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FG not owing doctors, nurses, others salaries – Minister

Abiola Odutola by Abiola Odutola
September 8, 2021
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FG committed to ending resident doctors strike – Minister
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The Federal Government is not owing doctors or other health workers in Nigeria monthly salary.

This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, during the opening of the meeting of the Presidential Committee on Salaries with the leadership of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) on Tuesday in Abuja.

Ngige said the clarification becomes necessary to counter the propaganda by the striking members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).

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What the Minister is saying

According to him, the fumes from the propaganda machine of NARD were obfuscating the reality of the federal government efforts to reposition the health sector.

He said, “NARD goes about telling Nigerians that government is owing them salaries and as well not taking the problems in the health sector seriously.

”But this is not true. It is incorrect. No doctor, nurse, pharmacist or any other health worker including the driver is owed monthly salary.

“Government pays as and when due. The truth is that NARD doctors fail to tell Nigerians that their colleagues who are owed salaries are the ones illegally recruited.

”Therefore, they were neither captured by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation nor was their payments provided for by the Budget Office of the Federation.

“Monthly salaries are done as and when due for those legitimately employed by the Federal Government, but not to those illegally employed or need their appointments regularised and captured in the finances of government for payment. This takes a process which is not accomplished overnight.”

He however referred to the presidential waiver for employment into the critical Health and Defence Ministries in view of the general embargo on employment.

The minister assured that doctors illegally recruited would have their service regularised in due course. He noted that money that the federal government owes few doctors and other workers was the 2020 COVID-19 allowances.

He said that this was besides the arrears of the consequential adjustment of the National Minimum Wage and skipping allowance which cut across other sectors, noting that work is in progress to clear this.

He blamed the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and JOHESU for bringing segregation in the negotiation for the new hazard allowance, which the federal government already budgeted the  sum of N37.5 billion for.

“We started joint negotiation to round off discussion and implement new hazard allowance as early as possible so as to stave off the current wolf-crying by doctors.

”They brought in segregation and couldn’t agree with JOHESU and both now want separate negotiations. Why then blame government and make it an issue to strike for,” Ngige added.

What they are saying

Also, the Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, said that it was a wrong time to go on strike.

He noted that despite financial constraints, the government was committed to the payment of salaries of doctors and health workers.

On his part, the Minister of State for Finance, Budget and Planning, Clement Agba, rued the expanding budgetary expenditure of government even as revenue continues to dwindle.

He added that government was doing its best and is committed to workers welfare but certainly won’t continue to borrow to pay salaries.

The JOHESU President, Mr Josiah Biobelemonye, said its members were “the patient dog of the health sector”.

He called for swiftness in tackling the challenges facing its members, to avoid forcing them to strike.

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