It is no longer news that the People’
Democratic Party(PDP) led Government has laid off about 16,000 Resident
Doctors.
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Since the reason for such an action
by Government is not due to
aforementioned wouldn’t it be circumspect of the Government to weigh such an
action carefully.The whole doctors practicing in
Nigeria can’t be more than 40,000; consultants, house officers, old doctors and
private practitioners inclusive. Out of this number a Government of the
“people” decides to sack almost 40% of his doctors’ workforce and possibly 66%
of doctors in Federal Civil Service.
So much for the transformation
agenda! In a single swipe Government aggravated the already poor effective
Doctor: Population ratio. To the Government, decapitation appears to be a
better medication for headache. Exhaustive dialogue, pro-activeness and other
advanced effective negotiation tools was less appealing compared to sudden
dumping of such manpower.
If the Government has the love of
the people at heart, before such action a replacement should be waiting. Rather
than sack and chase a futile solution of replacing 16,000 highly trained
manpower.
It would be interesting as a tax
payer to ask where the replacement would come from. Is it from the globally
insufficient pool which is much more attracted to very green pasture of Europe
and North America? If they even trickle in would they be able cope with
infrastructure depleted facilities? Or would the Government be able to pay in a
globally competitive manner?
Certainly the Government must
resolve issues that precipitated action that led to the punitive action after
reversing this draconian action.
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