Sacked lagos State doctors got another shocker from the state government yesterday - eviction notices from their official quarters.
The letter, datedMay 8, asked the doctors to vacate their official residence with immediate effect.
The letter reads: “Consequent upon your dismissal from the service of the Lagos State government with effect from 4th May, 2012, and in accordance with the civil service rule “No 13115 (a); “No officer shall continue to occupy state government quarters after the date on which his resignation/dismissal takes effect.
“I wish to request you to vacate the state government staff quarters allocated to you immediately.
“In view of the above, you are hereby requested to submit the keys to the quarters to the Secretary of Staff Housing Board to forstall forcible ejection.”
The first Vice-President of the state chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Johnson Emene, said they are covered by the Tenancy Law.
He said the NMA had instructed the doctors to ignore the quit notice, adding that NMA President Dr Idris Omede, Secretary-General and other top executives had started negotiation with the government.
“We have told them not to panic. Within the next 13 hours or thereabout, we will know the outcome. Nobody will be evicted between now and tomorrow,” Emene said.
New doctors have resumed work at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, (LASUTH) Medical Emergency and Surgical Emergency Units.
The chairman, Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Mr Olawale Oladubu, praised the state government for its untiring effort at providing qualitative health care in the state.
He, urged the government to reconsider its stand on the mass sack of 788 doctors.
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