President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Finance to release the salaries of resident doctors for the month of September and October 2021.

The Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, made this known to State House correspondents in Abuja.

In another development, Dr Chris Ngige explained that the wages, were withheld for no-work, no pay-rule following strikes embarked upon by the Joint Health Workers Union, have been approved by the President to be released to the health workers on compassionate grounds.