Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have commenced strike on Wednesday over unpaid 7 months’ salaries to their colleagues employed in 2023.
The Association of Resident Doctors in Abuja had earlier issued a 14-day ultimatum for the proposed warning strike to the FCT minister on 23 December, 2024, demanding him to act urgently.
The ultimatum elapsed on January 6, 2025.
Some of the demands of the doctors include implementation of skipping and issuance of skipping letters to its members employed in 2023.
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Others are immediate payment of accouterments allowance for 2024, and payment of outgoing 13 months’ hazard allowance arrears.
Insiders told Daily Trust that the ongoing strike would last for three days as a warning, and might turn to an indefinite one if the government fails to accede to the doctors’ demand.
The newspaper reports that patients were turned down on Wednesday morning that they could not be attended to because the doctors were on strike.
When contacted, FCT permanent Secretary, Health Services and Environmental Secretariat, HSES, Dr. Babagana Adam, declined to speak on the development.