Aregbesola to Protesting Members of NMA: Be patient, We Shall Meet Your Demand Soonest

The government of Osun on Thursday appealed to Resident Doctors in the state to be calm and exercise patience over the concerns raised during their protest early the morning, promising to meet their demand soonest, as the finance of the state improves.

A statement issued and signed by media aide to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Semiu Okanlawon the government said it will meet their demand as the finance of the state improves.

Recalled that members of Osun State Chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) had earlier Thursday staged a peaceful protest to the state house of assembly, demanding for the payment of their salaries and other issues bordered on their welfare packages by the state government.

The medical personnel in the state armed with placards with various inscriptions claimed that the state government in owing them balance of 22 months of their salaries.

They claimed that the half salary the state government is paying to workers is unconstitutional coupled with poor working condition and welfare for the doctors.

The State Chairman of NMA, Dr. Tokunbo Olajumoke said doctors in the state deserved better welfare package from the government

According to the statement, the government urged the protesting doctors to be calm and exercise patience over their concerns.

The government said that the paucity of funds in the state, was responsible for some inadequacies is a fallout of general economic quagmire in Nigeria.

” Governor Rauf Aregbesola is working assiduously to satisfy different categories of workers in the state, as being reiterated in his statement during the workers day on May 1.

“You will agree with me that this challenge is a general problem in Nigeria, in which the governor is seriously working to expand the economic coast of the state and improve its finance.

“Nobody can fault the passion and love of the governor towards the workers, you could feel his emotion in a statement released on May Day, obviously, he is ready to go any length to make them happy, and compensate them for what they have contributed in terms of sacrifice for the survival of the  administration  in the face of economic recession,” the source said.

“On the state of Hospitals in Osun, the statement said the government has actually invested massively in rehabilitating hospitals in the state. The funding of the health sector has also increased year on year as can be seen in the budgets.

“Osun has second highest number of primary healthcare centres in the country and the state continues to work to improve the health