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NARD President Denies Rumours of Friction With NMA

September 15, 2021
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PRESIDENT, National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Okhuaihesuyi has denied rumours that there is cold war brewing between Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and NARD.

NARD National President said he thought that leaders of NMA would have carried them along while meeting with President Buhari, so that they can table their demands before President.

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Reacting to the letter from NMA, the NARD president said he didn’t hear from the NMA that its leaders would visit Buhari.

He said the meeting would have allowed him to table NARD’s demands before the president.

NARD has been on strike for 44 days across the country over unmet demands.

Okhuaihesuyi said he was not at war with the NMA. He said, “the NMA President is my senior; he is my teacher. Why will I have a war against him? What I’m interested in is to get the government to pay the salaries of my people.”

 

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