Doctors in Federal Government-owned hospitals in Lagos State yesterday began a three-day strike to support their counterparts in the state.

Doctors in Lagos State hospitals had, on August 12, commenced the strike over the government’s refusal to pay the disputed Consolidated Medical Salary Scale (CONMESS).

The Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State branch, Dr Edamisan Temiye, said the strike was as a result of the government’s refusal to negotiate with the doctors.

He said: "We embarked on the strike as a form of solidarity with our counterparts in Lagos State."

He alleged that the government did not make any offer to the doctors, hence the strike that has lasted 12 weeks.

Temiye said: "We want the government to reach a compromise with the doctors. It has to prepare a document, which must be signed by both parties, otherwise the resolution will be distant."

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And the Lagos State Govt responds:

Our Position on Doctors' Strike, by Lagos Government

Contrary to the erroneous impression being created that the strike by the medical doctors in Lagos State had lingered because of the refusal of the State Government to negotiate with them, emerging facts have shown that doctors have consistently spurned all avenues for negotiation.

According to a Press Statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, made available over the weekend, the strike by the medical doctors has continued up till now in spite of the personal intervention from the Governor, former Governors, the State House of Assembly, elder statesmen, Senior Clergymen, senior medical practitioners and well meaning Lagosians.

The strike which the Commissioner said, has caused undue hardship for the citizenry is being prolonged because of the Doctors' insistence that all existing Establishment and Civil Service procedures be set aside by the Governor by arbitrarily directing a salary increment for doctors alone to the exclusion of other professional cadres in the health sector and service wide.

Giving an insight into the genesis of the current stand-off, the Commissioner said, Lagos State had always enjoyed harmonious labour- government relations and had resolved amicably several labour disputes .

Specifically on the doctors, Mr. Bamidele said that the Lagos State Government in 2009 effected an upward review of salaries of medical doctors which brought them at par with doctors at the federal level.

Also, as a show of goodwill and in recognition of their peculiar service, the state government approved allocation of vehicles for professionals in the health sector including doctors in phases. The first phase of 100 had been allocated while the delivery of the vehicles for the second phase is being awaited,

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WHat Im yet to understand is how all of these institutions are striking because of pay and also infrastructure but the federal government is giving pension to ex-presidents. Ok somethings not right here. Umm,wouldn't that money correct some of these problems with would lead to the saving of lives[b]?[/b] Nigeria gets an F in economics.

chyz:

WHat Im yet to understand is how all of these institutions are striking because of pay and also infrastructure but the federal government is giving pension to ex-presidents. Ok somethings not right here. Umm,wouldn't that money correct some of these problems with would lead to the saving of lives[b]?[/b] Nigeria gets an F in economics.

gbam

nigeria sometimes can be very annoying

why give people that have a lot of money wealth prestige

even farm and companies pension for been and ex thief