Nigeria’s healthcare system is on the verge of collapse, as health workers are yet to receive the salaries, allowances, and welfare packages promised by the federal government, resident doctors said, while appealing to President Bola Tinubu to intervene and address the situation.
Resident doctors, who constitute the bulk of Nigeria’s healthcare workforce, decried the current situation, describing it as a national emergency and a matter of national security.
In an open letter to the President titled, ‘A passionate appeal to the Commander-in-Chief of the Federation’ signed by Mohammad Suleiman, president, Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), the association urged the president to ignore statements that doctors’ demands have been addressed.