It would be
recalled that organized labour in Ekiti State issued a stay-at-home order to
worker three weeks ago for reasons of unpaid salaries.
Medical
doctors in Ekiti State on Wednesday declared an indefinite strike in protest of
their five-month unpaid salaries and to demand improvement of medical facilities
in their hospitals.
The strike
notice was contained in a communique signed and issued by the acting president
of the Association of Resident Doctors, Tunji Alaoye, and the chairman of the
National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners,
Ekiti State, Folu Ekundare.
Health
workers, who initially obeyed the directive, later withdrew citing love for the
citizenry and the hope that government would consider paying their January
salary from the last federal allocation.
The
communique issued yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital reads: “This is to
notify the general public especially residents of Ekiti State and its immediate
environs that rising from a joint emergency meeting of the National Association
of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, Ekiti State, branch
(NAGGMDP) and the Association of Resident Doctors in Ekiti State Teaching
Hospital held on the 14th of June 2016 at the NMA Doctors House along Ado-Iyin
road to discuss issues bordering on the welfare of doctors working with the
Ekiti state government (state specialist hospitals, general hospitals and the
Ekiti state University teaching hospital) a painful, hard, unfortunate and
difficult decision that could have been avoided if the necessary actions had
been taken, was reached by our members.
“All members
of the above named associations, (NAGGMDP Ekiti State, and ARD EKSUTH) have
resolved to embark on a total and indefinite strike action, starting from
midnight on the 15th of June 2016.
“We implore
the general public to bear with us as we assure you that we are always open to
dialogue and negotiation”.
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