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Osun state government on Thursday stated that it was aware of the claims by the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, over issues of welfare, saying the leadership of NMA, unjustly accused the Rauf Aregbesola-led administration of insensitivity to their welfare.
The government, said it has engaged the doctors, more than any other category of workers in the state, but urged them on the need to equally be sensitive to the hardship foisted on the finances of the state especially since Nigeria as a whole entered into its trying period of economic recession.
The government, in a statement issued by Semiu Okanlawon, director of Bureau of Communication and Strategy, said it has developed perhaps the most ingenious formula for satisfying the needs of its workforce within the limit of the available resources.
“This was what necessitated the setting up of a revenue apportionment committee led by no less personality than a former number labour leader in Nigeria and veteran labour activists on the continent of Africa, Comrade Hassan Sunmonu.
“On the state of the health facilities, the doctors must be fair enough to admit that the health sector of Osun has witnessed a huge improvement since the coming of this administration.
“Apart from the huge investment of about N1.8bn for the upgrading of the state General Hospitals, this administration has ensured that health care safety and emergency measures are improved as with the provision of the state-of-the-art ambulances across the length and breath of this state,” the statement said.
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