Resident doctors of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, have suspended the 105-day strike, which began on May 1, 2015.

The doctors said former President Olusegun Obasanjo had brokered a truce between the association and the UCH management.

According to UCH-ARD President, Dr Lukman Ogunjinmi, work would commence immediately in the hospital.

He said, “Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, elders in the health sector and CCII elders have intervened in the crisis and work will resume for the sake of the suffering patients.”

Six hundred and seventy doctors in the hospital, under the auspices of the National Association of Resident Doctors, have been on strike to protest against the non-implementation of a circular, reportedly issued by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation.

 The circular dwells on the doctors’ welfare and promotion. 

 However, the doctors, on Friday, called off the strike, explaining that Obasanjo and the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes had resolved the disagreement necessitating the suspension of the strike for the sake of the suffering patients.