 Resident doctors in Nigeria public hospitals began an indefinite strike on Monday, August 2 over the grievance that included the delayed payment of salaries and allowances. Doctors' unions said as the country faces rising COVID-19 infections. Nigerian doctors frequently strike over what they say are poor conditions of service. Last year, they walked out of their jobs three times, including over demands for and allowance for treating coronavirus patients. Dr. Roland Aigbovo, Treasurer of the Nigerian Medical Association at Buja Chapter, said some members were old salaries of up to 10 months. Some of our members are being old salaries of up to 10 months. Some up to eight months of the state tertiary health situation. And you believe that as we speak, what I get and other health workers is 5,000 allowance, considered the amount of allowance that we are supposed to. This we believe that even federal government is playing politics with it, with the issue of the improved allowance, which is not proper. In Kinobadi, third wave of the data barrier. But the truth of the matter is that there's no better time to say we want to proceed on a strike action, because we can only give our best if all the enabling environment is provided. And that enabling environment, you would have a welfare which bothers on remuneration that is due us. But they need to consider the plight of the masses. People go to government hospitals to access cheap services. If they're not there, who take care of them? The doctors may be justified in their action, but they need to rethink their position because of the plight of the masses. And I think that's the core of their profession.