THE National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) in the state has commenced a seven-day warning strike across the 16 Local Government Areas.
Chairman, Dr Saka Agboola, announced this yesterday at the sidelines of an emergency Congress by members in Ilorin, the state capital.
He explained that the association had been patient and given a series of ultimatum to the state government concerning their agitation on the welfare of members.
Agboola stated that as much as it was painful for the executives to reach such a decision, congress has unanimously agreed on a seven-day warning strike.
According to him, this is to give room for engagement with the government on some of their agitations, including the good condition of service, especially in the payment of new remuneration to the members of the union.
“We are not this form of pressure group, but it has gotten to a point that the wellbeing of doctors in Kwara has to be seriously looked into,” Agboola said.
“We have responsibilities to our families, our neighbours, and even to our patients. There is a need to remunerate the doctors to get efficient output.
“This is the more reason why we have engaged several fora at every opportunity to resolve our demands, but it is unfortunate that at the expiration of the ultimatum given, we have not been able to reach a comfortable agreement”.
