TWELVE weeks after doctors employed by the Lagos State government embarked on strike to press home demand for payment of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, CONMESS, the state government finally consented to the doctors’ demands as Governor Babatunde Fashola approved 75 per cent salary increase for the aggrieved medical personnel.
But the end may not have been heard about the face-off between the two parties as the body of doctors have complained that the government circular was made public before it received their blessing, in conflict with an earlier agreement.
In a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, Mr. Jide Sanwo-Olu, a copy of which was made available to Vanguard, yesterday, Fashola directed the implementation of an increase in the salaries and allowances of medical/dental officers in the state public service.
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