Steer clear of Osun job advertisements – NMA warns members

The industrial action rocking the medical sector in Osun State took a new twist, Wednesday, as the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) asked its members in the country to shun the vacancies recently advertised by the State Government.
Chairman of the NMA, Dr. Suraj Ogunyemi, warned that ‘any doctor who applies for or is interviewed for the jobs, will be sanctioned.’
Ogunyemi said the national body of the NMA was in support of the steps being taken by its Osun State chapter, saying the association would also sanction any doctor who sits on the panel of interviewers for the advertised jobs.
“Any medical or dental doctor who appears for the interview will be sanctioned by the NMA. Any doctors in the ministry or hospital who sit on the panel to interview any doctor will also be sanctioned,” he said.
The state government had earlier today advertised series of vacancies for doctors, offering them the same salary package which the striking doctors rejected.
The advertisement is believed to be aimed at getting replacement for the striking doctors who the state government have threatened to fire.
The government had said it would sack doctors who refused to resume on Friday. It, however, did not carry out the threat on Monday even though the doctors ignored its threat and continued the industrial action.