Court Stops Resident Doctors’ January 12 Strike

The national industrial court in Abuja has granted an interim injunction restraining members of the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) from embarking on any form of strike or industrial action.

The presiding judge, E. D. Subilim, of the industrial court, issued the order on Friday following an ex parte application filed by the federal government and Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice.

The federal government instituted the suit against NARD, Mohammad Usman Suleman, its national president, and Shuaibu Ibrahim, the national secretary.

Recall that the association had announced that its members would embark on a strike from January 12 in response to the government’s failure to fully address long-standing welfare and professional demands of resident doctors.