Tinubu Ready To Meet Demands Of Resident Doctors: Abbas

The speaker of the house of representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has revealed that President Bola Tinubu is ready to resolve issues raised by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).

Abbas spoke on Wednesday after a meeting with Tinubu at the state house, in Abuja.

The NARD on Wednesday, declared an indefinite strike.

The speaker said the engagement with Timubu on the strike by the resident doctors was enlightening, noting that the president showed great concern about their plight.

“We met with the president on the strike of the resident doctors. He asked us to continue to dialogue with them and tell them to give him more time

“He told us that some of the issues raised by doctors were not known to him and he will like to resolve them as quickly as possible. I believe within the next coming days, some actions would be taken.”

The speaker said the house would also continue to dialogue towards meeting the demands of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress.

“We will invite them to come and sit so that we can hear their grievances and then we follow the same pattern of engaging them, persuading them to give us a little time to see how we can be able to meet their expectations,” he said.