Fashola pay this guy the money they want and stop killing your own people.

Rather than heed to the warning and speedily re-initiate processes towards resolution of the matter, the Government of Lagos state embarked on campaign of calumny and intimidation by issuing queries, use of thugs to harass doctors, publication of doctors salaries in newspapers thereby endangering their lives and that of their families, setting up of disciplinary panels and eventual mass sack of a record 788 doctors in its employment and forceful eviction of same from their residential quarters with only two days eviction notice, in clear violation of Lagos state tenancy laws.
 
The Nigerian Medical Association has taken up the gauntlet and is negotiating with the Government of Lagos state on behalf of the Medical Guild. We hope that the Government would have a rethink, rescind its anti labour decisions and commence full implementation of the CONMESS. The doctors deserve nothing less!
 
While we await the outcome of the intervention by the Nigerian Medical Association, we wish to state unequivocally that the present situation is completely unacceptable to NARD and therefore must not persist. For the avoidance of doubt, NARD shall not hesitate to employ all machineries at her disposal to protect the interest of her members in Lagos state, if the Government remains insensitive.
 
We therefore earnestly call on all well meaning Nigerians and the National Assembly to intervene towards resolving the impasse and prevent needless losses of lives of innocent downtrodden Nigerians.
 
Whilst we remain true to the oath sworn by every doctor to consecrate our lives to the service of humanity, what we ask of the society is to grant us that which is due onto us.
 
Thank you.
 
 
Dr C. J. Achonwa                                         Dr U. S. Galadima
President                                               Ag. Secretary General

alajikineo: I DEY VEX.......

Update from Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Jan 2012!!

Total No of Doctors Produced in Nigeria Since independence 52years Ago. = 42,575!

Those on Register currently=22,000!! Meaning 20,575 are either out of d country, dead or in different profession!!

Out of the 22,000 registered, 12,821 are in Private Practice! 9,179 are working with Government all over the 36 states in d Country!! 9179 minus Luth 800= 8,379,- 1,051 UCH =7328,- 602 UNIPORT=6726,- 587 NSUkkA =6,139,- 440 ABU Zaria,=5699,- 312 UNIMAID =5,387, - 217Unilorin =5,170, -302 UniBen =4868, - 76 Uthman Dan Fodio sokoto=4792, - 1532 in all Federal Medical Centres=3260, - 219 great IFe=3,041"""""""""""""""""""". A total of 3041 are been shared by d 36 states Governments,
If Lagos state employs abt 800 then d remaining 35 states including Abuja shared 2241!! Less than 80Doctors per State per Average!!

So from where will they get new doctors to replace the very experienced ones they have sacked?

Lagos govt is deceiving and killing Lagos people!! Liars presenting corper doctors as new recruits, expecting a corper of 2weeks experience to do d work of a consultant of 20years standing!! Its like sacking Wole Olanipekun and then asking a fresh lawyer from law school to go nd do his work!! It can't just Work!!!!

Why does Gov Fashola pay Lagos Judges higher than the Federal ones,yet he says he can't pay Doctors like Federal..is it because he is a SAN?...

CONMESS is the minimum wage salary scale for doctors across Nigeria just like the general N18,000..., lecturers scale, teachers scale and others

Lagos govt SIGNED an agreement to pay this minimum doctors wage last year but is now claiming they don't have enough money to pay

Why enter into an agreement because of election and upon being elected fail to keep it.

Why? Why?? Why??
Fashola sacks two USA-trained Neurosurgeons based in LASUTH and evicted them...What other stimulus for brain-drain do we need again.He then replaced them with Medical Officer without primaries,neophytes who just finnished nysc...lol.

This is quite sad. actually terrible and the data is pathetic... a country with over 160,000,000 people with less than 22,000 doctors? this is sad .....

BTW, what is the minimum salary for a doctor and what's the average pay(lagos)?

a country with over 160,000,000 people with less than 22,000 doctors?

very disturbing state of affairs.

where were these new doctors hired from?

lots of doctors have been hoping for positions like these.