•Government to pay N4.8bn within seven days
•Implementation of agreements to commence tomorrow
The government also agreed to clear the arrears of the consequential adjustment of the national minimum wage, starting from April when the bill was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari to December 2019.
The government, through the Federal Ministry of Health, also said it has forwarded a list from 38 hospitals to the budget office for inclusion in the Service Wide Vote.
The agreement may have laid the foundation for the peaceful resolution of the ongoing strike by NARD, which commenced on August 1, 2021.
A Memorandum of Action is expected to be signed by all the parties involved in the discussion yesterday.
The truce was brokered by the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association led by Prof. Innocent Uja.
At the Friday renewed meeting, all the consolidated 12-point demand by NARD, the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) and other affiliates of NMA were resolved.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said the government resumed discussion with the striking doctors at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement issued on Saturday morning by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, Ngige said the President directed him to side step every technicalities and re-commence conciliation, especially in the background of the alternative dispute resolution window provided by the National Industrial Court, where the matter was referred to under the instrument of article 17 of the Trade Disputes Act.
