Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Abbas Tajudeen will on Thursday, meet with relevant stakeholders over the crisis between the federal government and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).
Majority Leader of the House, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, made this known at the plenary on Wednesday, which the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, presided over.
The meeting will be coming after Speaker Abbas met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, in fulfilment of his promise to NARD earlier on Monday, as part of the efforts of the House to resolve the crisis.
At the plenary on Wednesday, the leadership of the House expressed displeasure with NARD’s decision to continue with its planned strike despite the intervention by the Parliament.
A member of the House, Hon. Unyime Idem, during the plenary, attempted to move a motion of urgent public importance on the strike declared by NARD on Tuesday night. The immediate past Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ahmed Wase, however, raised a point of order to note that the Speaker was already working on the matter.
The Majority Leader, in his explanation, noted that the House’s interventionist moves would continue despite that the resident doctors have downed tool.
“I want to inform (the House and the public) that Mr Speaker has since met with Mr President and made significant progress in terms of addressing the needs of the doctors that are now on strike. Second, we have scheduled a meeting for tomorrow with all the stakeholders, including members of the NARD. So, discussions are on.
A statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Musa Abdullahi Krishi said the meeting will hold on Thursday.
