“We call on the federal government to address the issues raised before the May 29 handover date as further industrial harmony cannot be guaranteed.”
“The federal government will no longer tolerate a strike that does not pass through due process,” said labour minister Chris Ngige.
When the case was called on Thursday, neither the claimants nor their legal representatives were not in court.
The court ordered the resident doctors to call off the strike pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The industrial court ordered the doctors and the federal government to suspend all forms of hostilities and maintain the status quo.
The doctors said the nationwide strike would continue and that they would proceed with the court case.
The government claims resident doctors in the state are not owed salaries or benefits.
The doctors are protesting the failure of Governor Nyesom Wike’s administration in paying COVID-19 hazard allowances.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Ondo says doctors are willing to negotiate with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s government over unpaid five months’ salaries.
The MoA was the second in a fortnight. The first one was signed on March 31 but was later rejected by the striking doctors.
