Doctors lament non- payment of 7- month salary arrears by FCTA

The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, has said that doctors employed last year are being owed salaries between three to seven months,

The doctors also complained about suspicious deductions from the salaries of old doctors after they were registered on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

This is contained in a communiqué issued after a virtual council meeting on May 7 and signed by Dr. Mustapha Ibrahim, the General Secretary of the association in the FCT.

The doctors warned that they would have embarked on strike on May 1, but decided to put the action on hold.

The communique reads in part: “The council notes with dismay the haphazard nature in which the April salary was paid by the IPPIS with no prior sensitisation or explanation despite the April 30 deadline for all matters connected therewith to be resolved.

“Most newly employed members were still omitted in the payment of April salaries bringing the total months owed them to between three-seven months. 

“There is an established community transmission of COVID 19 in the FCT with four of our members already exposed following the confirmation of two cases at Wuse District Hospital.

“Despite management’s assertion of provision of adequate personal protective equipment across all the general hospitals, it was noted by council that some of these personal protective equipment are still been hoarded by some units as members do not readily access these apparels when attending to suspected cases.

“Exposed members are subjected to a lot of psychological trauma during this period of self-isolation.”