Striking resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have blast the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, for neglecting health facilities and workers’ welfare in the nation’s capital, Abuja.
Speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday, the President of resident doctors in the FCT, George Ebong, said though Wike has been busy fixing roads, he has abandoned government-owned health institutions in the nation’s capital with many in deplorable condition.
Ebong said the minister has been very busy with projects, fixing roads, and all of that. We feel that he should also focus on the hospitals right now. We feel that we are the human abandoned project. No matter the things he does by fixing roads and bridges, the hospitals are the very first point of innovation and rehabilitation. They are hallowed ground; he cannot neglect them,” he said.
Recall that doctors began a three-day warning strike on Wednesday over unpaid salaries, and allowances, among others after the expiration of a three-week ultimatum issued earlier.
The development grounded activities at government hospitals in Abuja from Wuse to Asokoro, Maitama, Kubwa, Zuba, Kwali, Abaji, Nyanya, and others.
