The Kogi State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA has suspended its strike action for three months to give room for government to meet up with their remaining demands.
Our Kogi State Correspondent reports that the suspension is sequel to an emergency congress held at the conference room of the Kogi State Specialist Hospital (KSSH) Lokoja on Thursday June 22.
According to a statement signed by the State NMA Chairman, Dr. Godwin Tijani, the Kogi State Government has met about 60-70% of their demands and promised to address other outstanding issues before September.
He stated, “NMA as an understanding association, deemed it fit to suspend the strike to give government the benefit of doubt”.
Dr. Tijani commended the State government for reinstating and paying salaries of doctors employed in 2015, expressing optimism that the government will also reinstate other doctors found in the un-cleared list.
The statement reads in part, “NMA has also been assured by government that the relativity and corrected CONMESS will be implemented by September and we are looking forward to that. NMA is also impressed with the government decision to implement promotion and stepping for doctors to prevent the stagnation doctors have suffered for years”.
The association appealed to the State government to regularize doctors’ salaries, implement the revised CONMESS, promotions and annual stepping to avoid future industrial crisis in the health sector.
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