Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- Resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan have announced plans to begin an indefinite strike if power is not restored to their residential areas.

This comes after the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) reconnected UCH on February 12, following over 100 days of power outage.

However, the residential areas, including East Gate Road and Circular Road around the College of Medicine, were not reconnected, despite having prepaid meters with large amounts of credit.

The doctors, through a statement signed by the president and general secretary of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), expressed frustration with the situation.

They held an emergency congress after exhausting all o...