{"id":873079,"date":"2025-09-15T01:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/uith-resident-doctors-begin-five-day-strike-over-unmet-demands\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T01:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:11:59","slug":"uith-resident-doctors-begin-five-day-strike-over-unmet-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/uith-resident-doctors-begin-five-day-strike-over-unmet-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"UITH resident doctors begin five-day strike over unmet demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (ARD-UITH), commenced a five-day warning strike on Friday as part of a coordinated nationwide effort to advocate for improved working conditions in the health sector.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, ARD-UITH president Mariam Shiru said the action aligns with ongoing efforts by the national body to engage the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Shiru explained that those efforts focused on addressing long-standing issues affecting resident doctors across the country.<\/p>\n<p>She acknowledged the government\u2019s previous engagements, including several meetings and the inauguration of a committee, but noted that progress had been limited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of seven months of outstanding arrears, two have been settled, although disbursements have been inconsistent across centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not about new allowances but long-standing entitlements. While the government has indicated that funds are available, the implementation has been slow,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Shiru also emphasised the importance of timely action to retain medical professionals in the country and reduce the ongoing brain drain.<\/p>\n<p>According to NARD, many resident doctors are still awaiting payment of their 2025 Medical Residency Training Fund.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, five months of arrears tied to the revised Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, 25\/35 per cent are yet to be paid.<\/p>\n<p>(NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> We have recently deactivated our website&#8217;s comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.<\/p>\n<p> Elroy Antes <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/uith-resident-doctors-begin-five-day-strike-over-unmet-demands\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (ARD-UITH), commenced a five-day warning strike on Friday as part of a coordinated nationwide effort to advocate for improved working conditions in the health sector. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, ARD-UITH president Mariam Shiru said the action aligns with ongoing efforts by the national body<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":873080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22241,23766],"tags":[9009,8964],"class_list":{"0":"post-873079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-doctors","8":"category-resident","9":"tag-doctors","10":"tag-resident"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}