BY ONORIODE FROM ABUJA
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION, MISTER BOSS GIDA MUSTAPHA IS APPEALING TO DOCTORS IN NIGERIA WHO HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE FOR OVER A MONTH NOW TO RETURN TO WORK, INSISTING THAT IT’S UNFAIR TO EMBARK ON INDUSTRIAL ACTION DURING A PANDEMIC OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
MISTER MUSTAPHA MADE THE APPEAL IN ABUJA, WHERE HE BEGGED COMMISSIONERS OF HEALTH FROM THE 36 STATES OF THE FEDERATION TO WORK WITH THEIR GOVERNORS TO HELP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF INCESSANT STRIKE ACTION IN THE HEALTH SECTOR.
ACCORDING TO HIM, INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS IN THE SECTOR HAS ALREADY PUT NIGERIA’S HEALTH SYSTEM ON AUTOPILOT, WITH NOBODY IN CHARGE, A DANGEROUS SITUATION HE SAYS NEGATES BOTH THE PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT AND THAT OF PROFESSIONALS IN THE MEDICAL SECTOR.
