COURT RESTRAINS RESIDENT DOCTORS FROM EMBARKING ON STRIKE. (PHOTO).
COURT RESTRAINS RESIDENT DOCTORS FROM EMBARKING ON STRIKE The national industrial court Abuja division has restrained all members and agents of the national association of resident doctors from calling, directing, organizing, participating in, and embarking upon any form of industrial action. Justice Emmanuel Danjuma Subilim gave the order in an interim injunction filed by the federal government through the office of the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice. The court temporally barred members of the association from embarking on any form of strike, work stoppages, go-slows, picketing, or any other form of industrial protest or disruption. The association is equally restrained from taking steps preparatory to any form of industrial action from the 12th day of january, 2026. The interim order remains in force pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice fixed for the january 21, 2026. The association had earlier threatened to...
According to sources,it was reported that Belgium will stop its aid programmes in Burundi in protest of President Pierra Nkurunziza's contestable election for a third term.The European country,from which Burundi gained independence from in 1962,said it was immediately halting aid programmes benefitting the government,including its support for justice system.It said it would redirect these funds to other programmes to help the Burundi citizens via aid groups.Belgium will however continue financing the health care initiatives.The Belgium aid to Burundi was about $55.8 million in 2013,most of it going directly to the state.Separately,the European Union imposed travel bans and asset freezes agreed earlier this week on four officials close to President Nkurunziza,who are accused of using excessive force during the clashes that rocked the country in the run up to his re-election in July 2015.
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