FG urges resident doctors to Call off warning strike

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The Federal Government has appealed to the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors to call off their seven-day warning strike.

The Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa, made the call during a visit to the National Eye Centre, on Thursday in Kaduna. According to Alausa, negotiations are ongoing to ensure the safety of their kidnapped colleague, Ganiyat Popoola.

The minister said that he had held a meeting on Monday with the leadership of NARD over the situation to convince them to call off the strike because it would worsen the situation.

This is as he disclosed that the kidnappers keep changing their demands every moment, however, he assured that security agencies were working vigorously to see that she was safely rescued.

Members of the association began a seven-day warning strike to push for the rescue of a Kaduna-based doctor, Ganiyat Popoola.

Popoola, a staff of the centre, was kidnapped in December, 2023 and has now spent about nine months in the kidnappers’ den.

Written by: bossgmsi

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