Resident Doctors continues to demand release of kidnapped colleague despite pay deduction threat
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has described the Federal Government’s threat to deduct seven days’ pay from doctors’ salaries as “insensitive” and vowed to continue their fight for the rescue of their kidnapped colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola.
The resident doctors had embarked on a seven-day warning strike to demand the release of their colleague who was kidnapped almost nine months ago at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, to demand her rescue.
In response, the Federal Government threatened to deduct seven days’ pay from their salaries.
Dr. Kefas Wida, Vice President II of NARD and Chairman of the NARD Medical Education Committee said the association is unmoved by the pay deduction threat.
“The life of our colleague is more important than the amount of money they are going to remove from the salaries of the doctors,” he emphasized.
Wida also accused the government of being insensitive, saying, “Instead of addressing the main issue, they are trying to see how they can threaten us with the ‘no work, no pay’ policy.”
He assured that NARD members are willing to make sacrifices to ensure their colleague’s safe return.
