{"id":178777,"date":"2025-09-13T17:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T16:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/anambra-resident-doctors-suspend-warning-strike"},"modified":"2025-09-13T18:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:07:43","slug":"anambra-resident-doctors-suspend-warning-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-resident-doctors-suspend-warning-strike","title":{"rendered":"Anambra resident doctors suspend warning strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, COOUTH, Awka in Anambra has suspended its seven-day warning strike.<\/p>\n<p>This is contained in a statement signed by the ARD-COOUTH President and Secretary, Dr Joy Okwumuo and Dr Chukwubuike Ifekudu, on Saturday in Awka.<\/p>\n<p>The resident doctors embarked on the warning strike on Thursday to press for better working conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The statement instructed members to resume their duties effective from 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, as the government had approved their demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision to suspend the strike followed the approval for release of the Medical Residency Training Fund and a 100 per cent upward review of the Consolidated Medical Salary Scale by Governor Chukwuma Soludo by the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe governor also approved allowances for house officers, rural posting for previously skipped departments, accouterments, and specialist allowances from CONMESS 5 step 5 for resident doctors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government also approved payment of accumulated arrears, including the previously skipped approved 2024 hazard allowance arrears,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The association reaffirmed its commitment to working with the hospital\u2019s Chief Medical Director to implement approved decisions.<\/p>\n<p>It also emphasised the urgent need to recruit resident doctors and house officers to meet medical college staffing standards and curb brain drain.<\/p>\n<p>The association reiterated its call for the accreditation of the Family Medicine, Radiology, and Anaesthesiology departments to enable members to sit for professional exams.<\/p>\n<p>It, however, expressed gratitude to Soludo, the Head of Service, Commissioner for Health, COOUTH management, Nigerian Medical Association, and National Association of Resident Doctors for their support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, COOUTH, Awka in Anambra has suspended its seven-day warning strike. This is contained in a statement signed by the ARD-COOUTH President and Secretary, Dr Joy Okwumuo and Dr Chukwubuike Ifekudu, on Saturday in Awka. 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