The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Chapter, has kick-started a three-day warning strike, from 8.00 am on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

The strike arose after an emergency congress meeting held on Monday at the Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja.

In an interview after the meeting, the President of FCT NARD, Dr. George Ebong, said the strike became necessary as 127 health workers were sacked by the FCT Civil Service Commission last week Friday without due diligence.

He described the sack as inhumane and illegal, demanding their immediate reinstatement and onward payment of their April salaries.

Ebong also demanded the immediate resignation of the chairman of FCT-CSC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, while threatening that if their demands were not met by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and the FCT Administration within three days, they would embark on an indefinite strike and shut down the nation’s capital hospitals.

And Ebong had stated: “We are embarking on a three-day warning strike because most of our members were disengaged from service on Friday without due diligence. 

“They were labelled as ghost workers, ex-employees, and absconders when, in fact, these colleagues of ours are still in the system, working even until now.

“We are livid that the FCTA service commission will carry out such an inhumane decision without talking to the Health Management Board, Permanent Secretary of Health, Association of Resident Doctors, or Medical & Dental Consultant Association of Nigeria. 

“It is not just doctors who are affected—nurses, pharmacists, and lab scientists, including non-clinical workers, are affected too”.

Yesterday at 9.00am, resident doctors officials in hospitals in FCT, shut down services, driving staff and patients who had arrived earlier away, locking up the gates of the hospitals”.

There has been no word yet from the authorities at the FCT as of filing this report.