Kogi State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association has directed members to embark on an indefinite strike beginning 12 midnight of May 3, pending resolution with the state government on the payment of their outstanding salaries and arrears.
This directive was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency congress in Lokoja, which was signed by the chairman and secretary of the association, Dr Tijani Godwin and Dr Zubair Kabiru, respectively.
They expressed disappointment that despite suspending their earlier strike for two months to allow for peaceful resolutions of issues of special consideration to all doctors employed in 2015, the government have failed to reciprocate the kind gesture.
The association also called on the government to return the new tax regime to status quo, or promote doctors accordingly, before implementation, just as they called for uniform taxation for all the doctors in the Kogi State Civil Service.
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