A nationwide seven-day warning strike has been declared by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) throughout all of its centers.
The goal of the resident physicians’ strike is to demand the release of Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, one of their members who has been abducted and held captive for more than eight months.
In a statement, NARD President Dr. Dele Abdullahi mentioned that the strike will start at 12 a.m. on Monday, August 26, 2024.
According to Dr. Abdullahi, the decision was made during the virtual Emergency National Executive Council meeting held on Sunday, August 25, 2024.
The warning strike, according to Dr. Abdullahi, will last for one week and will be total, saying there will 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.
