Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has described as
irresponsible, the decision of residents doctors of the Olabisi Onabanjo
University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu to request for wage increase.
Recall that last week that the doctors said they were
embarking on what they called ‘weekend strike’ until their demands are met.
In his plea, Gov Abiodun’s closest rival in the 2019
governorship election, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, appealed to the doctors not to
go on strike.
Akinlade also urged Abiodun to set its priorities as he
would not be measured by the number of roads he constructed, but by his efforts
in saving the lives of Ogun residents during this period of the Coronavirus
pandemic.
But in a video obtained by NigerianEye, Abiodun said he was
disappointed in the doctors for demanding wage increase at a time like this.
The visibly angry Gov Abiodun chastised the medical
practitioners, saying they should be more concerned about people’s welfare than
clamoring for money.
According to him, the doctors’ demand might have political
inclinations.
He said, “I find it difficult to believe that when we are
all putting our thinking caps on, trying to figure out what to do and how to do
it, any set of people will be irresponsibly requesting for a wage increase. And
these set of people are people that we have entrusted out health to at a point
like this. I am very disappointed, I think, that is what I will say for now.
“I am beginning to wonder and it is being speculated that
this may actually have political inclinations, these people may be politically
sponsored. I am yet to believe it but at this point in time, anything is
believable. If you see people who are educated, people who went to medical
school, people who graduated, whose charge is to look after people, that is
what they are charged for; that is what should be paramount to them not money,
and we have done our best.
“That day, I authorised the use of PPE to them, face mask
and everything. I increased their hazard allowance by 300%.”
In his veiled response to Akinlade’s advice that he should
make the health sector priority at a time like this, Abiodun fired, saying:
“I read in some medium that someone said Gov Abiodun should
better focus on the health sector against constructing roads and constructing
schools. And I think it is a joke. People just at times talk without even
thinking.
“In this country, we are ranked very high in our level of
preparedness for this Covid. Like I said, we are only number four in testing in
this country.
“I did not get a penny to acquire a laboratory. We did
everything through self help. Our isolation centres are considered… WHO said
what they saw in Ogun State was simply amazing and what we have done is
definitely a legacy post-Covid; and then someone says to me that I am focusing
on roads and schools that, I am not focusing on health care. Can you see
everything is political?
“You know I am not in the habit of responding to baseless
and frustrated people when they talk carelessly. But this time it is very
painful when it borders on health.
“I don’t know what those doctors want, I am sure that other
doctors are wondering what they want but I can assure you that we will not be
subject to anyone’s blackmail. That’s all I can say.”
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