Court orders resident doctors to suspend strike

The National Industrial Court, Abuja division has ordered Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend its nationwide strike.

This comes after the federal government filed a lawsuit against NARD, asking the court for an order of interlocutory injunction restraining members of the association from going further with the strike action.

On Monday, August 23, 2021, Justice John Targema in his ruling ordered "that the claimant/applicant and the defendant/respondent suspend all forms of hostilities forthwith pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”

Targema said;

“Having looked especially on the affidavit of extreme urgency, the grounds of the application, the affidavit in support of same and arguments of counsel for the applicant. I also weighed the submissions and arguments of counsel on the law as it stands on this application.

“It is hereby ordered that claimant/applicant and the defendant/respondent suspend all forms of hostilities forthwith pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”

The case was however, adjourned to September 15 for a hearing of the motion on notice and/or any other pending application on its merit.