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Kaduna resident doctors suspend strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital in Kaduna State, has suspended its six-day warning strike.

The president of the chapter, Dr Josiah Yakubu, made this known on Monday, June 9, 2025.

Yakubu said the suspension followed an emergency congress on Saturday, as well as a series of meetings and interventions, particularly by the national and state leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

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He said work would resume at the hospital by 8:00 a.m on Tuesday, June 10, while other residents doctors at the hospital would resume by 10:00 a.m.

Yakubu added that the congress stated that since the commencement of their industrial action, the Secretary to the State Government had stepped into the situation to arbitrate on behalf of the state government.

According to him, the leadership of the NMA had a follow-up meeting at the instance of the secretary to the Kaduna State Government.

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