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Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, says if resident doctors refuse to back down on the ongoing strike — after government meets some of their demands, he will invoke “weapons in the labour laws” on them.
On Thursday, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) embarked on an indefinite strike over salary arrears and owed allowances.
Speaking on Friday, when he appeared on Channels Television programme, Politics Today, Ngige said employers of the resident doctors can invoke the no-work-no-pay rule.
“By Tuesday, I will invite them back (referring to NARD). If they become recalcitrant, there are things I can do,” he said.
“There are weapons in the labour laws I will invoke. There is ‘no work, no pay’. Their employers have a role also to keep their businesses afloat, to keep patients alive. They can employ local doctors.”
The minister noted that he is optimistic that the matter will be resolved within a few days, as meetings have been arranged to clear the backlog of owed salaries and allowances.
Ngige, however, maintained that government will not hesitate to invoke relevant sections of the law on labour against the resident doctors if they refuse to resume work.
“We won’t get there. If we are going to get there, we’ll use that stick,” he added.
The inauguration ceremony on Friday in the capital, Niamey, was attended by dozens of foreign dignitaries, including government representatives from 20 countries. Security measures were at their highest level, with […]
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