The Nigerian Medical Association on Thursday said Abia State Government owed doctors and other health workers at the Abia State Teaching Hospital up to 13-month salaries, while members of the state Ho
spital Management Board had not been paid for 10 months.
Faduyile noted that the salary of Nigerian doctors was abysmally lower than what their counterparts get in other countries, stating that the NMA would appear at the next meeting of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum to discuss the issue with governors. “The AGC/DM also expressed great displeasure and frowned at the payment of 70 per cent salaries to doctors and other health workers working with the Imo State Government since September 2015.
The NMA also called on the police and other security agencies to secure the release of two doctors kidnapped in Taraba State.“The AGC/DM called on government at all levels and the security agencies to urgently do the needful in addressing the various security challenges in Nigeria.
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