The
federal government of Nigeria has sacked resident doctors in federal
hospitals, a day after the unions began an industrial action.
Professor Isaac Adewole, Nigeria’s
health minister has directed chief medical directors in federal
government health institution to proceed to fill the “vacancies” created
by the resident doctors. According to the FG circular, the striking
doctors “abandoned” their training programme.
A spokesman of the ministry, Mr. Boade Akinola, revealed that the directive was issued in a circular signed by Ms. Amina Shamaki, a permanent secretary.
“It has come to the notice of the
management of the ministry that some resident doctors in your
establishment have voluntarily withdrawn from the residency training
program by refusing to report for training without authorisation. public
service rule, PSR 030402 (e) is relevant,” the circular read.
“This is in spite of the ongoing
negotiations on their demands put forward by the representatives of the
National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) under the auspices of
the Nigerian Medical Association.
“In view of this development, you are
hereby directed to replace all the doctors that have withdrawn their
services, with others from the pool of applicants for the training
programs in the various disciplines in order not to create ominous gap
in training with attendant disruption of health care delivery in your
facility.
“Meanwhile, the ministry is working with
the panel on the review of the residency training programme in Nigeria,
led by Professor Wole Atoyebi, the registrar of the National
Postgraduate Medical College, to fast-track the development of a
comprehensive blueprint for postgraduate training of doctors in the
country.
“Please, ensure immediate compliance.”
Resident doctors in federal government hospitals had embarked on a nationwide strike on Monday, June 20, 2016.
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