Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu says arrears of salary owed workers of the Abia State University Teaching Hospital Aba would be offset substantially within the next few weeks.
Governor Ikpeazu dropped the cheering news at Government House Umuahia when he received in audience the National President Nigerian Medical Association NMA, Professor Innocent Ujah and his team.
The Governor said his administration was committed to solving the problem of ABSUTH in a sustainable manner and called for the support of health workers in that regard.
He expressed concern over the lackadaisical attitude of the succeeding management of ABSUTH and urged them to partner government in the struggle to nip the issues of salary padding in the bud.
The State Chief Executive maintained that what gives a medical practitioner joy is the ability to save lives and not just money and condemned the attack on some health workers attending to children by some union leaders under the guise of a strike.
Governor Ikpeazu acknowledged the support he got from NMA during the Covid 19 pandemic and commended the Covid 19 frontline workers for their hardwork which added to the the low mortality rate recorded in the State. He assured that Government would pay the Frontline workers all that is due them.
The Governor used the opportunity to announce that the road leading to ABSUTH will be reconstructed within the next five weeks even as he said that the drainage leading to the institution had been completed.
Earlier, the National President of NMA, Professor Innocent Ujah lauded the State Government on the giant strides recorded in the health sector including the employment of more Health workers, the establishment of Abia State Tele-Health Initiative and other strategic options in the health sector.
He however appealed to the State Government to address the poor road network leading to ABSUTH, improve on the state of some General and Cottage hospitals in the state, non-implementation of Covid-19 hazard allowance to health workers in the state, amongst others.
Professor Ujah used the forum to ommend their professional colleague and Abia-born medical Doctor,Dr Onyema Ogbuagu for being part of the medical team that recently developed Covid 19 vaccine in far USA.
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