In compliance with the directive of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to its members to commence industrial action, Resident Doctors in Ondo State, on Monday, embarked on an indefinite strike.
A visit to the General Hospital and the Federal Medical Centre FMC in Owo showed that the members of the association adhered to the directive as they were absent from the wards and their offices.
Some of the doctors who spoke with our reporter expressed disappointment over the inability of the government to implement the agreements said the strike is indefinite.
They noted that that industrial action is coming at a critical period the country is experiencing a rise in the third wave of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Speaking, the chairman of the association in the state, Dr Tope Olatilu noted that the action was 100 per cent effective across that state.
He said the doctors are not ready to resume unless their demands are met by the government, saying the government should implement the agreements it entered with the union 113 days after it suspended the previous strike.
He attributed the reasons for the industrial action to include the poor working environment in public hospitals, irregular payment of doctors salaries and hazard allowances of N5000 which was reviewed last in 1991.
Olatilu frowned over the way the government has been handling the health of its citizens with levity and said “only four per cent of the total budget is allocated to the health sector, while 25-50 per cent goes into payment of those in power.
“That shows that priority lies more on the interest of those in power than on Nigerian citizens.
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