 The House of Representatives have appealed to the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors to consider the situation in the country and call off the striking back-to-pond on August 2. The Chairman House Committee on Healthcare Services, Dr. Tanko Sanunu, made the call at inauguration of a sensitization campaign organized by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAVDAC, in Abuja. The news agency of Nigeria reports that NAVDAC started a nationwide industrial action on August 2 over welfare and other conditions of service to members. Sanunu expressed the hope that the Assembly will get the cooperation of everybody, including the executive arm of government, to fast-track the calling off of the strike. News Updates