The workers of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital had on Monday morning protested against poor remuneration, non- remittance of 2 years co-operative deductions and other dues by Ekiti State Government.
The protesting workers locked all entrances into the hospital thereby preventing relatives of patients and other staff access into the Hospital. Patients lamented that they were not attended to, saying their lives were at risk as a result of the protest.
While addressing journalists, the JOHESU Chairperson, Comrade Omotola Farotimi said,” It’s a long time matter which government has failed to resolve over the years.
“It includes non remittance of our coperative deductions, special levies, union dues and implementation of minimum wage.
“We are being owed deductions runing to two years and we are getting tired.This development has left to brain drain, as many of our best hands have left for greener pastures.”
Comrade Omotola stressed further,
“we signed an MOU with government that every approval for staff of Federal Teaching Hospital by government would be given to us but we are yet to get minimum wage which has been approved since 2019.
“The last board approved it but the management failed to pay.
It is disheartening that despite our sacrifices we have been treated so badly by successive governments.
The chairperson said the demonstration would continue until government meet the union’s demand.
Some relatives of the patients in the hospital registered their displeasure to journalists as they described the development as painful. Saying, patients were the ones bearing the brunt.
