FIJ
“Words can’t explain how I feel. You know when you have got to the phase when you are now numb. I don’t know how to feel anymore. I’m the one who’s supposed to take care of my family, but I’m the one who is begging.”
Those were the words of Agege Moshin (not real name), one of the doctors at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, whose salaries have not been paid for several months.
A report published by SaharaReporters earlier this month stated that OAUTHC shut down one of its wards due to a shortage of doctors and health workers caused by migration to other countries in search of greener pastures. The PUNCH also reported on December 4 that at least 65 doctors had left OAUTHC in one year, while about three wards had stopped admitting patients due to a shortage of health workers.
FIJ understands that unpaid salaries could be one of the factors responsible for the exodus of healthcare workers from the hospital. For instance, healthcare workers at OAUTHC, both clinical and non-clinical, employed between December 2022 and June 2023, have had to endure unpaid salaries.
As a federal government-owned hospital, the profiles of the affected workers at OAUTHC ought to have been captured on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), which makes them eligible for salaries. But this is not the case for the affected workers at this hospital.
“à can’t explain how I feel. You know when you have got to the phase when you are now numb. I don’t know how to feel anymore. I’m the one who’s supposed to take care of my family, but I’m the one who is begging.”
Those were the words of Agege Moshin (not real name), one of the doctors at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, whose salaries have not been paid for several months.
A report published by SaharaReporters earlier this month stated that OAUTHC shut down one of its wards due to a shortage of doctors and health workers caused by migration to other countries in search of greener pastures. The PUNCH also reported on December 4 that at least 65 doctors had left OAUTHC in one year, while about three wards had stopped admitting patients due to a shortage of health workers.
FIJ understands that unpaid salaries could be one of the factors responsible for the exodus of healthcare workers from the hospital. For instance, healthcare workers at OAUTHC, both clinical and non-clinical, employed between December 2022 and June 2023, have had to endure unpaid salaries.
As a federal government-owned hospital, the profiles of the affected workers at OAUTHC ought to have been captured on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), which makes them eligible for salaries. But this is not the case for the affected workers at this hospital.
