The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on
Thursday, issued a 24-hour ultimatum to striking resident doctors to resume
work.
FCTA warned that failure to do so would lead to mass sack,
NAN reports.
FCT Minister of State, Ramatu Aliyu, spoke at a news
conference after an emergency meeting of top management staff of the FCTA.
The doctors had commenced an indefinite strike over non-payment
of salaries.
They explained that the decision followed extensive
deliberation on the health threat posed by coronavirus, work conditions and the
healthcare system.
But, Aliyu stated that the salary problem was not peculiar
to the doctors but all staff of the FCTA.
She lamented that despite pleas and assurances, the doctors
were yet to resume work.
”The administration has given the striking doctors 24 hours
to resume work, after which they should consider themselves as having exited
the FCT administration,” Aliyu said.
The minister thanked the Medical and Dental Association of
Nigeria, nurses and midwives, medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists and
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