Justosaus:

how old are u?

onatisi:
where do u want him to take his father ? lasuth or uch ibadan ?

ziga: The biggest problem with Naija is Nigerians.

Typical black man mentality of "if my own never good, your own no go ever good too"

That na the problem with our politics too. Yoruba man, Ibo man, Edo, Hausa etc.

We no fit ever stand together to see the common enemy. Na to dey pull your fellow common man down.

Sorry to say this, but Nigeria is hopeless because of the kind of things i read on Nairaland.

The state government in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Lateef Ibirogba, said it would soon be clear to the people that it was NUPENG whose stock in trade was to call a strike at every flimsy excuse that was seeking to inflict more pains on the people through its sympathy strike and not the government.

Noting that NUPENG had shown clearly by its rash ultimatum that it had a clear political agenda, the commissioner said it was most unfortunate that NUPENG’s voice was not raised in defence of doctors in the military hospitals who have not been paid for nine months.

According to the statement, NUPENG should not use the doctors’ strike as subterfuge to get back at the Lagos State Government for spearheading the much needed clearing of Apapa which had become a nightmare to lawful residents and businesses in the area due to indiscriminate parking and blockade of the roads by tanker drivers.


The statement also noted that the medical profession was one that had always been a refined profession guided by decorum from its members as distinct from the present set of political jobbers who were masquerading as medical doctors and issuing unguarded statements like the ones from the leadership of the NMA in the Federal Capital Territory and Oyo State.

While asserting that “such blackmail cannot work in Lagos State,” COSEG was of the opinion that “NUPENG should have been an arbiter and mediator rather than take side with any of the parties in the dispute.”

The group wondered why NUPENG that refused to partake in the January protest against removal of subsidy that affected it directly now suddenly found its voice in supporting the sacked doctors.

A lot of people will point to the perceived wastefulness of the government as justification for the agitation for higher wages. Nothing could be more childish and irresponsible. What those who say this mean is: since so-and-so is helping himself, we the people should also help ourselves to higher wages, and not bother who dies or whose illness gets worse in the process. Not a peep has been heard from the doctors about improving facilities, or patient care, or any of the several issues wrong with our health sector. All that matters is cleaning out. It is now nearly impossible to distinguish them from the leaders they seek to fight to a standstill. If the problem is those who are looting, by all means protest, but to use the salaries of political office holders as a barometer for more money is greed by another name.

Another angle to all this is the fact that new wage structures legislated from Abuja and imposed on the states is not practical. Each state has its own set of challenges and should be able to negotiate its wages with its workers in like manner. If a person does not like the deal being offered in a certain state, he or she should be free to go somewhere else in Nigeria to seek employment. That is the way it should be.

ekt_bear: While asserting that “such blackmail cannot work in Lagos State,” COSEG was of the opinion that “NUPENG should have been an arbiter and mediator rather than take side with any of the parties in the dispute.”

Who would even ask them to mediate? Why do Nigerians always like poking their nose in things that aren't their business? This doesn't concern NUPENG in any way, shape, or form.

omoabike:

I stopped supporting the doctors when I heard on STV News that one of their requests to call off the strike is that they should not be made to pay income tax on the money that they were asking to be paid.
That to me is delusional to say the least.

alstacs:

A little education on Tax will help! Allowances (Housing allowance, transport etc) are not taxable. I believe this is what they are talking about. I read some of the accounts then.

‘’We say this because the Lagos state government has met all the demands of the doctors during their earlier stike: payment of the so-called Consolidated Medical Salary Structure

(CONMESS) which has been accommodated in the approved salary structures for the state, even when the federal government that negotiated it did not consult the state government; reinstatement of Dr. Ibrahim Olaifa and the reactivation of the deduction and remittance of the check-off dues to the Medical Guild.

“Complaints on high taxation cannot be handled by the state government because taxation is a Federal Government issue.

afrodoc: but we know thats not true.d lagos state govt generates alot of revenue from taxation

Eko Ile:

http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/news/7404-lagos-condemns-nupengs-subterfuge-solidarity-strike

naptu2: Lagos condemns NUPENG’s subterfuge solidarity strike

LAGOS State Government on Saturday condemned the recourse to blackmail and arm-twisting by the Nigeria Medical Association and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Union (NUPENG) on the issue of medical doctors sacked in the state over an illegal strike.

The state government in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Lateef Ibirogba, said it would soon be clear to the people that it was NUPENG whose stock in trade was to call a strike at every flimsy excuse that was seeking to inflict more pains on the people through its sympathy strike and not the government.

Noting that NUPENG had shown clearly by its rash ultimatum that it had a clear political agenda, the commissioner said it was most unfortunate that NUPENG’s voice was not raised in defence of doctors in the military hospitals who have not been paid for nine months.

According to the statement, NUPENG should not use the doctors’ strike as subterfuge to get back at the Lagos State Government for spearheading the much needed clearing of Apapa which had become a nightmare to lawful residents and businesses in the area due to indiscriminate parking and blockade of the roads by tanker drivers.

The statement also noted that the medical profession was one that had always been a refined profession guided by decorum from its members as distinct from the present set of political jobbers who were masquerading as medical doctors and issuing unguarded statements like the ones from the leadership of the NMA in the Federal Capital Territory and Oyo State.

According to the commissioner, the state government would not be stampeded or intimidated by the antics of politically sponsored unions into abdicating its responsibilities to the citizenry and the rest of its workforce, adding that the dictatorship of a union to the detriment of the well being of the society will not stand.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/news/7404-lagos-condemns-nupengs-subterfuge-solidarity-strike