Monday, September 8, 2025 - The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has commenced a seven-day warning strike.
In a communique signed by its President, George Ebong, the
association described the territory’s health system as one crippled by
long-standing structural deficiencies, stressing the need for urgent and
comprehensive reforms.
Among the demands of the association are quick intervention
to fix manpower shortages, non-functional equipment, unpaid allowances, and
poor working conditions. It also raised concerns over unpaid salaries, delayed
promotions, and underpayment of promoted staff, insisting that morale and
efficiency in service delivery hinged on immediate reforms.
Last month, the doctors’ union had urged the government to
speedily address rising challenges in the city’s health sector. Ebong noted
that resident doctors in the FCT are under immense strain, often forced to
handle multiple departments at once.
He urged the federal government to urgently address the
worsening challenges in the health sector, warning that persistent neglect
could trigger “a systemic collapse.”
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