The Federal Government has authorized Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors in Federal Tertiary Hospitals to impose a no-work, no-pay policy on striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors.
The FG also asked hospitals to keep an attendance registry for all willing resident doctors.
The Federal Ministry of Health wrote the letter, which our correspondent got on Thursday, and it was addressed to the CMDs and MDs of all FTHs in the country.
The letter, headlined "Re: Incessant Strike Action by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors: Implementation of the Federal Government's 'No Work, No Pay' Policy," was signed by Dr Andrew Noah, Director of Hospital Services.
The doctors are calling for the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to stop downgrading membership certificates issued by West African Postgraduate Medical and Surgical Colleges, as well as the immediate payment of all salary arrears, the implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, a new hazard allowance, and the domestication of the Medical Residency Training Act.