Resident doctors at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, have announced a one-week warning strike set to begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, July 7, 2025, over the non-payment of salaries to newly employed colleagues.
The doctors, under the banner of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), issued a communiqué on Friday, signed by President Dr. Babarinsa O. A. and Secretary Dr. Disu K. B., describing the situation as “unacceptable” and “detrimental to clinical practice.”
They revealed that some newly employed doctors have worked for five to six months without receiving any pay, despite repeated appeals to hospital management. The doctors warned that if the affected salaries are not paid by the end of July 2025, they will escalate the action into an indefinite strike.
“The congress observed with despair that the June salary window had closed without the new residents receiving their first salaries,” the statement read. “This now-established pattern has persisted for several years and is not common in other training institutions.”
The ARD also expressed frustration over what it described as the hospital’s failure to address the issue, despite years of engagements aimed at resolving the recurring delay in salary disbursements.
The planned strike action is expected to affect medical services at the neuropsychiatric facility, which caters to mental health patients across Lagos and neighbouring states.
As of press time, hospital management had yet to respond to the doctors’ ultimatum or comment publicly on the salary delays.
