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LASUTH Doctors set to join nationwide strike January 12
The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Association of Resident Doctors has announced its full support for the planned nationwide strike by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, scheduled to begin on Monday, January 12.
In a statement issued on Friday, the LASUTH-ARD President, Dr Akerele Alaba, said resident doctors at LASUTH would fully comply with the directive of the national body to resume the Total Indefinite and Comprehensive Strike 2.0, tagged “No Implementation, No Going Back.”
Akerele explained that the decision followed the failure of the Federal Government to fully implement agreements reached with the association.
He recalled that NARD began a nationwide strike on November 1, 2025, but later suspended the action on November 29, 2025, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Government on November 27, 2025.
According to him, the agreement covered 19 demands expected to be implemented within one month.
“The Federal Government has failed to fulfil its part of the agreement. Many of the items have been completely neglected, altered, or only partially implemented,” he said.
He disclosed that the decision to resume the strike followed resolutions reached at NARD’s Extraordinary National Executive Council meeting, held virtually on January 2, 2026.
Akerele emphasised that the NEC would only consider suspending TICS 2.0 after the full implementation of key minimum demands, including the reinstatement of the FTH Lokoja Five, payment of promotion and salary arrears, full implementation of the professional allowance table with arrears captured in the 2026 budget, reintroduction of the specialist allowance, resolution of house officers’ salary delays, and the resumption of the Collective Bargaining Agreement process.
The LASUTH-ARD president also highlighted several unresolved local welfare concerns affecting resident doctors in Lagos State.
These include the abandonment of the resident doctors’ quarters project, unpaid advancement arrears, exclusion of resident doctors from housing and pension schemes, non-payment of teaching allowances to registrars and house officers, and the unpaid December 2025 bonus.
He called on the Lagos State Government to ensure the timely payment of the 2026 medical residency training fund, while appreciating the state government for its consistent yearly payment of the fund.
Akerele also appealed to the Lagos State Government to address the issues, stressing that the strike decision, though difficult, was taken in the collective interest of doctors’ welfare, dignity and the sustainability of healthcare delivery nationwide.
He added that resident doctors at LASUTH were currently rendering full services but would comply with the strike directive once it takes effect
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