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NMA Lambast Imo, Abia Govs Over Non-Payment Of Salary Arrears

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The leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on state governors who have formed a habit of refusing to hold back the salary arrears of medical doctors to desist from such acts.

The call, which came shortly after the association’s 63th yearly conference and delegate’s meeting, which held in Jalingo, Taraba State, at the weekend, indicated that governors Hope Uzodima of Imo state and Samuel Ortom of Benuel state are defaulting in the payment of both medical and public servants’ salary arrears.

The governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, is another governor who has reportedly caused health workers to spend sleepless nights due to their alleged inability to pay salary arrears.

The group, which encouraged the governors to take the necessary action before leaving office, issued the following statement through its National President, Dr. Uche Ojinmah: ‘We call on Governor Ikpeazu of Imo State to kindly listen to doctors in the state and pay them what he owes them.’

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‘If the governors of Ekiti, Ondo, and Adamawa can be up to date in the payment of doctors’ remunerations, it is an anomaly that the aforementioned governors could not follow suit.’

The medical association, which said it is optimistic that the incoming governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, would not follow the path of his predecessor, noted that as a specialist in finance, he would understand the implication of not paying civil servants in a civil service state.

MNA said: ‘We are hopeful that the Abia State governor-elect would not work in the bad ways of his predecessor, who is nonchalant about the welfare of Abians.’

The association, which also could not fathom why Ortom has been lagging behind in the payment of salaries to Benue workers, urged him to quickly do the needful before leaving office on May 29.

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