Breaking News: Federal Government Reinstates Sacked Over 16, 000 Resident Doctors Across Nigeria With Immediate Effect

          
The Federal Government this morning announced the reinstatement of the over 16,000 resident doctors sacked in the wake of the doctors nationwide strike reports odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com.
 Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, who announced the reinstatement of the over 16, 000 resident doctors sacked on August 13 through his spokesperson, Dan Nwomeh, in a tweet said the doctors reinstatement became effect from Thursday  August 28, 2014.

The resident doctors make up 70 per cent of the workforce in government’s hospitals but were  sacked after a month-long strike by the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, an association of all medical practitioners in Nigeria.

He said  the ongoing appraisal of the programme continues even as all Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of the training centres are directed to issue letters of reinstatement to the resident doctors to enable them resume work immediately.

The FG urges the resident doctors to see the magnanimity of government in reinstating them as a goodwill gesture to engender greater commitment and dedication to their duties. With the programme doctors will become Consultants.

The doctors had been on indefinite strike following the non compliance of their “24 minimum demands ” by the Nigerian government against the outcry of Nigerians even as the NMA strike was called off last Sunday.
The NMA on called off the strike gave the government condition that all sack resident doctors must be reinstated without punitive measures.
Mr. Nwomeh said the letters will enable the doctors resume work.