The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has appealed to the Federal Government to pay the 2023 and 2024 outstanding Medical Residency Training Funds (MRTF).

Its President, Dr Osundara Tope-Zenith, who made the appeal at a news conference to mark the end of the 2025 National Executive Council (NEC) meeting and Scientific conference of the association, also expressed displeasure over the non-payment of the arrears of the upwardly revised Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS)

The NARD President also noted that the association resolved that the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria should facilitate the payment of the 2022 MRTF arrears in line with the stakeholders’ meeting convened by the ministry, expedite the payment of the 2025 MRTF and ensure the settlement of the outstanding 2023 and 2024 MRTF.

Tope-Zenith also urged the Federal Government to fully implement the consequential adjustments for the 2019 and 2024 minimum wage on the doctors basic salary; promptly pay the arrears of the upwardly revised CONMESS; and pay other outstanding salary arrears without delay, otherwise an emergency meeting would be called after Six weeks, if there was no significant response from government.

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