Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA says it has resolved to extend the 21-day-warning strike ultimatum earlier issued to federal government for negotiations to three weeks to give room for robust discussions and favourable compromise.
This was contained in a communique endorsed by the President of NAMDA, Dr Nosa Lancy Orhue and the Acting Secretary General, Prof Aniekan Peter, raised at the end of the association’s Emergency National Executive Council (E-NEC) and issued to journalists in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Friday.
The doctors urged the federal government to utilize the three weeks extension window to resolve all outstanding issues, warning that failure to achieve a meaningful resolution at the expiration of the period by August 31, 2026, will result in the declaration of a three-day warning strike.
The communique read in part, ”A three-week timeline extension was adopted for further consideration. E-NEC further resolved that the extension period should be utilised by government to resolve all
