Kwara Doctors Suspend Seven-Day Warning Strike

Members of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners in Kwara State have suspended its seven days warning strike with immediate effect.

The chairman of the Association, Doctor Saka Ismail Agboola announced this during an interview with newsmen.

To this end, the chairman has directed all members of the association to return to their duty posts by 6pm on Saturday.

Doctor Agboola explained that the strike which began last week Monday was embarked upon to call the attention of the Kwara State Government to issues bothering on the Health Sector in the state and the Doctors.

According to him, remuneration and insufficient number of doctors are some of the issues which had become worrisome to them over the years.

He said the doctors in Kwara state were not demanding from the state government a salary increment but rather,  for appropriate remuneration as applied in other states and the federal government.

Doctor Agboola noted that patronage in Kwara state owned hospitals had increased but with no sufficient doctors to attend to the patients.

The chairman explained that doctors under the services of the state government are stakeholders in the state health development and had therefore been sacrificing a lot to improve the health sector.

He commended the state government and other stakeholders in the health sector for their commitment and positive response to their requests and pledged that they would continue to remain honorable in the discharge of their official duties.