Ogun State Triples Health Workers’ Hazard Allowance

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has bowed to the pressure of the Association of Resident Doctors in the state over hazard allowance and life insurance packages.

The ARD at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, had last week commenced a three-day warning strike to press home the demand for hazard allowance and life insurance packages.

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Abiodun, in a statement on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, said the hazard allowances of health workers in the state has been raised from 200 to 300 percent.

The Governor disclosed this when he met with representatives of health workers in the State at his Office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. He said the life policy would have taken off immediately but would have to wait to go along with the federal government, which is also putting in place similar programme.

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The statement read in part, “I want to inform you that we have put in place life policy for our health workers. We would have started immediately, but we will wait to go along with the Federal Government which is also planning similar programme.

“This pandemic is a surprise to everybody. This happened just as we were beginning to roll out plans for a total reform of our health facilities beginning with 236 Primary Health Care Centres. However, I want to assure you that this government is determined to ensure the provision of adequate health care for our people.”

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Abiodun said he was impressed with the spirit of negotiation, adding that their requests and resolutions with government was a pointer that they were concern with what was going on in the health sector.

“What transpired was because we have not been engaging each other as much as possible. I am impressed with the spirit of negotiation. Your requests and resolutions point to the fact that our health workers are concerned with what is happening in the health sector”, the Governor noted.

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