By Festus Ahon
NATIONAL President of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Dr. Iyke Odo, has appealed to the striking Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, to sheathe their swords, lamenting that all professional care givers have been shortchanged by the Nigerian system through poor pay packages.
Odo, who spoke in Asaba during this year’s World Family Doctors’ Day celebration, said, “All over the world, doctors’ pay are significantly ahead, with the rest of the health team having their pay derived relative to those of doctors.
“The time has come for us to embrace this common truth for the sanity of the health sector. JOHESU should be willing to demand for a realistic remuneration for its members that will predicate on a more realistic pay for doctors but certainly not parity. I share the pains and agony of our team mates in…
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