A National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered resident doctors to suspend the ongoing strike.
In his ruling on, Justice Bashir Alkali held that the resident doctors must return to work to save human lives, which have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other diseases.
The order followed an interlocutory application brought by the Federal Government of Nigeria and Federal Ministry of Health against the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).
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