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On Wednesday, August 13, the Nigerian federal fired all 16, 000 resident doctors in Nigeria during efforts to end the actual Nigerian Medical Association’s (NMA) punch, which had lasted for 55 days before it was called off several days ago. Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has today announced which the government has decided to reverse its decision to terminate the actual nationwide residency program, AIT reviews. As a result, the 16000 resident doctors who were fired due to termination of the program, have now been re-appointed.

After 65 days, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has suspended its strike. They made the announcement on their official twitter handle yesterday, and today, NMA president, Kayode Obembe, told journalists that the association decided to suspend the strike because of the Ebola outbreak. He said all Nigerian doctors are expected to report to work tomorrow Monday August 25th. Linda Ikeji at 1:08 PM