The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Nasarawa State chapter, has suspended its five-day warning strike.
It has also given the state government two weeks’ ultimatum to address all their demands.
Addressing newsmen immediately after its emergency congress meeting in Lafia, on Monday, the state chairman, Dr Peter Attah, stated that they resolved to suspend the five-day warning strike to lessen the sufferings of the citizens of the state.
Attah said the association had directed its members to resume work immediately in the state to save lives.
He said, “At the expiration of two weeks, if the state government does not meet our demands, we may be left with no option than to embark on an indefinite strike action until all our demands are met.”
The governors are protesting non-implementation of the reviewed hazard allowance circular as approved for doctors in the state and the accrued 19 months arrears as at June 30th, 2023; non-payment of the medical residency training fund for doctors in the state government’s employment; non-implementation of the consequential minimum wage adjustment; high burden of tax; call duty tax exemption as promised by the governor on the January 17th, 2023; and inadequate manpower and overwork/burnout of doctors working in the state.
