The Kano State chapter of the National Association of Government General and Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) has threatened to embark on a two-week warning strike from October 25, 2026, over the state authorities’s alleged failure to handle its members’ calls for.
The affiliation’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Ibrahim Gabari, disclosed this in an interview with SolaceBase on Wednesday, warning that the strike would begin if the excellent points weren’t resolved.
Gabari mentioned the deliberate industrial motion adopted a number of ultimatums issued to the federal government and an settlement reached in June to handle the medical doctors’ grievances, which he alleged had not been applied.
He mentioned the affiliation had been demanding a wage improve since 2024, claiming that though Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf authorised the request, the choice had but to be applied.
“Since 2024, our association has requested the Kano State Government to increase our salaries, and the governor approved it, but the Head of Civil Service has refused to implement it,” he mentioned.
The NAGGMDP spokesperson additionally dismissed reviews that the state authorities had elevated medical doctors’ salaries to convey them in keeping with these of their counterparts employed by the federal authorities to dovernment.
He defined that the affiliation had a number of conferences with the state Commissioner for Health and initially issued a two-week ultimatum, demanding that the federal government handle its considerations or face industrial motion.
According to him, because the deadline approached, the Head of Civil Service invited the affiliation’s representatives to a gathering and guaranteed them that the problems can be resolved.
However, Gabari mentioned the failure to implement the settlement prompted the affiliation’s congress to concern one other three-week ultimatum, which had additionally expired and not using a decision.
The medical doctors are demanding the pressing recruitment of further medical personnel, fee of excellent salaries and allowances, enough funding for residency coaching, improved medical gear and higher safety for healthcare staff.
Gabari warned that the affiliation would not tolerate delays in resolving the grievances, insisting that the proposed strike would proceed if the federal government did not act.
He added that the affiliation’s govt committee would meet after the two-week warning strike to find out its subsequent plan of action.
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