The Federal Government has approved additional N8.9bn to pay up the large chunk of the June 2020 COVID-19 allowance to all health workers in the country. The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) had embarked on a total and an indefinite strike in all Federal and State hospitals in the country to press for its demands. NARD demands include payment of the Medical Residency Training funding to all members as approved in the revised 2020 Budget, provision of genuine Group Life Insurance and Death in Service Benefits for all health workers. Others are payment of outstanding April/May and June COVID-19 inducement allowance, determination of revised hazard allowance for all health workers as agreed in previous meetings with relevant stakeholders, immediate payment of salary shortfall of 2014, 2015 and 2016, among others.