- Doctors Warn of Strike as Lagos State Salary Dispute Escalates
- The NMA is demanding the refund of July salary deductions
- The NMA further condemned the exclusion of LUTH doctors from arrears payments
The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has threatened to carry out a solidarity strike in support of the Medical Guild over salary deductions and welfare concerns imposed by the Lagos State Government.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the decision followed an Emergency General Meeting (EGM) during which members examined the Guild’s 21-day ultimatum to the government, which is due to expire on August 25, 2025.
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The NMA is demanding the refund of July salary deductions and the full payment of August salaries by the same date.
The association also warned that it would begin its own strike two weeks after the Medical Guild’s action if the government fails to meet these demands. The dispute originated from salary deductions first introduced on April 23, 2025, which were temporarily reversed after protests but reinstated on July 23. In response, the Medical Guild conducted a three-day warning strike from July 28 to 30, yet the withheld salaries remain unpaid.
In a statement signed by NMA Lagos Chairman Dr. Saheed Kehinde, the association also criticised Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for not providing call duty meals for over five years. It rejected a February proposal by LUTH Chief Medical Director, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, to implement a paid canteen system, insisting that doctors on duty should receive meals at no cost.
The NMA further condemned the exclusion of LUTH doctors from arrears payments already issued to other federal health institutions, stressing that “workers are entitled to their wages irrespective of when arrears were incurred.”
The association called on Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, to collaborate with relevant agencies to ensure immediate reimbursement of deductions, timely payment of salaries, and a permanent end to what it described as “obnoxious and crisis-prone” salary policies.
