The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association has issued a 21 days strike ultimatum to the state government
Speaking during a press briefing in Lafia on Tuesday, the Chairman of the NMA in the state, Dr Peter Attah, said the failure of the state government to meet the doctors’ demands within the stipulated time would spur the association to embark on industrial action.
He said the challenges being faced by members of the association included the non-implementation of promotion for doctors and annual salary increments; the non-implementation of the minimum wage and consequential adjustments; the non-implementation of the reviewed hazard allowance and the accrued 17 months arrears; inadequate manpower and overwork of doctors; a high burden of taxation on doctors; and medical residency training fund payment.
He said, “The challenges we are facing are enormous; we just decided to come up with these ones for now, and we hope that the state government will look into the matter from today, June 13, till July 3, 2023, when we will be embarking on an industrial action if our demands are not met by the state government.
“We are not demanding these things just for ourselves; we also want our patients to enjoy good healthcare services because there is a lot of equipment that we are yet to have. We still refer many of our patients to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and the services could have been provided here.
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