The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been urged by the federal government to end its current, indefinite strike.

At a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Kachollom Daju, made the appeal.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), NARD began an indefinite strike on July 26 after giving the Federal Government a two-week deadline to respond to its demands.

The one-for-one replacement programme for healthcare professionals is among the demands made by the doctors. They also want the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to stop devaluing membership certificates given out by West African Postgraduate Medical and Surgical Colleges.

A new hazard allowance, the domestication of the Medical Residency Training Act, the immediate payment of all wage arrears, the implementation of the Consolidated Medical wage Structure, and other requests are also made.

Daju encouraged the physicians on strike to call off the walkout and take into account the numerous Nigerians’ lives that were at risk.

She said that the physicians’ demands were being satisfied and that the new administration and other pertinent organisations were working around the clock to guarantee that the difficult problems were resolved.

“We are currently pleading with NARD to act quickly because Nigerians are losing their lives in the military. That much is true; the health industry is a crucial one.

“Not that other industries aren’t significant; they all are; but we all understand the value that physicians have for us. What happens if you are sick today but are unable to visit a hospital?

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People are dying, and they are unable to take care of themselves. I am pleading with them to cease their strike and return to work, and I am joining the chorus of government officials who have made the same request.

She stated, “I am aware that your parent ministry and other government organisations are working around the clock to see that this issue is resolved.

She claimed that the Federal Government anticipated that NARD would weigh their arguments with them with a full sense of responsibility.

“I know that perhaps between 29 May and now they assumed that what they requested would be given immediately, but some of the issues have been dealt with by the Federal Government,” the woman stated.

She did, however, point out that since the current administration took office, the Federal Government and the National Assembly have been working together to address the problems.

She claimed that the payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund and the one-on-one placement of retired physicians were the two primary points of contention.

Daju stated that the government had urged the physicians to hold off on accepting the immediate payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund until ministers are in place.

“We are confident that ministers will be appointed very soon and that the government is not idly sitting on its hands. We comprehend the hardship you are facing,” she remarked.

Daju went on to say that the office of the Head of Civil Service was taking care of the problem of replacing departing doctors and that a committee had been formed.

We have begged you once more to just give us a little more time so that we can present and act on the committee’s recommendations, but to no effect, she said.Pastor Taiwo Odukoya has passed away.

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, the founding pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, passed away, which Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, president of Women Arise and Centre for Change, called a “rude shock.”

This was said by Okei-Odumakin on Tuesday in Lagos in a message of condolence headed, “Pastor Taiwo Odukoya: So long.”

The dead was the spouse of the late Pastor Bimbo Odukoya, who perished in a plane disaster in December 2005, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

In the USA, Odukoya passed away on Monday at the age of 67, according to a press release from the church.

“Lord, we completely submit to you. We praise the Lord for giving us such a wonderful leader, it tweeted.

Only men who have faith in the “true call” yield the resource of life to labour in the Vineyard, Okei-Odumakin reacted.

It comes as a nasty shock, but great men perish away too.

The late priest was also referred to by the human rights activist as a “End Time General” who guided the flock towards Christ’s feet in spite of his tremendous losses and personal ups and downs.

She claimed that he achieved greatness as a future General.

“This is undoubtedly a loss for us on Earth but a big gain for the stars. Until the resurrection, good night.

In January 2010, the late Odukoya remarried to Pastor Nomthi, a South African, but lost her once again to cancer in 2021.