By Hope Temitope
The seven-day warning strike industrial action, which began on August 26 by resident doctors has been suspended.
The strike started as a means to persuade the government and security agencies to rescue one of their colleagues, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola-Olawale, who has been in her abductors’ den since December 27, last year.
Faced by strong opposition from the Federal Government, which threatened to enforce a ‘no work, no pay’ policy against their doctors, expressed disappointment over the union’s decision on the strike.
However, the doctors saw the strike to its end, despite the threat.
The President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), President Dele Abdullahi said: “We are suspending the strike now. We will be meeting to review the progress the Government has made in the next three weeks”.