Ebong, the strike came after a three-week ultimatum issued last year by the doctors elapsed. Speaking on behalf of ARD, Dr Ebong decried the neglect of hospitals and doctors’ welfare in the nation’s capital.
He stressed that doctors in Abuja have become abandoned projects, calling on the Minister of FCT, Nyesome Wike, to intervene to avoid an indefinite shutdown of hospitals.
He added that the decision to embark on the three-day warning strike is a fallout from its members’ Congress held on Tuesday.
“The three-day strike is being implemented across all government hospitals in Abuja. From Wuse to Asokoro, Maitama, Kubwa, Zuba, Kwali, Abaji, Nyanya, and other all of our hospitals in Abuja.
“We gave the government a three-week ultimatum to meet our demands, and after that, we met with them and dialogued on several occasions. They pleaded for two weeks, but after that elapsed, nothing has been done. Not even the minimum thing. We expected them to pay for the 6 months of unpaid arrears to doctors,” he said.