Resident doctors of Anambra State-owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu
Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital have rejected the new minimum
wage offer presented to them by the state governor, Willie
Obiano.
The doctors have been on strike since May 13 over the poor
condition of service.
Rejecting Obiano’s offer, the doctors insisted on continuing the
indefinite strike.
The president of the resident doctors association of the
institution, Dr. Obinna Aniagbaso, while conveying the governor’s
message to members during its meeting on Tuesday in Awka, the state
capital, said the governor offered to pay them the newly approved
minimum wage.
He said,” According to the governor that would amount to N12,000
increment across the board to Anambra State civil servants as soon
as the national guidelines are released.”
He said the governor during a meeting with him expressed
dissatisfaction with the poor payment of salaries to the doctors
and admitted that it was due to low Internally Generated Revenue of
the state.
Aniagboso added,” The governor promised to revisit resident
doctors’ salaries issue in one year time when the Internally
Generated Revenue of the may have increased.
On hearing the message, the members raised their voice saying,
“No, No, No”.
They expressed shock and disappointment at the minimum wage
offer, wondering why COOUTH doctors should be neglected for
long.
They insisted that full payment of their salary should
retrospectively commence from April 2019 as agreed to by the
government in their meeting in January, this year.
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