Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - The Association of Resident Doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, has announced a 10-day warning strike over the non-payment of revised professional and specialist allowances, an acute manpower shortage, delayed training funds, and worsening welfare conditions.
This is just as the resident doctors have imposed a N50,000
fine on any of their colleagues found disobeying the association’s directive
during the ten-day warning strike.
The decision to embark on the industrial action, according
to a communiqué sent to our Correspondent on Tuesday, was reached at the
association’s second-quarter ordinary general meeting held on Monday at the
Adebola Adegunwa Hall, OOUTH, Sagamu.
In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting and signed
by the president of the association, Dr John Omotoso, the resident doctors
expressed deep concern about the state government’s failure to implement and
pay the revised Professional Allowance and Specialist Allowance, including
outstanding arrears.
They noted that despite the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum
earlier issued by the doctors, no Memorandum of Understanding had been signed
and no firm commitment had been received from the Ogun state government
regarding payment, implementation and payment of revised Professional Allowance
and Specialist Allowance, including outstanding arrears
The communique stated, “Congress expressed serious concerns
regarding the non-implementation and non-payment of the revised Professional
Allowance and Specialist Allowance, including outstanding arrears.
“Congress noted that despite the expiration of the
fourteen-day ultimatum, no Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed
and no firm commitment to payment has been received from the relevant
authorities.
The doctors also expressed dissatisfaction with the delay in
payment of the 2026 Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF), despite its
domestication by the Ogun State Government, and with critical manpower
shortages that result in excessive workload, burnout, and prolonged working
hours due to inadequate staffing across departments.
Other concerns of the doctors are recurrent security
breaches, theft, and burglary within the hospital environment, posing risks to
staff and patients; the poor state of call rooms; inadequate accommodation
facilities for doctors; and persistently poor-quality and inadequate provision
of call meals for resident doctors.
The association further stated, “After extensive
deliberation, the congress unanimously decided to proceed on a 10-day warning
strike, demand the immediate payment of the 2026 Medical Residency Training
Fund (MRTF) and that a revised Professional Allowance and Specialist Allowance
be reflected in the July 2026 salary payment.”
The doctors also demanded a comprehensive overhaul of the
hospital’s security architecture, including improved lighting, enhancement of
perimeter fencing, and other necessary security measures.
Other demands are immediate renovation and upgrading of call
rooms and accommodation facilities for doctors, as well as immediate
improvement in the quality and quantity of call meals provided to doctors.
The association warned, “Any doctor found disobeying the
directive of the Association during the ten-day warning strike shall pay a fine
of ₦50,000.”
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