In two months, 59 doctors abandon Nasarawa hospitals – NARD

The President of the National Association of Residents Doctors in Nasarawa State, Dr. Yakubu Adeleke, has said the mass resignation of medical doctors operating in hospitals across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state is due to the non-implementation of promotion for eight years and the poor welfare package of the state government.

Speaking with Arewa  in Lafia on Tuesday, the state’s NARD President, Adeleke narrated that for over 2 years, they (doctors) had been reaching out to the state government to take steps towards addressing their demands bordering on welfare, but all their efforts proved abortive.

He lamented that despite the several promises of the state governor, Abdullahi Sule, to address the plights of the medical practitioners in the state, nothing had been done about their demands.

He said, “Doctors in Nasarawa State have been stagnated. No promotion. Some doctors have been working for eight years without promotion. Non-implementation of the National Minimum Wage and consequential adjustment of our salaries as well as non-payment of hazard allowance.