The Chairman, House Committee on Healthcare Services, Tanko Sununu, made the appeal at a five-hour meeting between NARD and the committee.
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The Rep said this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja on the ongoing strike by the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors.
When journalists, particularly members of the House of Representatives Press Corps, turned up to cover the event, they were turned back by operatives of the Sergeant-at-Arms, who said they were acting on instructions
Following the intervention of the House of Representatives through its House Committee on Health Services, authorities of the Federal Capital Territory Administration have withdrawn a circular mandating members of the FCTA chapter of the National Association of Resident Doctors to go back to work within 48 hours or consider themselves sacked.
The speaker had mandated the House Committee on Health Care Services, chaired by Dr. Tanko Sununu, to intervene and ensure the accreditation, which was withdrawn in May 2019 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria is restored.