Doctors in Ondo state have begun an indefinite strike over payment of 50 per cent salary for November 2020.
Organised labour in the state last week agreed to collect half salary as well as adopt the model in use by Local Government/SUBEB for future salary payment.
This was after Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu said borrowing to augment payment of salary was no longer sustainable.
However, the doctors, under the auspices of Ondo Government Doctors Forum (OGDF), said they were not carried along by organised labour in reaching the deal.
They said they were not members of organised labour, but professional bodies.
Spokesman for the OGDF, Dr. Omolayo Olubosede, said after an emergency meeting of the forum that the doctors cannot survive on 50 per cent salary.
She said they had written to Governor Akeredolu to inform him of their plight, but did not get any response.
Olubosede said they would only call off the strike after payment of their salary arrears, appointment of more doctors to replace those that had left, implementation of Group Life Insurance, among others.
She also appealed to the residents to show understanding during the strike.
