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Ekiti Health Workers Spoil For Showdown Over Allowances by mankan2k7(m): 7:08pm On Jul 16
https://thenationonlineng.net/ekiti-health-workers-spoil-for-showdown-over-allowances/

Health professionals and the Ekiti Government are poised for a showdown over claims by Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani, that all health workers in the State have been enjoying some categories of allowances (parity and skipping) since 2023.

Filani allegedly made the claim on a popular radio, Midas FM, in Ado-Ekiti, on Monday,that the State Government has been living up to its billings by ensuring the payment of health professionals in that regard for over a year running.

However,in a joint reaction to the commissioner’s assertions on Tuesday, the aggrieved health workers under the aegis of their associations;National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives(NANNM), Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria(AHAPN), Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria(AMLSN) and the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapists (NSP),described the claims as untrue. They insisted that it was only the medical doctors who have been enjoying the allowances and not as portrayed by the Commissioner.

In a statement by their chairmen and secretaries respectively, Adegbuyi Samuel and Ayenioye O.H(NANNM), Lawal TT and Ajetomobi MD(AMLSN), Pharm.Fafidiya O.D and Pharm. Babajide Ola-Williams(AHAPN-HMB/MOH) as well as Dr Ayodeji Ogunrinu Emmanuel and Dr Adaramola Afolabi (NSP),they lamented that the claims of Filani was already causing confusion among their members across the state. Following the claims by the Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani, that the Parity and Skipping allowances have been approved and implemented for all health professionals in the state,our members have been saddened by the misinformation. This is because only medical doctors in the state have been enjoying the said benefits since August, 2023.Other health professionals have been left unattended to as if medical doctors are the only health professionals in the state,” the associations bemoaned. They warned that unless the situation was urgently looked into by Governor Biodun Oyebanji, it was capable of instigating crisis among health professionals in the State which in turn could take tolls on health related activities in Ekiti.

“We humbly want to enjoin our governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, to urgently step in so as forestall any incident that could make us be on a collision course with the government on account of misrepresentation by some of his agents.We are for peace and that we have always been pursuing through dedications to our assigned duties,” they averred.They called on their members to remain calm as they continue to explore peaceful means of ensuring that their interests were equally taken care of.

Re: Ekiti Health Workers Spoil For Showdown Over Allowances by mankan2k7(m): 7:08pm On Jul 16
May God help workers in this country.

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