OOUTH paralysed as doctors strike over unpaid allowances
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The Association of Resident Doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, has announced a 10-day warning strike over the non-payment of revised professional and specialist allowances, acute manpower shortage, delayed training funds, and deteriorating welfare conditions.
The association also imposed a fine of N50,000 on any member who violates the strike directive.
The decision to embark on the industrial action was reached at the association’s second-quarter Ordinary General Meeting held on Monday at the Adebola Adegunwa Hall, OOUTH, Sagamu, according to a communiqué made available to our correspondent on Tuesday.
In the communiqué, signed by the association’s President, Dr John Omotoso, the resident doctors expressed deep concern over the Ogun State Government’s failure to implement and pay the revised Professional Allowance and Specialist Allowance, including outstanding arrears.
They noted that despite the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum earlier issued to the government, no Memorandum of Understanding had been signed and no firm commitment had been received regarding the implementation and payment of the revised allowances.
The communiqué stated: “Congress expressed serious concerns regarding the non-implementation and non-payment of the revised Professional Allowance and Specialist Allowance, including outstanding arrears.
“Congress noted that despite the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum, no Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed and no firm commitment to payment has been received from the relevant authorities.”
The doctors also decried the delay in the payment of the 2026 Medical Residency Training Fund, despite its adoption by the Ogun State Government, as well as critical manpower shortages that have resulted in excessive workload, burnout, and prolonged working hours due to inadequate staffing across departments.
Other concerns raised included recurrent security breaches, theft and burglary within the hospital environment, which they said posed risks to staff and patients, the poor condition of call rooms and inadequate accommodation facilities, as well as the persistent poor quality and inadequate provision of call meals for resident doctors.
The association stated that after extensive deliberations, “the congress unanimously decided to proceed on a 10-day warning strike, demand the immediate payment of the 2026 Medical Residency Training Fund and that the revised Professional Allowance and Specialist Allowance be reflected in the July 2026 salary payment.”
The doctors also demanded a comprehensive overhaul of the hospital’s security architecture, including improved lighting, enhanced perimeter fencing, and other necessary security measures.
They further called for the immediate renovation and upgrading of call rooms and accommodation facilities, as well as an improvement in the quality and quantity of call meals provided to resident doctors.
The association warned that “any doctor found disobeying the directive of the association during the 10-day warning strike would pay a fine of N50,000.
It added that an emergency general meeting would be convened at the expiration of the warning strike to review developments and determine the next line of action.
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