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Doctors end four-month strike

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    Meanwhile, Nigerian doctors who have been on strike for four months over pay and conditions have called off their action after receiving promises of a review, news organisations reported on Monday.

    An official at the WHO told IRIN that the Chief of General Staff,
    Vice-Admiral Mike Akhigbe, had promised "to look into the issues raised by the strike."

    At a meeting on Saturday, the leaders of the National Association of Resident Doctors, the main doctor's union in Nigeria, agreed to call their members to work on Wednesday, news reports said. The union said it had not won a pay increase but had reached agreement with top government officials over career structure, retirement pensions and a review in professional
    allowances and salaries.

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