Primary Health Care Workers, across the 21 Local Government Councils in Kogi State, have threatened to down tool, if their demands for improved salary is not met by the State Government.
Fresh Angle International, can report that the Kogi State Secretary, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, Comrade Rose Momoh, dropped the hint in a statement issued to journalists earlier today, Saturday March 12.
She noted that the primary health workers in the Local Government Councils, have been collecting 30 to 35 percent salaries for the past two years.
Momoh, added that the health workers suffered the worst recently, when they were paid 25 percent of their January 2022 salary.
" The salary the Kogi State Government is paying to our health workers at the Local Government level, cannot take care of their transport from home to workplace, not to talk of bringing food on the table for the family to survive.
" We can no longer bear this continuous hardship we are facing. Health workers risk their lives every day to save others, yet, our salary is nothing to write home about. Who have we offended? Is this what is obtainable in other states?"
"Our demands is that, the government should complete the process of Primary Health Care under one roof and move the PHC workers and their salaries to State Primary Health Care Development Agency, SPHCDA, immediately. We are also demanding that primary health care workers be paid 100 percent like their State counterparts", the statement added.
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