Resident doctors end warning strike, return to work today.

In response to their colleague Ganiyat Popoola's abduction, striking resident physicians have called off their seven-day strike.

The Federal Government, which threatened to implement the "No work, no pay" policy, fiercely opposed the strike, which got underway last Monday.

The government voiced dissatisfaction with the union's decision to go on strike, claiming that the union made the choice to down tools even after being made aware of the different measures it was taking to remedy the matter.
The doctors carried out the strike through to its prearranged end despite this danger.

Nonetheless, Dele Abdullahi, the president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), declared that the organisation would review the Federal Government's efforts throughout the following three weeks to make sure that significant progress has been accomplished.
He said: “We are suspending the strike now. We will be meeting to review the progress the government has made in the next three weeks.
"On September 2, 2024, Monday, at 8 a.m., we will resume. The level of government interaction has slightly improved. We do, however, hope that they will continue in this direction.

The National Eye Centre in Kaduna's Department of Ophthalmology registrar, Ganiyat Popoola, was released by the government, but the union claimed this was not the reason for the seven-day warning strike.

Popoola, her husband, and her nephew were kidnapped on December 27, 2023.

Popoola and her nephew are still in detention, despite her husband's release in March.

Remember that Popoola, a registrar in the National Eye Centre's Department of Ophthalmology, was abducted on December 27, 2023, along with her husband and nephew. The union claimed that the government was unable to free Popoola, leading to the previous seven-day warning strike.

While Popoola and her nephew were still being held captive, her husband was freed in March.