Medical doctors, came out en masse to protest the recent sacking of 16,000 of their members by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The protest was held at Lagos University Teaching hospital, (LUTH), Idi Araba and headed by Dr. Tope Ojo, Chairman of Nigerian Medical Association.
The medical practitioners say as opposed to the widespread view that they are fighting for increment in remuneration, they are actually agitating for better structures and equipment in hospitals across the country.

http://ynaija.com/site/nigerian-doctors-hit-street-protest-mass-sack-photos/

My opinion... Their joblessness over the time is really getting at them.


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Run-away soldiers.

They should go and fight ebola and stop all these nonsense.

why are they attacking chukwu when the main culprit is GEJ? these guys are damn clueless

HOW DOES THE GOVERNMENT INTEND TO PULL THIS THROUGH? THE RATIO OF DOCTORS TO PATIENTS IN NIGERIA IS FAR BELOW WHO STANDARD AND ALL THE GOVT CAN DO IS SACK 16,000 DOCTORS. And besides, with the supposed suspension of residency training, are newly graduated doctors expected to resume work immediately without even a mere house man ship I laugh... The govt had better start building mortuaries. :-/


HOW DOES THE GOVERNMENT INTEND TO PULL THIS THROUGH? THE RATIO OF DOCTORS TO PATIENTS IN NIGERIA IS FAR BELOW WHO STANDARD AND ALL THE GOVT CAN DO IS SACK 16,000 DOCTORS. And besides, with the supposed suspension of residency training, are newly graduated doctors expected to resume work immediately without even a mere house man ship I laugh... The govt had better start building mortuaries.

Instead of sacking them,he should have looked into the employement law that allows employees to go on long strike with pay.But most fundamentally,he should addressed the issue of poorly managed and financed health sector in nigeria.Having a functional health sysytem benefits alll,not just the doctors.In an health organized system,a virus like ebola wouldn't have entered nigeria so easily and porously like it did.

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suwailad: why are they attacking chukwu when the main culprit is GEJ? these guys are damn clueless

Who do you think signed the memo, it was the permanent secretary on behalf of the dishonourable minister.

Besides GEJ knows nothing about the details of residency training, it is the minister's advice that will guide him.

useless and selfish people

PDP must go!

Abeg, while protesting, start applying for your jobs again ohh, incase dey no call una back.

IT IS LIKE THIS SIT AT HOME STRIKE DON PASS "SIDDON LOOK" STAGE. THE DOCTORS ARE OUTDOORS NOW, MAKE DEM NO MISS ROAD ENTER ANY GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL O.

Hunger....reality.com.

Before we get swayed by the doctors tantrum, let's not lose sight of their 24 key demand.

Summary of the doctors demands:

1. Create more offices (and more money) for us
2. Don't send anyone to monitor the money
3. Skip level 12, we can't wait to collect more money
4. Refer to Nos 2
5. Pay us 22 years areas of some money, and then increase our wage
6. Expand the health bill so we can make more money
7. Appoint one of us surgeon general so that he can protect us and fight for our money
8. Adjust our level so that we can make more money
9. Increase our call duty allowance by 90%
10. Adjust upward our specialist allowance
11. Increase our hazard allowance from 5k/mnth to 100k/mnth
12. Release circular showing our allowances, all of us must be included
13. When we need to import In-Vitro Diagnostics, IVDs equipment, we don't want knowledgeable institution to check/license it.
14. Tell us our retirement age (obviously they don't want to retire, more money to be made in active duty)
15. We want more funding for our residency training
16. For peace to reign pay our colleagues in Owerri what you agreed
17. We must continue to enjoy the goodies in IPPIS platform
18. Attempt to prevent our collective bargaining (for more money) will be resisted
19. Lab scientist should stop intimidating us (we are the big boys, we make more money)
20. Stop short paying us for any reason (we want all our money in full)
21. Do for us what they do for doctors abroad
22. Set aside more money to furnish our offices (hospitals)
23. Medical director must be a medical doctor (It can not be a pharmacist, dentist, and never a lab scientist). We must chop alone
24. Stop violating our 2009 agreement. Pay us our money!!


There you have it. The two dozen demands of our doctor in plain language. The demands causing our brethren to die at home, and in hospital while doctors stay away. These are the demands making our people to resort to bathing and drinking salt water to death, as they run scare of Ebola Virus Disease, while our doctors prefer to stay at home and wait for their money.

Our doctors have sworn to protect their moneys, while our collective health is the ransom! If gold can rust, pray, what will happen to Iron?

Are these doctors or thugtors? SMH for medical profession in Nigeria.

