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Nigerian doctors begin strike over salary, allowances

Nigerian doctors begin strike over salary, allowances

CAMILLUS EBOH RESIDENT doctors in Nigerian public hospitals began an indefinite strike on Monday over grievances that include the delayed payment of salaries and allowances, the doctors' union said, as coronavirus infections rise. Nigerian doctors frequently strike over what they say are poor conditions of service. Last year they walked out from their jobs three times, including over demands for an allowance for treating COVID-19 patients. Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, president of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), said the strike had started early on Monday and that the government had not reached out to the union since it gave notice…
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Nigerian doctors strike again over benefits amid coronavirus

Nigerian doctors strike again over benefits amid coronavirus

CAMILLUS EBOH NIGERIAN resident doctors began their second strike of the year over pay and working conditions amid the spread of the new coronavirus, the doctors' union told Reuters on Tuesday. The strike began on Monday, and includes 16,000 resident doctors out of a total of 42,000 doctors in the country, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba, President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, told Reuters. "It is an indefinite strike until issues are resolved," he said. "All resident doctors at the COVID-19 centres have joined the strike." Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has a total of 55,160 confirmed coronavirus infections and…
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