Doctors in state-owned health facilities across Ogun State are planning an indefinite strike and suspension of services beginning September 1 over unpaid allowance.
It was gathered that the Nigerian Medical Association, in their Annual General Meeting, held on August 10, 2023, issued a twenty-one-day ultimatum to the Ogun State Government to pay hazard allowance with arrears, dating back to January 2023, to all doctors working in government-owned hospitals.
In the letter, which was addressed to Governor Dapo Abiodun and signed by the NMA chairman and secretary, respectively, it was noted that if the government did not pay the hazard allowance with the arrears in full from January 2023, there would be industrial acrimony in the state health sector.
the NMA chairman in the state, Dr Kunle Ashimi, said the doctors at state-owned health facilities would embark on an indefinite strike if the government failed to meet up with promises made during the electioneering period.
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