The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has
appealed to the federal government to take necessary measures not to omit the
2020 Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF) to all its members before the 2021
fiscal year ends in March 2022.
The association made the observation on Sunday after the
meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) in Abuja.
Dr. Dare Godiya Ishaya and Dr. Suleiman Abiodun Isma’il,
President and Secretary-General respectively, in a communique, noted that some
members were yet to receive payment of their omitted 2020 MRTF, saying that the
government had paid the withheld August and September 2021 salaries to her
members, and the 2021 MRTF.
According to the communique, “It is also our desire that the payment of the 2022 MRTF be concluded before the March/April/May 2022 post-graduate examinations to enable the judicious use of these funds by our members.”
The communique called on the government, the Nigeria
Governors Forum, stakeholders and well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the
governors of Abia, Imo, Ondo and Ekiti states to as a matter of urgency pay
arrears of salaries and allowances owed her members in the state tertiary
health institutions, saying that it has become inhuman and embarrassing.
The association also advised the federal government on the
need to take steps towards curtailing medical brain drain.
It expressed concern on the acute manpower shortage in most
tertiary health institutions, explaining that it is as a result of the ongoing
massive medical brain drain and the attendant burnout effects on her members.
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