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  • Ondo Resident doctors begin nationwide strike

    Ondo Resident doctors begin nationwide strike

    The Resident Doctors at the University of Medical Sciences in Ondo State, have embarked on an indefinite strike. The strike follows the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum, given to the state Government.

    The doctors had last week embarked on a three-day warning strike to draw the government’s attention to their plights.

    The doctors took the decision to go an indefinite strike at the end of a meeting in Akure on Monday, November 9.

    Acting president of the Association of Resident Doctors in the state, Sanni Oriyomi, said that the decision became imperative because the state government failed to address their demands.

    The doctors lamented that they are being owed four months salary arrears by the state Government.

    Speaking to newsmen, the Acting President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, UNIMEDTH Ondo, Dr. Sanni Oriyomi, said his members could no longer work without being paid. He claimed that the government was still owing them four and a half months salaries, COVID-19 allowance, and other entitlements.

  • BREAKING: Ondo doctors to begin strike on Wednesday

    BREAKING: Ondo doctors to begin strike on Wednesday

    Doctors under the auspices of the Residents Doctors Association of Nigeria, Ondo State Chapter, have announced the commencement of an indefinite strike effective Wednesday, June 24.

    The health workers lamented that despite their exposure to COVID-19, their welfare has been neglected by the state government.

    For the same reason, doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Government General Medical & Dental Practitioners, Ondo State also announced that it will join the industrial action starting from Wednesday.

    They also frowned at the inadequate provision of personal protective equipment, which has resulted to some of their colleagues contracting COVID-19.

    Speaking with journalists on Tuesday, state Secretary of the NAGGMDP, Dr Tunde Olasakinju, said five days after the ultimatum given the government to accede to its demands, the government had not responded or communicated them.

    Olasakinju said, ” The government has deliberately failed to conclude negotiations on the erstwhile suspended Minimum Wage and Consequential Adjustments already enjoyed by the Non-Medical Staff Since January 2020.

    “To our dismay and utter disappointment, as high as two and a half per cent of our members’ meagre consolidated basic salaries was deducted in the month of May 2020.

    “The Special COVID-19 Hazard and Risk Allowance pronounced and approved for our members to commence from May 2020, which was to serve as a morale booster to our members working assiduously to fight against the spread of the deadly virus, was not paid.

    “After extensive deliberations, Congress unanimously resolved that our members will commence the total withdrawal of services effective Wednesday, June 24, 2020.”