Guardian Striking Doctors To Resume Soon, Says SUNDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2013 00:00 BY ISAAC TAIWO NEWS - NATIONAL Chukwu-HEALTH-MINISTER MINISTER of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has expressed optimism that doctors on strike could resume duties within the next two weeks. Speaking, yesterSaturday, at the end of the ‘Walk for Life’ programme organised by the Institute of Directors in Lagos, Chukwu said that the immediate cause of the strike is being addressed. He said he does not think that government needs to pay such a high price of loosing lives because of the lingering problem. He said: “I think the major issue is the introduction of the electronic platform called Integrated Payroll and Personnel System. Americans are being paid through this system, but the Federal Government is now introducing the system across its entire establishment and it is a common thing that whenever there is a new system, there would be one problem or the other associated with it. “The system actually affected few and the question arose whether they should be on IP or be excluded and this led to not paying them for two months. However, the few affected cannot be compared with those that have been paid. I am pleading with them not to go that far because anything that has to do with life is worth given a second thought.”
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:20:20 +0000
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