Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike if power is not restored to the hospital's residential areas.

In a communique issued after an emergency meeting on 14 February, the ARD stated that despite the recent reconnection of the hospital to the power grid after over 100 days of outage, the residential areas remain without electricity.

The communique, signed by the chapter's President, Gboyega Ajibola, and General Secretary, Uthman

Adedeji, noted that the residential areas have prepaid meters with sufficient units, but the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has refused to reconnect them.

The ARD has given...