Resident Doctors Suspend Planned Strike

 The Nigerian Associa­tion of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its planned strike action scheduled for today, fol­lowing the intervention of Vice President Kashim Shettima.

The doctors were push­ing to commence the strike due to persistent unmet demands, including pay­ment of promotion and salary arrears, resumption and timely completion of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) process, clear policy on skipping/ entry level for chief execu­tives, and failure to imple­ment agreements, among other issues.

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja had restrained the association and two of its officials from embarking on any form of industrial action from Jan­uary 12, 2026.

Justice E. D. Subilim granted the interim in­junction in a suit marked NICN/ABJ/06/2026, filed by the Federal Government and the Attorney-General of the Federation against NARD.

Speaking on Sunday night, NARD President, Dr. Mohammad Suleiman, disclosed that the decision to suspend the strike was reached after the vice president stepped into the matter and addressed some of the association’s demands.

“We have suspended the planned strike action for to­morrow (today) because of the intervention of the vice president. The vice presi­dent called and entered the matter, and a few of our is­sues have been sorted out,” Suleiman said.

He added that the vice president requested addi­tional time to resolve the remaining concerns, a re­quest the association’s Na­tional Executive Council agreed to.

“So, he has asked for more time to sort out the other issues, and the NEC has graciously given him the time,” he said.

Suleiman noted that fur­ther details would be com­municated to members and the public in due course.

“A more detailed com­munication will come up. But the strike is not hold­ing on Monday,” he said.