Resident doctors begin strike over unpaid salaries

The National Association of Resident Doctors in federal teaching hospitals have commenced an indefinite strike over the non payment 10 months salaries of some of its members.
The President of the ARD, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile Ife, Dr. Wole Ayegbusi, who said this while speaking with journalists in Osogbo  stated that the strike started on Monday morning.
He said, ” We have started an indefinite strike this morning to drive home our demands. The most saddening part of it is that our members in the state teaching hospitals have not been paid for 10 months‎ and these are some of the members that are rendering essential services. We need to realise that, we cannot be comparing doctors to other civil servants because if they(civil servants) fall sick and doctors are not well paid, they will never be well attended to.
“You  will be surprised that today, some federal teaching hospitals have not paid December salaries, which is unfair because it affects our productivity. Also some of our members have been sacked for an unjust cause and several times we have made  efforts to dialogue with the Federal Ministry of Health but maybe due to their  selfish reason or incompetence , we have not been able to actualise that. Most of the community people are poor and they cannot travel abroad to get treatment.”
Ayegbusi said it was regrettable  that government could ignore the payment of some doctors who were on essential duties for as long as 10 months and expect them to be attending to patients.
He stated that  the NARD had to  painfully resort to the strike because it appeared the option was the only one the government listened to.
Ayegbusi said the strike was avoidable because the association had given the Federal Government ultimatum but had to embark on the indefinite strike because nothing had been done on all the issues raised with them.
“We want this strike to end as soon as possible because it is an avoidable one. I can see no reason why the Federal Government cannot answer our prayers. When President   Muhammadu Buhari came to office he promised to fulfill all the agreements we have had with the government before he assumed office but nothing was done even after the ultimatum we gave,” he added.


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