The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commenced a nationwide seven-day warning strike.
NARD President, Dr Dele Abdullahi, said on Sunday that the strike will begin today Monday, August 26, 2024 by 12am.
Abdullahi said the decision was taken during the Emergency National Executive Council meeting.
He said: “The strike is commencing by midnight today. It’s for seven days, it’s a warning strike, and it’s total.
“The strike is commencing by midnight today. It’s for seven days, it’s a warning strike, and it’s total.
The strike is in response to the abduction of Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna.
Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, was abducted on December 27, 2023, along with her husband and nephew.
While her husband was released in March, Popoola and nephew remain in captivity.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, had petitioned the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to rescue Kaduna-based Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who was kidnapped last December and has been in the abductors’ den for nearly eight months.
Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna State, was abducted on December 27, 2023, along with her husband, Nurudeen Popool, who is a Squadron leader, and her nephew, Folaranmi Abdul-Mugniy, who stays with them.
After several negotiations with the kidnappers, the husband was released on March 8, 2024, but the doctor and Abdul-Mugniy were not released.
It was also gathered that since the incident, the abductors had called severally at will and occasionally to allow some family members to speak with the captives, and they were spoken to last on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, to prove that the doctor and the nephew were still alive.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors repeatedly clamored for Popoola’s release, with chapters of the association holding peaceful protests across different states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. In a letter dated August 12, the health minister, Pate, sought the intervention of the NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; and the IG, Kayode Egbetokun, to rescue the abducted medical doctor.
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