Resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, have suspended the indefinite strike they embarked on a day earlier.
The General Secretary of the UCH Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Uthman Adedeji, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday night.
The doctors had commenced the strike on Monday in protest over the prolonged power outage in parts of the hospital’s residential quarters. Although the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) restored electricity to UCH last Wednesday following over 100 days of blackout, some residential areas remained disconnected.
Following the full restoration of power to all affected quarters, the association resolved to suspend the industrial action.
“Arising from the Emergency General Meeting (EGM) we just ended this Tuesday night, we now state that the total and indefinite strike embarked upon at 4:01 p.m. on Monday has been suspended,” Adedeji announced.
He added that work would resume at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, with all members expected to return to their duty posts.
