The Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors(ARD), has decried the incessant delay in the payment of salaries.Information Guide Nigeria
The association’s concern is contained in a communique issued at the end of its Emergency Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in Lokoja.
The communique was signed by its President and Secretary General, Ameh Friday, and Peter Samuel, respectively.
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“We have observed, with great displeasure, an attempt at resurrecting the unsavoury past of either percentage payment, no salaries, or delayed salaries for months.JAMB Result
“We have also observed that this highly distasteful path is greeted with silence.
“Our members are currently having challenges meeting up with their daily needs such as transportation, feeding, among others, in the face of very harsh economic realities.
“Having examined the aforementioned observations critically, the ARD cannot guarantee industrial harmony should matters bordering on the salaries of our members continue to become issues.
“The outdated practice of paying salary for work done this month in the following or future months should stop, to forestall breakdown of industrial harmony and disruption of service.
“Priority should be given to the Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja in similar manner as it is accorded other agencies and parastatals with respect to salary payments.NYSC Portal
