FCT Resident Doctors Begin 3-Day Warning Strike Over Unpaid Salaries and Allowances

Written on 22/01/2025
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The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has embarked on a three-day warning strike to protest unpaid salaries, allowances, and unresolved demands.

Announcing the strike during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, ARD FCTA President Dr. George Ebong confirmed that the action has disrupted services in government hospitals across the Federal Capital Territory.

The association has urged authorities to address their grievances to prevent an extended strike.



Speaking on behalf of ARD, Ebong decried the neglect of hospitals and doctors’ welfare in the nation’s capital.

He stressed that doctors in Abuja have become abandoned projects, calling on the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, to intervene to avoid an indefinite shutdown of hospitals.

According to him, the decision to embark on the three-day warning strike is a fallout from a Congress held by its members on Tuesday.

“The three-day strike is being implemented across all government hospitals in Abuja—from Wuse to Asokoro, Maitama, Kubwa, Zuba, Kwali, Abaji, Nyanya and all other hospitals in Abuja.

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