Court restrains resident doctors in teaching hospital from continuing strike
- The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the State University Teaching Hospital suffered defeat in a suit against the Enugu state government
- The National Industrial Court issued the union an interim injunction restraining its members from continuing with their strike
- The court sitting in Enugu also restrained the union and its members from taking any further action in regards to the strike
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital has been issued an interim injunction that stops them from continuing with their industrial action by the National Industrial Court in Enugu state.
According to The Sun, the association had embarked on a strike that the Enugu state government criticized.
The industrial court sitting in Enugu state also restrained the association and its members from taking any action in furtherance of the strike pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice already filed by the Enugu State Government.
In another report by Channels TV, Justice O. Arowosegbe issued the interim injunction on Monday, March 2, while ruling on a motion ex-parte filed by the state government.
In copies of the judgement cited by the newspaper publication on Tuesday, March 3, Justice Arowosegbe ordered the doctors to “forthwith stop the strike already commenced and immediately stop any action in furtherance of the strike or any strike till the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.”
Source: UGC
The matter was adjourned till Tuesday, March 17, for hearing of the substantive motion.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has threatened to embark on a strike as a result of the federal government's delay in implementing payment of the new minimum wage.
SSANU said members are still on the old minimum wage and have not been receiving the new payment despite concluded negotiations on the new wages. The union, describing the delay as unfair said, it is causing financial hardships and difficulties for its members.
In a related development, a Lagos high court on Monday, March 2, banned compulsory blood donation across the state. Justice Raliat Adebiyi who presided over the court in the ruling also restrained Lagos state government hospitals and health facilities from demanding blood donations from spouses and relatives of pregnant women seeking antenatal and maternity services.
The judge went on to describe the respondents' actions as arbitrary, unfair and a violation of their human rights which includes the rights to life and to equal opportunity for everyone within the health system.
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