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The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has ordered the National Association of Resident Doctors ( NARD), to suspend its 46 days strike and return to work immediately.
The court also ordered that parties should return to the negotiation table in order to resolve their differences.
The judge, Bashar Alkali in his ruling states that ” I hereby make an interlocutory injunction restraining members of the respondent in all States of the Federation from further continuing with the industrial action embarked on Aug. 2.
He noted that one of the grounds which such requirement application must be made was in the circumstance that if not granted, serious damages to lives could occur.
He, therefore, said that lives had been lost since the commencement of the strike, especially in regards to the COVID-19 Delta variant, hence the need to grant the claimant’s application.
The judge in conclusion urged the claimants to grant some if not all of the defendant’s demands at the negotiation table.
NARD has taken the judgment to an appeal court anyway.
The judge at this stage of the crisis instead of giving such a pronouncement should ve allowed the counsels to the parties that are in involved in the trade dispute to atleast present their greviances&see area where compromises can be made as a way putting a lasting solution.