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General News of Friday, 19 June 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Doctors Strike: 31 federal teaching, medical centres get N4.5bn from FG

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.) The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.)

At least, 31 Federal Teaching and Medical Centres across the country will get the Federal Government's hazard and inducement allowances for the month of April and May.

According to channels TV, the sum of N4.5 billion was released by the FG today, Thursday, June 19.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Friday while briefing State House Correspondents in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

The Minister spoke after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

“Just this morning before we went to see Mr President, the Ministry of Finance reported that as at 3:00 am this morning, paid the allowances for a hazard to 31 Teaching and Federal Medical Centres and special hospitals of the Federal Government’s service.

“And they have extended close to N4.5billion because we are paying them off the arrears of April and May. The payments for June will also be done when these ones are sorted out. So we have expended N4.5billion as we speak this morning for these payments,” he said.

Ngige’s comments come three days after a meeting between the Federal Government delegation and the National Association of Resident Doctors aimed at resolving the strike embarked upon by the association ended in a deadlock.