Wike Approves FCT Resident Doctors’ Demands
•By Admin
ABUJA – THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr Nyesom Wike, has approved the demands of resident doctors who had been on strike since September 15 over unpaid arrears.
Wike disclosed this on Friday during the flag-off of the construction of the Northern Parkway from Ring Road II to Ring III along Shehu Yar’Adua Way, Life Camp, Abuja.
He commended the doctors for calling off the strike in the interest of patients and the territory, assuring them that all their files had been duly signed.
“I must commend the resident doctors for calling off the strike, the administration is happy with their understanding. I have signed all the doctors’ requests on my table today,” Wike said.
The minister directed the FCT Acting Head of Service and his Senior Special Adviser on Administration, Samuel Atang, to implement the approvals without delay.
On the road project, Wike noted that the construction would create jobs, ease traffic congestion in the city, and boost economic activities.
Resident doctors in the FCT had downed tools on September 15 to press home their demands after months of unresolved negotiations with the FCTA.
Their demands include payment of arrears ranging from one to six months owed to members employed since 2023, immediate recruitment of new staff, settlement of the 2025 Medical Residency Training Fund, and arrears from the 25/35 percent upward review of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS).
They are also seeking clear timelines for completing skipping and conversion processes, payment of all accumulated arrears, stoppage of erroneous deductions, correction of irregular salary payments, immediate release of wage award arrears, 13 months’ hazard allowance arrears, and settlement of arrears owed to 2025 external residents.
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