Nigeria public doctors end strike after talks with lawmakers

Frontline doctors in Nigerian public hospitals on Friday ended a three-week strike to press for a pay rise after the removal of a subsidy on petrol, the doctors’ union said.
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said the decision to end the strike followed “a very fruitful meeting” with lawmakers, led by the president of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, in the capital Abuja.
“From our interaction with the President of the Senate and the practical demonstration he did before us today, we are very confident that there will be light at the end of the tunnel,” NARD president Orji Emeka Innocent told reporters.
The doctors were the first public sector workers to strike after fuel prices more than tripled and increased transport fares following President Bola Tinubu’s decision to scrap the popular but expensive subsidy at the end of May, worsening the cost of living crisis in Africa’s biggest economy.