Pay our salary: Nigeria Medical Association tells Governor Rauf Aregbesola

The Nigeria Medical Association has
accused Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf
Aregbesola
, of withholding workers
salaries.
According to Punch Metro, The
Chairman of NMA Action Committee in
the state, Dr. R.A. Adebayo, said in a
letter to the governor and a copy of
which was made available to our
correspondent in Osogbo on Friday, that
the governor had collected up to March,
2015 allocation but he refused to pay
doctors and other workers.
NMA also alleged that Aregbesola had
deliberately made himself unavailable
for dialogue with the association over
this plaguing problem.
It said a meeting called at the instance
of the state Head of Service with the
National President of NMA, Dr. Kayode
Obembe, and the Chairman of NMA in
Oyo State branch, Dr. M.B Olatunji,
based on the ultimatum given to Osun
State Government led to many
“discoveries.”
The association said, “Despite the non-
payment of six months salaries to
doctors and other civil servants in Osun,
contractors and political office holders
have been the beneficiaries of the
available revenue accrued to our state
from the federation account.
“Our association therefore concluded
that the non-payment of six months
salaries to our members as well as other
civil servants is not a matter of
government inability but unwillingness
to pay.”
The NMA, however, accused the
governor of paying political appointees
who they said earned jumbo pay while
workers who were paid peanuts were
left to suffer.
The association therefore called on
Aregebsola to pay workers’ salaries
without further delay, saying the
governor should be held responsible for
any action taken by doctors if their
salaries were not paid.