The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige described the ultimatum issued by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) as being absurd.
“If the NARD, who we have been managing their matter…We are giving them everything they want, including their Medical Resident Training Fund; we are paying them, even when in training, paying them a full salary, paying them all the allowances and you decided that we have not done enough. As I said before, you have the option to go. It is left for the education ministry and the health ministry to fashion out what they can do.” Ngige told Arise News.
Ngige’s response comes after NARD gave the Federal Government two weeks to meet its demands.
“The entitlements syndrome, the sense of entitlement is too much in this country and as I said earlier, you obey the law you look odd, you apply the law, you look odd or you are a wicked man. I don’t have any apologies for whatever I have done in the management of trade disputes.” The minister added.
Speaking with The Punch, the Secretary-General of NARD, Dr. Chikezie Kelechi, said, “We do not have an entitlement mentality and our demands are not absurd. Every association deserves the right to ask for a salary increment.
“We are tired of getting the government to do what they are supposed to do naturally. The first round of update courses for the year has been done, the first round of exams for the year has been concluded and these monies were not paid. So, what is he saying?”
“A fund has been provided in the budget but somebody is not willing to pay as and when due. It is not proper. When has demanded our rights become an entitlement mentality? When he said the government is providing everything we need, what exactly is being provided?” The Secretary-General stated further.
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