Ondo State health workers have lamented about the government not paying their four months’ salary arrears.
The state chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Stella Adegbehingbe, in an interview with a news agency on Tuesday, said doctors in the state had not been paid their salaries from February to May, 2022. As this is the reason why some people are leaving the state hospitals for Federal Government hospitals in Lagos while some have travelled out.
The State Secretary of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Mr. Aina Oluwasegun, while speaking about the issue also in a separate interview, confirmed that the nurses only received their January salary barely two weeks ago.
While reacting to the issue the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, however, attributed the development to the present economic situation of the country.
He said, “The governor too is not happy owing workers salaries and he has been saying it that he won’t owe any worker.
“We are all feeling the impact of the economic situation of the country. But we thank God that things are improving gradually now.
He therefore appealed to the health workers to be patient with the government.
