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There is a very deep and fundamental challenge bedeviling the nation’s leadership at all levels currently. It is the challenge of lack of shame and absolute incompetence. The best demonstration of this shamelessness is the current strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. The doctors are simply asking for the government to keep its part of an agreement freely entered at the last strike.
During the run-up to the 2019 elections, the Centre for Social Justice and other institutions interested in the respect, protection, and fulfilment of the right to health prepared a governance and political agenda for health and sought to engage the political parties and candidates on their respective health agenda. Part of the issues raised in that governance agenda were human resources for health and health tourism.
In that agenda for health, we had raised some critical key issues. The availability of trained medical and health professionals and personnel, receiving domestically competitive salaries is one of the indicators of availability of functional public health and health care facilities and services. Health facilities need adequate personnel to deliver effective service.
Where are the policies and guidelines developed by the National Council and the minister? Domestically competitive salaries for medical and health personnel are not about the peanuts that the health personnel currently receive. It is not about the refusal to abide by voluntarily entered agreements between government and health professionals.
The frequency of strikes in the health sector has been high in the last couple of years. The industrial actions have arisen over remuneration, poor working environment, professional rivalry, etc.
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