Resident Doctors Fault Court Ruling On Strike, Moves to Appeal It

IN reaction to ruling of National Industrial Court directing members of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to resume work, the body has faulted the order.

This was disclosed in a communique jointly signed by NARD President, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, and the union’s Secretary-General, Dr Jerry Isogun, on Friday which stated that the resident doctors have initiated the process to appeal the ruling.

The statement said, “As we are all aware, especially those that were present in court today (Friday), the NIC has given a ruling on the application for interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal Government, We are not satisfied with the ruling.

“After consultations with our lawyers, we have instructed our lawyers to appeal the ruling and file an application for stay of execution.”

More details later…

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