The Federal Government on Friday ordered that all the sacked 16,000 resident doctors in the country be reinstated with immediate effect.Sacked on August 13 because of the strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Medical Association, the government reinstated them unconditionally.
Announcing the recall of the resident doctors, the Nigerian Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, through his spokesperson, Dan Nwomeh, tweeted that the doctors had been reinstated saying this took effect from Thursday.
The resident doctors had complained that management of their various hospitals had barred them from resuming after the NMA called off its strike saying the action was to help contain the deadly Ebola Virus Disease.
Nwomeh further said the Federal Government also lifted the suspension of the Residency Training Programme in all federal hospitals.
His statement directed all the Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of training centres to re-issue letters of reinstatement to the resident doctors.
