Health
Kwara govt moves to avert proposed strike by doctors
In a bid to avert the proposed strike action by the medical doctors working with the state government, the Kwara State Government, on Monday, met with the members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).
ROYAL NEWS reports that the medical doctors had earlier given the government a 21-day ultimatum to attend to their requests or face strike.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the truce was brokered at a meeting between the state government and the executive officers of NMA in Ilorin.
While the state government was represented by the Head of Service (HoS), Mrs Susan Oluwole, the NMA team was led by the chairman, Dr Abdulkadir Ahmed.
Speaking at the meeting, the HoS, while acknowledging the demands of the doctors, however, said that most of the issues were not peculiar to the medical profession.
She said that government was already taking steps to alleviate the problems and enhance the welfare of the entire workers.
Oluwole enjoined members of the association to exercise restraint, stressing that the
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