The Association of Resident Doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, has announced a 10-day warning strike over the non-payment of revised professional and specialist allowances, an acute manpower shortage, delayed training funds, and worsening welfare conditions.
This is just as the resident doctors have imposed a N50,000 fine on any of their colleagues found disobeying the association’s directive during the ten-day warning strike.
The decision to embark on the industrial action, according to a communiqué sent to our Correspondent on Tuesday, was reached at the association’s second-quarter ordinary general meeting held on Monday at the Adebola Adegunwa Hall, OOUTH, Sagamu.
In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting and signed by the president of the association, Dr John Omotoso, the resident doctors expressed deep concern about the state government’s failure to implement and pay the revised Professional Allowance and Specialist Allowance, including outstanding arrears.
They noted that despite the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum earlier issued by the doctors, no Memorandum of Understanding had been signed and no firm commitment had been received from the Ogun state government regarding payment, implementation and payment of revised Professional Allowance and Specialist Allowance, including outstanding arrears
The communique stated, “Congress expressed serious concerns regarding the non-implementation and non-payment of the revised Professional Allowance and Specialist Allowance, including outstanding arrears.
“Congress noted that despite the expiration of the fourteen-day ultimatum, no Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed and no firm commitment to payment has been received from the relevant authorities.”
The doctors also expressed dissatisfaction with the delay in payment of the 2026 Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF), despite its domestication by the Ogun State Government, and with critical manpower shortages that result in excessive workload, burnout, and prolonged working hours due to inadequate staffing across departments.
Other concerns of the doctors are recurrent security breaches, theft, and burglary within the hospital environment, posing risks to staff and patients; the poor state of call rooms; inadequate accommodation facilities for doctors; and persistently poor-quality and inadequate provision of call meals for resident doctors.
The association further stated, “After extensive deliberation, the congress unanimously decided to proceed on a 10-day warning strike, demand the immediate payment of the 2026 Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF) and that a revised Professional Allowance and Specialist Allowance be reflected in the July 2026 salary payment.”
The doctors also demanded a comprehensive overhaul of the hospital’s security architecture, including improved lighting, enhancement of perimeter fencing, and other necessary security measures.
Other demands are immediate renovation and upgrading of call rooms and accommodation facilities for doctors, as well as immediate improvement in the quality and quantity of call meals provided to doctors.
The association warned, “Any doctor found disobeying the directive of the Association during the ten-day warning strike shall pay a fine of ₦50,000.”
The association has also promised to convene an Emergency General Meeting at the expiration of the ten-day warning strike to review developments and determine further actions.
