The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has debunked reports that the Federal Government was threatening doctors who are on strike following a call by the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, as the country enters into third wave Delta variant of COVID-19.

Ehanire noted on Thursday in Abuja, at the weekly ministerial briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team, led by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, that Nigeria is only country where in the world today where doctors are not at work in the middle of Covid-19 threat.

He said: “Now with the question of the strike, we have said openly that this is not a good time for doctors to go on strike. We’re having a strike for the third time this year, which is not good.

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“We have appealed to them; we have been having long meetings with young doctors to tell them that we have a certain responsibility to our country.

“Every country who has a difficult situation at this time should understand that responsibility is on all of us.

“If you have any problem, any grudges, let’s talk about it. If we can’t solve it now, let’s continue talking about it until we find a solution but don’t drop work.

“I think Nigeria is probably the only country in the world today where doctors are dropping work in the middle of a threat to the whole country.’’