Strike: Resident doctors’ demands absurd, says Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has described the demands of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors in an ultimatum issued to the Federal Government as absurd. Ngige said the government has given the doctors everything they want and their sense of entitlement is “too much.” NARD had on Saturday given the Federal Government two weeks to meet its demands or face industrial disharmony. The doctors are demanding an immediate increment in the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure to the tune of 200 per cent of the current gross salaries of doctors.The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has described the demands of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors in an ultimatum issued to the Federal Government as absurd. Ngige said the government has given the doctors everything they want and their sense of entitlement is “too much.” NARD had on Saturday given the Federal Government two weeks to meet its demands or face industrial disharmony. The doctors are demanding an immediate increment in the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure to the tune of 200 per cent of the current gross salaries of doctors.