Doctors employed by the Lagos State Government will on Monday begin a three- day warning strike , according to reports.

The Chairman of the Medical Guild, Lagos , Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, at a briefing , said the doctors were embarking on the strike after the ultimatum given to the Lagos State Government had expired .

He said , “Following the emergency congress of the Medical Guild held on June 27 , we resolved that the previous 21 days ultimatum given to the state government be extended by a further two weeks during which representative council meeting should be held to review the resolutions of the congress and activate the three-day warning strike if 70 per cent of the Guild’ s demands are not met . ”

Sodipo said the demands of the Guild include the wage disparity between the federal and Lagos doctors .

“ The issues of COVID- 19 hazard allowance and inducement allowances MOU approved by the federal government to her doctors have not been approved by the Lagos State Government to her doctors .

“ The doctors working in the COVID- 19 isolation centres are still being owed two months’ salaries which have remained unpaid at the moment . They are also being unceremoniously disengaged without recourse to their welfare.

“ The issue of shortage of doctors in the health facilities are yet to be resolved and with no substantive action taken by the state government t resolve the issue, ” Sodipo said .

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