The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced a five-day warning strike set to begin on Friday, 12th September 2025, in a bid to press home their long-standing demands concerning working conditions and welfare.
This development was confirmed in a statement issued on Thursday by Agbor Affiong, the General Secretary of the Association of Resident Doctors under the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).
According to the statement, the decision to embark on the strike followed a virtual National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of NARD, which commenced on Wednesday, 10th September and extended into the early hours of Thursday, 11th September 2025.
“Arising from the NARD E-NEC meeting held on Wednesday, the 10th of September, 2025, which extended into the early hours of Thursday, the 11th of September, 2025, the NEC members unanimously resolved to embark on a five-day warning strike,” the statement read.
“The strike will commence at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, 12th September 2025, and will end on Tuesday, 16th September 2025. All centres are hereby directed to duly inform their hospital managements and continue to press home our collective demands.”
The association has cited several critical issues as the basis for the industrial action, including poor remuneration, worsening working conditions, frequent power shortages in health facilities, downgrading of professional certificates, and overall neglect of the welfare of resident doctors.
Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, NARD President Dr Osundara Zenith disclosed to DAILY POST that members were preparing to shut down public hospitals nationwide, as talks with the relevant authorities had yielded little to no progress.
NEW DAILY PRIME also recalls that resident doctors under the FCT Administration are currently observing a separate seven-day warning strike, which commenced on Monday, 8th September 2025.
The looming nationwide strike is expected to severely impact services across public hospitals, as resident doctors form the backbone of clinical operations in Nigeria’s tertiary healthcare system.
Efforts to reach the Federal Ministry of Health for comment were unsuccessful at the time of filing this report.
