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Saturday 2 June 2012

Why we will not resume work – Recalled Doctors in Lagos

The Lagos state Chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), yesterday said its members will not resume work, until the state government send recall letters to the sacked doctors. The association was said to have been furious that the state Governor, Babatunde Fashola refused to address its members before recalling them, saying that the governor has violated the rules of civil service On Thursday, the former Lagos state Governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, with some Chieftains of Action Congress of Nigeria (A.C.N) appealed to the incumbent governor, to reinstate the dismissed doctors. But while addressing journalists in Lagos state yesterday, the NMA chairman Dr. Edamisan Temiye, said the latest development would determine the next line of action by the union He alleged that the government did not communicate with the Medical Guild or affected doctors directly as required
by extant rules of the civil service. According to him, “Since the government has indicated that it was responding to the intervention of stakeholders who made unambiguous calls for the full reinstatement of the doctors, we believe that it ought to have made it clear that the reinstatement is complete and would be without any reprisals.” Temiye said the affected doctors only heard that the government had recalled them but there was no official letter to back it up. His words: “We are looking for concrete evidence. So when we have concrete evidence, we will take action from there. The doctors were sacked with written letters sent to each of them. Those letters should be retrieved in writing. “That is one way of doing it and the government needs to reaffirm the agreement they have reached with us on the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS)”.

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