Doctors in Ondo State under the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo chapter, have urged the Federal Government to act quickly to prevent a looming collapse of healthcare services in the country.
The doctors announced their readiness to join a nationwide strike scheduled to begin on Monday, following a directive from their national body, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).
The planned industrial action is in response to the Federal Government’s failure to implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached with resident doctors in November 2025.
In a statement released on Saturday, the chairman of the ARD-FMC Owo chapter, Dada Tosin, said the decision to participate in the strike was taken after an emergency meeting held on Friday.
According to the association, NARD had given the Federal Government a four-week ultimatum to meet its agreed demands, but the deadline expired without what it described as meaningful compliance.
The doctors cited poor welfare conditions, unpaid salary and promotion arrears, and unresolved training-related issues as some of the reasons behind the strike action.
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“The strike action, when it resumes on Monday, will be total and will only be called off when the nine minimum demands are met,” the statement said. “These include the reinstatement of unjustly sacked doctors of FTH Lokoja, payment of salary and promotion arrears ranging from three to nine months, full implementation of the professional allowance table, and clarification of entry-level issues, among others.”
The ARD-FMC Owo chapter reaffirmed its solidarity with the national body, stressing its commitment to protecting the welfare, dignity, and working conditions of resident doctors across the country.
The group appealed to the Federal Government to urgently address the issues, warning that failure to do so could trigger a serious crisis in Nigeria’s healthcare system.
