Resident Doctors Commences 7-Day Warning Strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commenced a 7-day warning Strike across all its centers nationwide.

The strike action is to demand the release of their kidnapped colleague, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, who has been held captive for over eight months.

NARD President, Dr. Dele Abdullahi, announced in a statement that the strike will begin on Monday, August 26, 2024, at midnight.

Abdullahi revealed that this decision was reached during a virtual Emergency National Executive Council meeting held on Sunday, August 25, 2024.

He said the warning strike would last one week and be total, as there would be no emergency care.

Dr Ganiyat Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, was abducted nearly 8 months ago, along with her husband and nephew.

While her husband was released in March, Popoola and her nephew remain in captivity.

Weeks ago, Members of NARD had protested in all tertiary hospitals across the nation, to demand the immediate release of Dr Popoola.