Jimi Agbaje, governorship candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, has asked the governor of the
state, Babatunde Fashola to pay the salaries of striking workers.
Agbaje, who is a pharmacist, said this through a statement by his Directorate of Media and Publicity in Lagos.
With one eye on the mega-city status of Lagos, Agbaje said Lagosians deserved seamless health services.
Agbaje described the strike as one too many, saying it signifies not only a failure of leadership but underscored the impunity with which the government dealt with its employees.
“My heart bleeds over this avoidable strike because I find it unbelievable that Governor Fashola is making the poor masses suffer unduly due to a minor issue like salaries, which is the right of every worker.
“If truly the leaders in the ruling APC in Lagos are progressives, they would not be behaving in this inhuman fashion.”
Agbaje said Lagosians have gone through untold hardship in the last six months due to constant strikes during this period.
Lamenting that the strikes had inflicted avoidable suffering and death on patients, he said doctors and their families had also undergone needless pain.
“Government, the world over is about the people, but are the people not the ones suffering due to the action of the APC regime in Lagos? Unfortunately, patients of public hospitals fix all their hope in government hospitals. Something urgent should be done by government to alleviate their sufferings and prevent avoidable deaths.” Agbaje is quoted as saying by Daily Independent.
According to him, the strike exposed the hypocrisy behind the APC propaganda of free-health services, as the hospitals remained underfunded, with the bulk of treatment funded by patients.
He pointed out that striking doctors were not well paid, while some of them served as “casual workers” against their will.
Agbaje meanwhile promised to improve health services if voted into office.
“Let me assure Lagosians that hope is on the way, as our administration knows the importance of a healthy people to national development.”
This is not the only promise Agbaje has made to Nigerians, as the gubernatorial candidate also promised to demolish the Lekki/Epe toll gates if elected.
Jimi Agbaje
With one eye on the mega-city status of Lagos, Agbaje said Lagosians deserved seamless health services.
Agbaje described the strike as one too many, saying it signifies not only a failure of leadership but underscored the impunity with which the government dealt with its employees.
“My heart bleeds over this avoidable strike because I find it unbelievable that Governor Fashola is making the poor masses suffer unduly due to a minor issue like salaries, which is the right of every worker.
“If truly the leaders in the ruling APC in Lagos are progressives, they would not be behaving in this inhuman fashion.”
Agbaje said Lagosians have gone through untold hardship in the last six months due to constant strikes during this period.
Lamenting that the strikes had inflicted avoidable suffering and death on patients, he said doctors and their families had also undergone needless pain.
“Government, the world over is about the people, but are the people not the ones suffering due to the action of the APC regime in Lagos? Unfortunately, patients of public hospitals fix all their hope in government hospitals. Something urgent should be done by government to alleviate their sufferings and prevent avoidable deaths.” Agbaje is quoted as saying by Daily Independent.
According to him, the strike exposed the hypocrisy behind the APC propaganda of free-health services, as the hospitals remained underfunded, with the bulk of treatment funded by patients.
He pointed out that striking doctors were not well paid, while some of them served as “casual workers” against their will.
Agbaje meanwhile promised to improve health services if voted into office.
“Let me assure Lagosians that hope is on the way, as our administration knows the importance of a healthy people to national development.”
This is not the only promise Agbaje has made to Nigerians, as the gubernatorial candidate also promised to demolish the Lekki/Epe toll gates if elected.
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