The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a nationwide strike, set to begin on Friday, September 12, 2025, and last for five days.
According to NARD, the strike is a final attempt to press home their long-standing demands. In a statement issued on Thursday, September 11, 2025, by Agbor Affiong, General Secretary of the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration, the decision followed the association’s online National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Wednesday, September 10, and extended into the early hours of Thursday.
The statement read:
“Arising from the NARD E-NEC meeting held on Wednesday, the 10th of September, 2025, which extended into the early hours of Thursday, the 11th of September, 2025, the NEC members unanimously resolved to embark on a five-day warning strike. The strike will commence at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, 12th September 2025, and will end on Tuesday, 16th September 2025. All centres are hereby directed to duly inform their hospital managements and continue to press home our collective demands.”
The doctors are protesting poor working conditions, inadequate power supply in hospitals, certificate downgrading, poor remuneration, and other challenges facing the health sector.
This action comes shortly after the FCT chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) had declared a separate seven-day warning strike.
