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: Leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors during the meeting over the indefinite strike action of the Resident Doctors at the Conference Hall, Ministry of Labour, Federal Secretariat, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida
MEMORANDUM OF TERMS OF SETTLEMENT REACHED AT THE END OF THE MEETING HELD AT THE INSTANCE OF THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, WITH THE EXECUTIVES OF THE NIGERIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (NMA), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENT DOCTORS OF NIGERIA (NARD), COMMITTEE OF CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTORS (CMDS)/MEDICAL DIRECTORS (MDs), FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH (FMOH), OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE FEDERATION (OHCSF), OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION (OSGF), OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION (OAGF), BUDGET OFFICE OF THE FEDERATION (BOF), FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF), AND NATIONAL SALARIES, INCOME & WAGES COMMISSION (NSIWC), ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2017, IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, ABUJA.
A meeting was held on September 6, 2017, following the strike embarked upon by the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) on September 4, 2017.
The meeting considered the Memorandum of Terms of Settlement dated August 31, 2017 which was signed by the Parties at the end of the conciliation meeting held at the instance of the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment to address the 6 – point issues of concern to the members of NARD.
In view of the ongoing strike by members of NARD, an emergency meeting was convened by the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment to address areas of dissatisfaction in the Settlement by NARD.
The meeting noted NARD’s Position that despite the signed Memorandum of Terms of Settlement, the industrial action by its members emanated from a distrust of Government commitment to execute its own end of the Terms of Settlement.
The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment expressed displeasure that NARD members embarked on strike inspite of the signed collectively agreed Terms of Settlement dated August 31, 2017, and conciliation in progress in line with the provisions of Section 5 of the Trade Disputes Act, CAP. T8, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), 2004. The issues of concern to NARD were therefore re-addressed as follows:
1)Failure To Pay Our Salary Shortfall Of 2016 And January To May 2017
Acknowledging the need for the Resident Doctors to receive their full salaries, the meeting deliberated extensively on the accounting difficulties encountered in the disbursement of salaries to non – regular payrolls labeled ‘Non Regular Allowances’ as against regular payrolls covered by the IPPIS platform.
The meeting further noted that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) did receive one Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) of the sum of N13.2Billion to address the shortfalls in Public Sector including payment of the salaries of affected doctors in Federal Tertiary Health Institutions (FTHI). After due considerations by the meeting especially of the document submitted by NARD on “Salary Shortfall”, it was agreed –
i.That the OAGF has to employ checks and balances in disbursing Government funds. Accordingly, though verifications had been done by the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA), there was still need to carry out authentications. Payment would therefore be made directly to the affected FTHI for Doctors and Staff that have been authenticated, and additionally, a soft copy would be forwarded to the Parent Ministry (FMoH), Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, CMDs, NARD and NMA;
ii.That the FTHIs on list A of the document submitted by NARD that have been authenticated by OAGF were expected to receive payments on or before Friday, September 8, 2017 as OAGF tendered a mandate containing 8 FTHI and pledged to forward an additional list of the remaining FTHI to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for
MEMORANDUM OF TERMS OF SETTLEMENT REACHED AT THE END OF THE MEETING HELD AT THE INSTANCE OF THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, WITH THE EXECUTIVES OF THE NIGERIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (NMA), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENT DOCTORS OF NIGERIA (NARD), COMMITTEE OF CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTORS (CMDS)/MEDICAL DIRECTORS (MDs), FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH (FMOH), OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE FEDERATION (OHCSF), OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION (OSGF), OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION (OAGF), BUDGET OFFICE OF THE FEDERATION (BOF), FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF), AND NATIONAL SALARIES, INCOME & WAGES COMMISSION (NSIWC), ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2017, IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, ABUJA.
A meeting was held on September 6, 2017, following the strike embarked upon by the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) on September 4, 2017.
The meeting considered the Memorandum of Terms of Settlement dated August 31, 2017 which was signed by the Parties at the end of the conciliation meeting held at the instance of the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment to address the 6 – point issues of concern to the members of NARD.
In view of the ongoing strike by members of NARD, an emergency meeting was convened by the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment to address areas of dissatisfaction in the Settlement by NARD.
The meeting noted NARD’s Position that despite the signed Memorandum of Terms of Settlement, the industrial action by its members emanated from a distrust of Government commitment to execute its own end of the Terms of Settlement.
The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment expressed displeasure that NARD members embarked on strike inspite of the signed collectively agreed Terms of Settlement dated August 31, 2017, and conciliation in progress in line with the provisions of Section 5 of the Trade Disputes Act, CAP. T8, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), 2004. The issues of concern to NARD were therefore re-addressed as follows:
1)Failure To Pay Our Salary Shortfall Of 2016 And January To May 2017
Acknowledging the need for the Resident Doctors to receive their full salaries, the meeting deliberated extensively on the accounting difficulties encountered in the disbursement of salaries to non – regular payrolls labeled ‘Non Regular Allowances’ as against regular payrolls covered by the IPPIS platform.
The meeting further noted that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) did receive one Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) of the sum of N13.2Billion to address the shortfalls in Public Sector including payment of the salaries of affected doctors in Federal Tertiary Health Institutions (FTHI). After due considerations by the meeting especially of the document submitted by NARD on “Salary Shortfall”, it was agreed –
i.That the OAGF has to employ checks and balances in disbursing Government funds. Accordingly, though verifications had been done by the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA), there was still need to carry out authentications. Payment would therefore be made directly to the affected FTHI for Doctors and Staff that have been authenticated, and additionally, a soft copy would be forwarded to the Parent Ministry (FMoH), Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, CMDs, NARD and NMA;
ii.That the FTHIs on list A of the document submitted by NARD that have been authenticated by OAGF were expected to receive payments on or before Friday, September 8, 2017 as OAGF tendered a mandate containing 8 FTHI and pledged to forward an additional list of the remaining FTHI to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for
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