DOCTORS in Lagos State-owned
hospitals will today begin another round of indefinite strike to protest
alleged non-payment of their salary arrears by government.
The Lagos doctors, under the aegis of
Medical Guild, are insisting on unpaid salaries for the months of May 2012, as
well as July, August and September 2014, during which they were on strike. The
government on the other hand, argued that the doctors did not work for the
months, and by the “no work, no pay rule”, the government is not owing them.
The state branch of the Nigerian
Medical Association (NMA), had, in a letter to the state government, dated
March 6, 2015, informed Governor Fashola of the planned strike beginning from
Monday, March 16, 2015, should the salaries remain unpaid.
Secretary of the Lagos NMA, Dr.
Babajide Saheed, told The Guardian yesterday that the doctors had resolved to
down tools from today, since all efforts to prevent another industrial action
had proved abortive. Saheed noted that the NMA realised the grave implication
of any strike in Lagos State and the effect it would have on the neighbouring
states.
And should the strike last more than
a week, all the other public hospitals (Federal Government -owned) would join
in sympathy and solidarity with their colleagues.
source:guardiannewsng
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