Medical practitioners in the employ of the Oyo
State Government under the aegis of the Association of Medical and
Dental Officers of Oyo State have suspended their seven-month old
strike.
The decision to suspend the strike was taken at an emergency meeting of the association held in Ibadan, the state capital on Monday.
A communiqué issued at the end of the meeting directed all members of the association to resume work in their respective hospitals on Tuesday (today).
The communiqué, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent on Monday was jointly signed by the association’s Chairman, Dr. Jeremiah Simire; General Secretary, Dr. Fola Oni; and the Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ademola Adeleke.
The meeting, according to the communiqué, was an aftermath of the medical practitioners’ previous meeting held with Governor Abiola Ajimobi and other discussions and agreements with his representatives.
The communiqué read, “The association noted the following: the sincerity and integrity of the governor towards speedily resolving our various demands.
“The calibre and commitment of his representatives and their antecedents
“The avoidable and prolonged suffering of the masses of Oyo State.
“The discussions and advice of the Nigerian Medical Association based on the Executive Governor’s speech at the opening ceremony of the 2011 annual general conference held in Ibadan last week.
“The association has subsequently agreed to suspend the ongoing strike action immediately and all members are directed to resume work in their respective hospitals on Tuesday.”
While wishing Ajimobi a successful tenure in which the state will regain its lost glory as the true pacesetter state, the medical doctors thanked the people of the state for their understanding and patience while the action lasted.
AMDO had embarked on the industrial action in 2010 in protest against what it described as the lukewarm attitude of the state government in resolving the lingering industrial dispute which had been on since November 2009.
The doctors identified the unresolved issues with the state government to include the government’s failure to employ at least 100 doctors for the state hospitals to reduce their workload following the acute shortage of doctors as well as the non-implementation of the Consolidated Salary Structure for doctors which was approved by the National Salary and Wages Commission since 2009.
Other unresolved issues are the non-reversal of the arbitrary taxation of Oyo State doctors salary which they claimed was 500-600 per cent more than other states in the country despite being the least paid; and the non-payment of their CONMESS arrears from January 2010.
By Olalekan Adetayo, Ibadan Courtesy Of: Punch
The decision to suspend the strike was taken at an emergency meeting of the association held in Ibadan, the state capital on Monday.
A communiqué issued at the end of the meeting directed all members of the association to resume work in their respective hospitals on Tuesday (today).
The communiqué, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent on Monday was jointly signed by the association’s Chairman, Dr. Jeremiah Simire; General Secretary, Dr. Fola Oni; and the Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ademola Adeleke.
The meeting, according to the communiqué, was an aftermath of the medical practitioners’ previous meeting held with Governor Abiola Ajimobi and other discussions and agreements with his representatives.
The communiqué read, “The association noted the following: the sincerity and integrity of the governor towards speedily resolving our various demands.
“The calibre and commitment of his representatives and their antecedents
“The avoidable and prolonged suffering of the masses of Oyo State.
“The discussions and advice of the Nigerian Medical Association based on the Executive Governor’s speech at the opening ceremony of the 2011 annual general conference held in Ibadan last week.
“The association has subsequently agreed to suspend the ongoing strike action immediately and all members are directed to resume work in their respective hospitals on Tuesday.”
While wishing Ajimobi a successful tenure in which the state will regain its lost glory as the true pacesetter state, the medical doctors thanked the people of the state for their understanding and patience while the action lasted.
AMDO had embarked on the industrial action in 2010 in protest against what it described as the lukewarm attitude of the state government in resolving the lingering industrial dispute which had been on since November 2009.
The doctors identified the unresolved issues with the state government to include the government’s failure to employ at least 100 doctors for the state hospitals to reduce their workload following the acute shortage of doctors as well as the non-implementation of the Consolidated Salary Structure for doctors which was approved by the National Salary and Wages Commission since 2009.
Other unresolved issues are the non-reversal of the arbitrary taxation of Oyo State doctors salary which they claimed was 500-600 per cent more than other states in the country despite being the least paid; and the non-payment of their CONMESS arrears from January 2010.
By Olalekan Adetayo, Ibadan Courtesy Of: Punch
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