Abducted Nurses: Kaduna doctors, health workers give 5 days notice to govt or down tool

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Kaduna doctors and other workers from different health Unions and Associations in the state have given five days’ notice to the state government to ensure the abducted two nurses are released or they down tool.

The workers also called for the immediate redeployment of security personnel to all health facilities across the state.

Also, they demanded a secured state that will respond to any kind of threats so that health workers are protected all over the state.

They called for immediate reinstatement or retrench health workers.

These were the resolutions reached at the end of the emergency extraordinary meeting on the state of insecurity in the state as it affects their professional duties and signed by Dr. Aliyu Sokomba, Dr. Umar Musa, Abdullahi Mohammed, and Mrs. Comfort Bawa on Saturday.

Part of the communique reads:

“That we observed with great sadness the state of insecurity in the State, this follows the abduction of two (2) Health workers at Rural Hospital Idon, Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State on Thursday, 22nd April 2021. It is very unfortunate that the life saver’s life is not safe in Kaduna State.

“That Hospitals/Clinics in the State are not well secured, being that they are manned by poorly motivated and under-trained private security personnel and had not been paid for over a year, they are insufficient and not equipped to handle the situation of insecurity.

“That There is a change in tactics of the Bandits, we are fully aware and it is meant to cause panic by attacking soft target such as our hospitals.

“That lack of proper lighting and fencing in our Government health facilities.

“The shocking retrenchment and conversion of health workers to casual by the Kaduna State Government.

“To this end, we resolved the following :

“The State Government should immediately deploy armed Security personnel in all our facilities and other possible targets to ensure that health care workers are adequately protected in order to provide the continuum of health care services to all residents of the State as and when needed.

“We equally call on the State Government and all the relevant security agencies to do all in her powers to ensure that our captive colleagues return to their families safely to boost the confidence of the demoralized Health care Workers in the state.

“We are not oblivious of our sacrifice in this trying time in our LGAs, State and Nation, as such we need a more secured state that is ready and prepared to respond collectively in the face of regional threats to health security through regional partnerships that bring together all affected States and Stakeholders in all relevant sectors.

“Government should gather the best technical support and mobilize the necessary resources for effective and timely implementation of measures that protect the health care workers, the patients, and their caregivers.

“Immediate restoration of the retrenched health workers in the state.

Security is everybody’s responsibility, so every health worker needs to be extra cautious, however, the Government should take responsibility to safeguard the health care workers.

“If the above resolutions 1 and 2 are not met within five (5) working days, we will be left with no choice but to down tool.

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