The Medical and Health Workers of Imo Specialist Hospital
has urged Governor Hope Uzodinma to restore their pay cut.
On Tuesday, the staff who have also commenced strike,
protested against alleged 30 per cent slash in their salary.
The workers, including medical doctors, nurses and
pharmacists, vowed that they would sustain the protest until their demands were
met.
The protesters barricaded the main entrance of the hospital,
carried placards and chanted labour songs.
NAN reports that former Governor Rochas Okorocha during his
tenure reduced the salaries of the workers in the health facility.
Chairman of the Joint Action Committee, Dr Elias Anumudu,
demanded that the government pay their salary in full with the arrears as well
as promotion arrears.
He said: “We embarked on this protest since last week Monday
and we have also been on strike to make government see our plight.
“We will be grateful if the government will resolve the
problem immediately to enable us to commence work in the hospital.
Dr Justin Echendu said that health workers were being
treated badly despite their performance and commitment to excellent service
delivery.
“We were promised that we will get full salary in January
but unfortunately we have received the salary and the situation is still the
same,” she said.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com