The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT) has suspended its three-day warning strike after the intervention of the FCT Minister, Nyesome Wike.
The President of the Association, George Ebong, in a statement on Friday night said the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) under the minister had met their demands.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that ARD-FCT had on Wednesday, 22 January, commenced a three-day warning strike to press home some demands from the FCTA.
The strike grounded most of the government hospitals in the FCT, as the doctors claimed that some of them employed in 2023 were yet to receive some arrears, allowances, and other benefits.
The doctors also listed the deplorable conditions of some of the hospitals in the FCT and a manpower shortage, among other demands.
However, Mr Ebong in the statement revealed that its members have started receiving the alerts of unpaid six-month salary arrears.
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