The Kano State chapter of the National Association of Government General and Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) has threatened to embark on a two-week warning strike from October 25, 2026, over the state authorities’s alleged failure to deal with its members’ calls for.
The affiliation’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Ibrahim Gabari, disclosed this in an interview with SolaceBase on Wednesday, warning that the strike would begin if the excellent points weren’t resolved.
Gabari mentioned the deliberate industrial motion adopted a number of ultimatums issued to the federal government and an settlement reached in June to deal with the medical doctors’ grievances, which he alleged had not been applied.
He mentioned the affiliation had been demanding a wage enhance since 2024, claiming that though Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf accredited the request, the choice had but to be applied.
“Since 2024, our association has requested the Kano State Government to increase our salaries, and the governor approved it, but the Head of Civil Service has refused to implement it,” he mentioned.
The NAGGMDP spokesperson additionally dismissed reviews that the state authorities had elevated medical doctors’ salaries to deliver them according to these of their counterparts employed by the federal authorities to dovernment.
He defined that the affiliation had a number of conferences with the state Commissioner for Health and initially issued a two-week ultimatum, demanding that the federal government handle its issues or face industrial motion.
According to him, because the deadline approached, the Head of Civil Service invited the affiliation’s representatives to a gathering and warranted them that the problems could be resolved.
However, Gabari mentioned the failure to implement the settlement prompted the affiliation’s congress to challenge one other three-week ultimatum, which had additionally expired with no decision.
The medical doctors are demanding the pressing recruitment of extra medical personnel, cost of excellent salaries and allowances, sufficient funding for residency coaching, improved medical gear and higher safety for healthcare staff.
Gabari warned that the affiliation would now not tolerate delays in resolving the grievances, insisting that the proposed strike would proceed if the federal government didn’t act.
He added that the affiliation’s govt committee would meet after the two-week warning strike to find out its subsequent plan of action.
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