JUST IN: Tinubu grants waiver for release of withheld resident doctors’ pay

has directed an exceptional last waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” order instituted against members of the National Association of Resident Doctors , following their 17-day industrial action between July 26 and August 12.

He, however, has tasked both the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment to ensure it is clear to doctors that exceptional waiver would be the last that would be granted the association. He said: “Invoking the Principle of the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy, President Bola Tinubu has approved the waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order that was instituted against striking members of the National Association of Resident Doctors on August 1, 2023, following the commencement of their industrial action which began on July 26, 2023.“After several constructive engagements between the Federal Government and NARD, the Resident Doctors called off their strike on August 12, 2023.

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