UNTH Doctors Vows to Continue Strike

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH has vowed to continue its indefinite strike until the hospital yields to their demands.

In a communique issued in Ibadan by the President of ARD, Dr Ugwuoke Aloy Ifedinso and it’s General Secretary, Dr Ndiokwelu Chibuzo,‎ said after an exhaustive and careful debate by the members of the association, they unanimously resolved that the ten weeks old strike of the association will continue indefinitely until the hospital management makes adequate commitment towards meeting all their legitimate demands.

“The management has done nothing different from the state of things before the strike commenced.

W advised the hospital management in the best interest of the numerous patients of UNTH to liaise with their colleagues in other Federal Teaching Hospitals in the country to know how thy implement and paid the salaries and hence industrial harmony exist.

“The payment of our Teaching Allowance Arrears, advancement arrears, months relativity arrears, all outstanding update and exam refunds and capitations due to ARD UNTH is sacrosanct and must be cleared to bring our members at par with their colleagues in other centres.

” all the excos and all volunteering members of our association are mandated to do all within the ambit of the law to expose the injustices being meted out on our members to the whole world and cause the UNTH management to do the needful.” they said

The association also demands for the forensic auditing of UNTH personnel records in conjunction with NMA Enugu State and MDCAN UNTH as agreed in a meeting between the NMA and Committee of CMDs/MDs several months ago.

They said:”This of course will include the critical review of UNTH warrant of pay and nominal roll to ascertain how UNTH personnel cost has been utilized in the past four years at least.

‎”We express our full commitment and support for the ‘Change’ agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari which has already started yielding enormous and palpable fruits to the ordinary Nigerians. We however appeal to the President to cause the UNTH management to immediately put an end to this impasse by shifting grounds in favour of our demands which are not only legitimate but attainable,” the communique said