Alli Assures Workers of Prompt Payment of Entitlements as Oyo Doctors, LAUTECH ASUU Begin Strike.
His assurance came on the heels of industrial actions embarked upon by medical and dental officers in the state employ and lecturers at the Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso.
While medical workers’ strike commenced on Monday, members of LAUTECH branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), started an indefinite strike on Thursday.
The strike has left patients in public hospitals helpless and essential healthcare services unavailable to the people of the state.
Condemning Governor Seyi Makinde for ignoring doctors’ and lecturers’ strike and continuing with his presidential campaign, Alli accused him of insensitivity to the plight of the masses and thousands of students attending the Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. A statement by Bisi Oladele, Director of Media and Publicity, Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO), said Senator Alli described the industrial actions as deeply troubling, particularly against the backdrop of persistent complaints about inadequate medical personnel, poor equipment and deteriorating facilities in government-owned hospitals across the state. Assuring prompt payment of workers’ salaries and entitlements when elected, Alli, according to the statement, questioned how a government that repeatedly proclaims workers’ welfare as its priority could allow disputes involving payment of allowances and implementation of the 2025 FG-ASUU agreement to degenerate into industrial disputes, thus hampering critical healthcare and education service delivery. The SSACO noted that the demands made by members of the Association of Medical and Dental Officers (AMDO) are not unreasonable as they concern the payment of outstanding allowances and the restoration of salaries of medical personnel transferred from field assignments to the Ministry of Health.
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