Osun state doctors call off strike


Medical doctors in Osun State under the shield of Association of Medical and Dental Officers, on Sunday suspended their seven months strike.

The chairman of the association, Dr Isiaka Adekunle confirmed the suspension of the strike which commenced on September 28th, 2015 to protest unpaid salaries and non-remittance of their cooperative and contributory deductions from their salaries to the appropriate quarters in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Osogbo.

He said the doctors would report for duties today.

Adekunle told NAN that though the government has not met with their demands but the Speaker of the state Assembly, Mr Najeem Salaam and some other people prevailed on them to suspend the strike.
And will continue to dialogue with the government.

“We also observed that the people who are at the receiving end of our strike are the masses who can only access health care from state owned hospitals.

“Based on this, the doctors unanimously agreed at our annual government meeting that the strike be suspended despite the fact that none of our demands has been met by the government.

“While we pray for good fortune for the state and the nation as a whole, when the economy of the state improves, government will have no choice than to answer our demands”. He said

Adekunle also appealed to the government to keep to its promises by not victimising its members who participated in the strike.


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