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Residents Doctors in the employment of Ogun State government have declared an indefinite strike action from today (Monday).
The doctors made the resolution at a press conference addressed by the chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Oladunni Adetola, in Abeokuta.

According to the association, the strike which will be restricted to Mondays and Tuesdays, is indefinite until the state government accede to their demands.
The demands include recruitment of more doctors, provision of drugs in hospital pharmacies, improved condition of service, and improvement of basic infrastructure at the state hospitals.

Dr Adetola said, “Imagine a general hospital having only a doctor covering it. Most of our hospitals have less than half of the personnel they had about seven to eight years ago.
“The laboratories are not equipped and common essential drugs are not available at the pharmacies, thereby pushing the citizens to buy substandard drugs from outside the hospitals.”

Asked whether the association has informed the government about their complaints, the chairman said series of letters had been sent to appropriate quarters without results.

He said, “Series of letters to call the attention of the government to this anomaly have been written before now.
“The effect is glaring in the poor health indices of the state. “As a professional body, we should justify the confidence reposed in us. Health is a right and Ogun State citizens deserve the best.

It was resolved at an emergency general meeting of the association that members should commence on a Monday and Tuesday strike every week starting from Monday 13th June till above mentioned problems are corrected.”

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The civil servants in Bayelsa State, who have not been paid for the past five months, will get half of their February salary on Monday if the governor's directive is followed.

Governor Seriake Dickson on Saturday directed the Head of Service, the Accountant General and other appropriate officials to ensure the civil servants receive their salaries by Monday or be ready to face disciplinary action.

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Mr. Dickson expressed dismay that workers were still not paid their salaries, despite his directive.
He warned that failure to pay the workers by Monday will attract stringent disciplinary action against the erring officers.

Mr. Dickson, according to the statement, also demanded an immediate explanation on the reason for the delay. The governor commended the workers for their patience, and expressed his administration's commitment to their welfare.

Although the governor's statement was silent on what month's salary the workers would be paid, PREMIUM TIMES learnt that 50 per cent of February's wages are to be paid.

The Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress in Bayelsa State, John Indiomu, told PREMIUM TIMES that the government will start with the payment of February salary. He said the workers are hopeful that the government will be consistent in paying the backlog of salaries.

Mr. Indiomu said no worker would be happy to receive only a part of his salary, but he understands that Nigeria is going through difficult time. "As the situation is, there is nothing we can do than to accept it," Mr. Indiomu said. The state's civil servants recently embarked on a three-day strike to protest the inability of the government to pay them salaries for about five months. The workers later called off the strike and accepted to be paid 50 per cent of their monthly salaries.

Many states in Nigeria are unable to pay their workers due to reduced government income as a result of the drop in the international price of crude oil.

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no..... not one

I have said it before and I will say it again that Amnesty programme can't stop the problem in the Niger Delta, when you are getting paid without working for it and suddenly they wanna stop it, how do u think that fellow will react....Amnesty programme will only give rise to jobless, lazy people and thugs

You haven't seen anything yet. Come to the north especially Kebbi state and see where students sit on the floor and also hang on the windows and leaves school any time they like

Thank God I'm out of school already...those guys (ASUU) can be frustrating. They made me spenf extra year during GEJ regime.