The Chairman of the Medical Guild, Lagos, Dr. Oluwajimi Sodipo, at a briefing on Sunday, said the doctors were embarking on strike after the ultimatum given to the Lagos State Government expired.

He said, “Following the emergency congress of the Medical Guild held on June 27, we resolved that the previous 21 days ultimatum given to the state government be extended by a further two weeks during which representative council meeting should be held to review the resolutions of the congress and activate the three-day warning strike if 70 percent of the Guild’s demands are not met.”

Sodipo said the demands of the Guild include the wage disparity between the federal and Lagos doctors.

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Sodipo stated; “The issues of COVID-19 hazard allowance and inducement allowances MOU approved by the federal government to her doctors have not been approved by the Lagos State Government to her doctors.

“The doctors working in the COVID-19 isolation centers are still being owed two months’ salaries which have remained unpaid at the moment. They are also being unceremoniously disengaged without recourse to their welfare.

“The issue of shortage of doctors in the health facilities are yet to be resolved and with no substantive action taken by the state government t resolve the issue."

However, Dr. Babajide Saheed, former Chairman of the Guild, said that the government could still avert the strike within 24 hours if the needful was done.