The National Association of
Resident Doctors has suspended its nationwide strike.
The strike which began on August
2 has been suspended with effect from 8am, Wednesday, according to the
President of the association, Dr Godiya Ishaya.
Ishaya, in an interview with our
correspondent, said, “We are suspending the strike for six weeks to give room
for movement in some of the items we noticed a stalemate. There was a stalemate
in the enrollment of our members into the IPPIS and payment of their areas.
“The government was invoking the trade dispute
article 41, that is the ‘no work, no pay.’ And since they have been enrolled
into IPPIS, it means there was not going to be any salary into their accounts.
Without them being paid, they won’t get their areas; that was a stalemate we
felt we should give a window to see if the government can start paying them
salaries and push their areas into their accounts.
“On the issue of ‘no work, no
pay,’ we have not agreed to forfeit our salaries. The strike was unnecessarily
prolonged because of the government’s response to the strike. Instead of
sitting on the table, the government decided to go to court and that kept
prolonging negotiation.”
Ishaya added that the National
Executive Council of the Association would meet after six weeks to determine
the next line of action.
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