Abuja resident doctors suspend strike
The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration has suspended its indefinite strike.
The association, in a communiqué signed Tuesday by its president, Roland Aigbovo and secretary-general, Mustapha Ibrahim, said the decision to suspend the strike followed its emergency general meeting on Monday.
The association, however, said that all
In view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Government yesterday directed all ministries, departments and agencies to use video conferencing for meetings to guard against physical contact in the offices.
In a statement, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, encouraged civil servants to use the Federal Government’s Unified Communication Services platform for audio and video communication.
He said the ministry would provide video conferencing, telepresence and video IP contentious issues should be resolved within five weeks as agreed by all parties, failure for which they would resume their indefinite action on May 1.
The doctors had embarked on an indefinite strike on March 17, citing irregularities in January and February salaries and non-payment of the shortfalls by the Federal Capital Territory Administration. phone facilities in most MDAs within its Abuja metro fibre network.
He said about 16,000 units of IP Voice and Video Telephony Services had been deployed to provide users secure free voice and video communications over Galaxy’s network using physical handsets and software-based endpoints.
Also, he said about 120 terminals of video conferencing/ telepresence services had been deployed to provide real-time video conferencing for users to meet and collaborate with colleagues and partners across various locations nationwide and internationally.