UCH resident doctors end 30-day strike, resume work

Resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan in Oyo State, have resumed work after a month-long nationwide strike.

The doctors had been on strike since November 1, 2025, following the directives of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).

The NARD directed its members nationwide to embark on an indefinite strike, following the government’s failure to address their demands.

The association demands a 200 per cent increase in the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS), and the full implementation of new allowances proposed since July 2022.

The doctors also demand immediate recruitment of clinical staff and the removal of bureaucratic bottlenecks that are delaying the replacement of exiting doctors, among other demands.

Speaking on Monday, December 1, the President of the UCH NARD, Dr Gboyega Ajibola, said that the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) met on November 29 to reappraise the situation.

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Ajibola disclosed that the government had met most of the doctors’ immediate and short-term demands.

Ajibola revealed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) had been signed with the government, enumerating each of the association’s demands and the points of execution.

He said: “Having suspended the strike on November 29, as in the tradition of NARD, each centre was mandated to hold a congress on December 1, for all centre presidents to brief their members on development.

“After the brief, the centre presidents will direct all members to resume at their duty posts.

“In compliance with this, a congress was held at 8:00 a.m. today (Monday), where members were updated and directed to resume work.”

Ajibola emphasised that all members have now resumed at their duty posts on Monday.

The Star