Wike Approves Resident Doctors’ Demands, Ends FCT Strike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved the demands of resident doctors who had been on strike since September 15 over unpaid entitlements.

Wike made the announcement on Friday during the flag-off of the Northern Parkway project, linking Ring Road II to Ring Road III along Shehu Yar’Adua Way in Life Camp, Abuja.

He commended the doctors for suspending their industrial action in the interest of patients and the wider FCT community.

“I must commend the resident doctors for calling off the strike. The administration is happy with their understanding. I have signed all the doctors’ requests on my table today,” Wike said.

The minister directed the FCT Acting Head of Service and his Senior Special Assistant on Administration, Samuel Atang, to immediately implement the approvals.

Speaking on the Northern Parkway, Wike said the project would ease traffic congestion in the city, create jobs, and stimulate economic growth.

The resident doctors had embarked on strike after months of unresolved negotiations with the FCTA. Their demands included payment of salary arrears ranging from one to six months for doctors employed since 2023, recruitment of new staff, settlement of the 2025 Medical Residency Training Fund, and arrears arising from the 25/35 per cent upward review of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS).

Other demands were timelines for completing pending skipping and conversion processes, correction of irregular salary payments, stoppage of erroneous deductions, settlement of outstanding wage awards, payment of 13 months’ hazard allowance arrears, and clearance of entitlements owed to 2025 external residents.

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