The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Teaching Hospital, Birnin Kebbi, has announced plans to join its national leadership in embarking on an indefinite strike action beginning Monday, January 12, 2026, at 12:00 a.m. The decision follows the Federal Government’s inability to meet the association’s demands.
The President of the association, Dr. James Adewumi, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the ARD Secretariat Complex, Federal Teaching Hospital, Birnin Kebbi.
Dr. Adewumi explained that resident doctors convened an emergency meeting on Friday, January 2, 2026, to review the status of implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) freely entered into between NARD, the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.
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The MoU arose from NARD’s 19-point demands, which address critical welfare, remuneration, and professional practice issues affecting members nationwide.
According to him, after evaluating the level of compliance with commitments made to NARD by the Federal Government and its agencies, the National Executive Council (NEC) observed with grave concern the decision of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to redeploy five disengaged resident doctors of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, to another federal teaching hospital. He noted that this action was contrary to the clear and unambiguous recommendations of the duly constituted committee of the ministry.
Dr. Adewumi further stated that the NEC also observed that the full implementation of the approved professional allowance arrears had not been comprehensively effected, stressing the need for such arrears to be adequately captured in the 2026 National Budget.
He added that issues surrounding the non-payment of promotion arrears for some members of the union, as well as other challenges affecting the resident doctors’ professional practices, remain among the key demands that the Federal Government must urgently address.