The Federal Authorities says it’ll release about N11.995 billion inside 72 hours for the cost of excellent arrears, together with accoutrement allowance, to medical doctors and different well being employees throughout the nation.
Deputy Director and Head, Info and Public Relations of the the Federal Ministry of Well being and Social Welfare, Alaba Balogun, made this disclosure in a press release on Saturday.
The Ministry mentioned that the transfer is a part of ongoing efforts to resolve welfare issues raised by the Nigerian Affiliation of Resident Medical doctors, NARD, and different unions and to reaffirm the Federal Authorities’s dedication to industrial peace and reform in the well being sector.
In accordance to assertion, the reassurance was reiterated throughout a high-level assembly led by the Minister of State for Well being and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, between the highest administration of the ministry and the management of NARD, following the affiliation’s latest agitations over welfare {and professional} issues.
That is coming after a nationwide strike that began on Saturday, involving about 11,000 resident medical doctors throughout 91 healthcare services.
DAILY POST experiences that the placing medical doctors are protesting unpaid arrears, delays in allowances, and different welfare-related points regardless of earlier assurances from the federal government.
The President of the Nigerian Affiliation of Resident Medical doctors, Dr Muhammad Suleiman, had on Monday mentioned the Federal Authorities owes medical doctors and different well being employees throughout the nation an estimated N38 billion in accrued allowances.
In the meantime, the assertion famous that the federal government stays dedicated to guaranteeing that the welfare, motivation, and stability of the nation’s well being workforce function the muse of all well being insurance policies and programmes.
“In collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Well being and Social Welfare commenced the cost of seven months’ arrears of the 25–35 per cent upward evaluate of the Consolidated Medical Wage Construction and the Consolidated Well being Wage Construction to all classes of well being employees, with N10bn paid in August 2025.
“Following the approval of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for these arrears owed to well being employees, together with members of NARD, to be paid expeditiously, as of Thursday, October 30, one other sum of N21.3bn has been moved to the Built-in Personnel and Payroll Info System account, and cost has commenced.
“As well as, the sum of N11.995bn is being processed for release inside 72 hours to pay different arrears, together with accoutrement allowance.
“All these funds are being loved by members of NARD in accordance with the wage construction in the well being sector.
“Moreover, the Federal Authorities has launched N10.6bn as of September 2025 as full cost for the 2025 Medical Residency Coaching Fund, paid completely to resident medical doctors nationwide,” the assertion mentioned.
