BREAKING: President Tinubu Approves Waiver Of No-Work-No-Pay For Doctors
President Bola Tinubu approves the waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” order instituted against striking members of the National Association of Resident Doctors on August 1, 2023.
In a statement signed on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, contains the faithful implementation of terms which were agreed upon during the fruitful deliberations between the Resident Doctors and the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The statement reveals that President Bola Tinubu has directed the grant of an exceptional last waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order on Resident Doctors, which will allow for the members of the NARD to receive the salaries which were previously withheld during the 17-day strike action.
Recall that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation was directed to withhold all salaries accrued by striking NARD members during the 17-day action.
However, Tinubu, invoking the Principle of the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy on Friday, directed the grant of the waiver with a mandatory requirement that the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment must secure a Document of Understanding establishing that this exceptional waiver granted by the President will be the last one to be granted to the National Association of Resident Doctors and all other Health Sector Unions.
