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The strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday has disrupted health services in public facilities across the country. Our reporters observed that there was compliance with the strike by members of NARD in the health facilities visited in parts of the country.

NARD announced the strike on Tuesday night after its virtual extra-ordinary National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. The president of the association, Dr Orji Emeka Innocent, said the association embarked on strike due to the failure of the federal government to meet its demands. He decried government’s slow response to the demands despite giving several ultimatums.

 

 

Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) - Health

Rivers State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned the European Union report on a former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. The European Union in its report accused the former governor of stopping other political parties in the state from carrying out their campaign.

The party in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday by the former spokesman of the PDP campaign council, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, expressed surprise that the EU could indict the former governor without verifying its findings. “The EU report, to our surprise, has accused the former governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, of preventing members of the opposition from going about their campaigns in Rivers State. We are miffed by the fact that a reputable body such as the EU would descend so low to a point where heresy is implored to taint the image of others.