El-Rufai, in
a statement on Thursday night by his Special Adviser on Media and
Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, said he would keep the health facilities in the
state running and protect workers who were willing to work.
Kaduna State
Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has vowed to sack doctors and other health workers
threatening to embark on strike.
He said his
administration would not succumb to blackmail by the doctors.
The governor
stated that the strike notice served by the doctors was “criminal” in view of
the fact that the purported strike to be declared amidst the coronavirus
pandemic..
El-Rufai
added that his government would not be bent by the industrial action into
excluding health workers from the mandatory donation of 25% salary by all civil
servants to fund the provision of palliatives for vulnerable people impacted by
the lockdown..
“The
government rejects the strike threat and will regard persons who fail to show
up at their assigned places of work as having forfeited their employment. Every
health worker that is willing to work is required to sign the register at the
Ministry of Health and the health institutions to which they are deployed..
“The Ministry
of Health has the mandate of the government to ensure that residents of Kaduna
State are not deprived of public health services..
“Every effort
will be made to ensure that health facilities keep functioning, staffed by
willing workers who will be guaranteed free and safe access to health facilities.
Those who are not willing to work are strongly warned against criminal actions
such as attempts to impede access to workplaces, harass willing workers or to
sabotage facilities and equipment,” he said,.
The Punch
quoted El-Rufai as saying that the “state government will not be misled into
granting health workers a special status amongst public servants. The
consequences of concessions made along such lines by previous governments have
created a sense that some public servants are more precious than others.”
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