Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
Doctors in state-run hospitals in Nigeria will go on strike next week to demand a pay rise, better welfare and adequate facilities, union leaders have said.<\/p>\n
The strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), which represents some 40 percent of doctors, is the latest in a string of stoppages by medics to hit Africa’s most populous nation as it struggles to curb the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n
\u201cNEC (national executive council) resolved to proceed on an indefinite nationwide strike action from Monday,\u201d said NARD president Aliyu Sokomba in a statement late Friday.<\/p>\n
The action would not be called off until the government provides \u201clife insurance and death in service benefits for all health workers\u201d as well as paying outstanding salaries and allowances.<\/p>\n
He said the union wanted pay parity for both doctors in federal and state health institutions.<\/p>\n
Strikes by medics have been common in Nigeria where the health sector is underfunded.<\/p>\n
The authorities fear any reduction in capacity could severely hamper its ability to tackle the pandemic as the number of cases continues to rise.
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