The management of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Affiliation, Obafemi Awolowo College Educating Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Tuesday, stated its members had joined the continuing warning industrial motion, as directed by the nationwide management of the affiliation.
The strike adopted the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum given to the Federal Authorities to reverse the discriminatory standards towards scientific lecturers within the choice and appointment of the college management positions, particularly for the workplace of the vice-chancellor.
The affiliation, which made particular reference to current developments in some universities, together with Nnamdi Azikiwe College, Awka, Anambra State, demanded the approval of an all-inclusive prototype of commercial for the Workplace of the Vice-Chancellor.
Giving additional perception into the compliance of OAU scientific lecturers to the strike directive in a press release, the OAU MDCAN Chairman, Dr Olufemi Ogundipe, and the Basic Secretary, Dr. Tajudin Adetunji, stated educational actions on the School of Well being Sciences within the college involving all scientific lecturers had been shut down.
Aside from the nationwide calls for, the OAU MDCAN, which listed non-implementation of CONMESS, amongst others, vowed to not return to work after the conclusion of the present nationwide warning strike, till scientific lecturers are positioned on CONMESS as is the case in different federal universities.
“The destiny of over 100 ultimate medical college students of OAU now hangs within the stability.
“That is simply because the medical school could lose its accreditation standing with the Nationwide College Fee if the long-standing shortfall within the emoluments of the scientific lecturers on account of non-implementation of CONMESS isn’t addressed.
“Our different salient calls for are the discriminatory coverage towards the medical fellowship, harmonisation of cost of emoluments of CONMESS to make sure common applicability of CONMESS to all Medical and Dental Lecturers, amongst others.
“We’re demanding quick cost of CONMESS to all scientific lecturers in OAU to save lots of the way forward for medical training within the foremost citadel of studying,” the affiliation stated.
A advisor on the hospital, who most popular anonymity to keep away from victimisation, whereas talking to The PUNCH on the seemingly implications of the strike, stated, “College students’ ultimate examination has been scheduled for subsequent Monday.
“The accreditation by the NUC can be developing in a number of days time. Our resolve as an affiliation is to proceed with the strike. And with that place, the consequences on college students examination and the incoming accreditation train is healthier imagined than skilled.”
Whereas calling on the federal government and the OAU authorities to behave swiftly, the affiliation lamented the dearth of scientific lecturers and dwindling fortunes of medical training within the nation, blaming the event on the nonchalant angle of the authorities to the challenges confronting the nation’s well being sector.