Reality has finally hit them to their faces, the rug has been pulled off their feet...!!! FG should go a step further by evacuating them from their govt. residency quarters asap and Doctors strike will become history in Nigeria...!!!

Before we get swayed by the doctors tantrum, let's not lose sight of their 24 key demand.

Summary of the doctors demands:

1. Create more offices (and more money) for us
2. Don't send anyone to monitor the money
3. Skip level 12, we can't wait to collect more money
4. Refer to Nos 2
5. Pay us 22 years areas of some money, and then increase our wage
6. Expand the health bill so we can make more money
7. Appoint one of us surgeon general so that he can protect us and fight for our money
8. Adjust our level so that we can make more money
9. Increase our call duty allowance by 90%
10. Adjust upward our specialist allowance
11. Increase our hazard allowance from 5k/mnth to 100k/mnth
12. Release circular showing our allowances, all of us must be included
13. When we need to import In-Vitro Diagnostics, IVDs equipment, we don't want knowledgeable institution to check/license it.
14. Tell us our retirement age (obviously they don't want to retire, more money to be made in active duty)
15. We want more funding for our residency training
16. For peace to reign pay our colleagues in Owerri what you agreed
17. We must continue to enjoy the goodies in IPPIS platform
18. Attempt to prevent our collective bargaining (for more money) will be resisted
19. Lab scientist should stop intimidating us (we are the big boys, we make more money)
20. Stop short paying us for any reason (we want all our money in full)
21. Do for us what they do for doctors abroad
22. Set aside more money to furnish our offices (hospitals)
23. Medical director must be a medical doctor (It can not be a pharmacist, dentist, and never a lab scientist). We must chop alone
24. Stop violating our 2009 agreement. Pay us our money!!


There you have it. The two dozen demands of our doctor in plain language. The demands causing our brethren to die at home, and in hospital while doctors stay away. These are the demands making our people to resort to bathing and drinking salt water to death, as they run scare of Ebola Virus Disease, while our doctors prefer to stay at home and wait for their money.

Our doctors have sworn to protect their moneys, while our collective health is the ransom! If gold can rust, pray, what will happen to Iron?

And you expect us to take you seriously.....smh

kobikwelu:

And you expect us to take you seriously.....smh

You can read the lengthy text here:

https://m.premiumtimesng.com/news/166930-these-are-the-24-reasons-nigerian-doctors-are-on-strike.html

Guyz don't worry chukwu is just pullin their ifena..he wil hav mercy on dem..just tryin to teach dem some lesson..

Why are they protesting in Lagos? What's wrong with them booking flight tickets to Abuja... Funny set of people!




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D Doctors acted foolishly!!!!

They remain fired!!

I'm with Jonathan on this one

This is what you get in a society that encourages EVIL. When ASUU was on strike for 6 months and were collecting salaries and moving from one TV station to another defending that evil strike, most Nigerians cheered them on. I was one of the very few voices that opposed the ASUU strike.

Well, since ASUU succeeded with the connivance of the larger society, you should expect other labour unions to also follow suit.

NMA has always cited the ASUU example to justify it's current strike.

Every society should learn to live with evil or monster it creates.

Labour unionism has been elevated to a very lucrative business and an alternative govt in Nigeria.

Strike is not the only approach for pressing for demands by these labour unions, especially in a democracy, but they have all adopted strikes because of laziness.

If educaated people can not bring about fundametaal changes aand upsit rogues that upsets their destinies,then there is no point of rhem being educated.The eduactaed ones must make the rules and set rational policies.That is how it works,not otherwise like it has ever been in nigeria since "independence" where vagabounds have always been in power.Havee always been in charge.

If educaated people can not bring about fundametaal changes aand upsit rogues that upsets their destinies,then there is no point of them being educated.The eduactaed ones must make the rules and set rational policies.That is how it works,not otherwise like it has ever been in nigeria since "independence" where vagabounds have always been in power.Havee always been in charge.

^^^^Bro, what you talking abt holds only in saner climes.. Nigeria is in another league entirely

The doctors pushed their luck way too far.

I am sure they would soon be renegotiating from a position of relative weakness.

Why demonise Chukwu who got frustrated while trying to get his colleagues to see reason and common sense?

Difficult to admit but the government holds all the aces now...

Nigerian doctors are heartless

Ebola is on rampage and they are busy fighting for change that will take time to manifest

Even the devil would be laughing

carry on, we the 160million nigerians are solidly behind you. the government always twist issues and make it seem those striking are only doing it for their pockets, not knowing that they were striking for a more serious issue like upgrading our hospitals so public officers and politicians dont travel abroad for medical check up.





well ASUU now has a rival we used to ask btw ASUU and thunder who strike pass? well now we know its the doctors