The strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors is the latest in a series of medical staff work stoppages.
LAGOS - Doctors in Nigeria's state-run hospitals began a strike over pay, insurance benefits and poor facilities, union leaders said, as the country faces a third wave of coronavirus.
He said the industrial action was to push government to honour its agreement on pay arrears, hazard allowance and insurance benefits to families of doctors who have died of the virus."We are asking government to pay insurance benefits of 19 of our members who have died in the line of duty," he said. He said some states owed several months of salaries and other benefits, adding that the strike would not be suspended until the union's demands were met.
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