Resident doctors in Zamfara have issued a one week strike notice to the state government over unpaid salaries and alleged illegal deductions.
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusauissued the warning on Thursday, September 10, 2020.
The doctors issued the notice in a statement signed by the President and Secretary of the Association, Dr Kareem Quadir and Dr Isa Malik, respectively, and made available to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday.
The statement said, “This is to notify the management of Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau that due to failure of the State Ministry of Finance to ratify the problem of salaries and shortfalls involving our deductions, we are embarking on one week warning strike starting from September 14, 2020 by 12 a.m.
“Since February 2020 to date, we noticed that some of our members were not receiving salary while some were facing unexplained deductions and we observed that the number of the affected doctors are increasing every month.
“We visited State Ministry of Finance, we have also met concerned personnel in the finance department of the hospital to address the problem as well as to refund the unpaid salary and deductions.
“The Association also pursued the management of the hospital to appeal to the Ministry of Finance.
“Unfortunately, instead of the problem to be addressed, the situation is getting worse as the number of affected doctors are increasing every month.
“If the problem is not addressed after seven days of warning strike, the association would have no other option than to embark on indefinite strike until all its demands are met.
“We hope that the problem would be resolved soon so that we can continue to perform our duties for the benefit of the people of the state.”
