COVID-19: Lagos Doctors Begin Three Days Strike
Medical doctors in Lagos State have declared a three-day warning strike over alleged failure of the state government’s to meet their demands.
The Chairman of the Medical Guild, Lagos, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, disclosed this on Sunday adding that the doctors were embarking on the strike from Monday after the expiration of the ultimatum it gave to the the state government.
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He mentioned wage disparity as one of the issues the government had not given necessary attention.
“Following the emergency congress of the Medical Guild held on June 27, we resolved that the previous 21 days ultimatum given to the state government be extended by a further two weeks during which representative council meeting should be held to review the resolutions of the congress and activate the three-day warning strike if 70 per cent of the Guild’s demands are not met.”
“The doctors working in the COVID-19 isolation centres are still being owed two months’ salaries which have remained unpaid at the moment. They are also being unceremoniously disengaged without recourse to their welfare.
“The issue of shortage of doctors in the health facilities are yet to be resolved and with no substantive action taken by the state government t resolve the issue,” Sodipo said.
