Doctors under the aegis of Association of Resident Doctors
(ARD) Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, on Tuesday,
demanded for the payment of their 24 months’ salary arrears owed its members by
the Oyo State Government under the leadership of Engineer Seyi Makinde.
The doctors in a statement jointly signed by its President,
Dr. Abraham Akinbola and General Secretary, Dr. Abubakar Usman stressed the
need for urgent payment of the salary arrears.
The duo in a statement made available in
Ibadan, the Oyo state capital said, “There is a need to urgently commence the
payment of our two years half salary arrears from January 2016 to December
2017.
“This payment has commenced for other affected institutions
in the state. Our assumption as an association is that we are not different
from other Oyo State workers.
“But we feel the government of the day is neglecting our
concerns. This alone has put the government in a bad light in the eyes of our
members.
The resident doctors also demanded the installation, repair
and maintenance of some of their sophisticated medical equipment for upmost
service deliveries.
“As an association of resident doctors, we have upheld the
best of professional conducts in delivering our services to the good people of
Oyo State and its environs.
“We strongly admonish the government to change her
disposition towards LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Ogbomoso to usher in the real
Omituntun experience. Time to act is now to save LAUTECH Teaching Hospital
Ogbomoso from imminent collapse.
“Only those who believe in the founding vision of the
institution stayed behind and are still presently working in the hospital to
achieve those dreams within scarce resources”.
The doctors further alleged that they never got the
opportunity to present their challenges in spite of all efforts to meet the
governor.
“We have done many press releases to keep the world abreast
of our challenges while drawing the attention of the state government to the
pressing issues.
“This year alone, we wrote two different letters to the
governor and this is the second press release in the last four weeks. No
response to address our agitations whatsoever.
“The only mention we got was when His Excellency mistook us
for Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) LAUTECH in one of his briefings. Our
agitations have not changed.”
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