Frontline health workers accuse Lagos of owing four month allowance

Last updated Jun 16, 2021

Frontline health workers who worked with the Lagos State Government during the second wave of COVID-19 have accused the government of not paying four month allowances due to them.

The affected health workers said, they are not happy with the way state government has treated them by refusing to pay them.

One of the health workers said, “I was among those that worked at the Indo isolation centre from September to November 2020, I was not paid.

“I also worked at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba from January to April, I was not also paid.

“We risked our lives and that of our families, not considering the poor welfare package from the state government.”

According to them, It is very disheartening that despite all their efforts in taking care of patients, they are not paid and well taken care of as they worked tirelessly and had sleepless nights.

One of the affected health workers also said situations like this were reasons why health workers were leaving the country to practice where they would be appreciated.

“Situations like this are what makes people take backstage when it comes to being patriotic.

“When I decided to volunteer, I had a lot of fears and worries. Leaving a barely six months old child to battle the fight was the height of being patriotic.

“Someone has to do it right, some of us were bold enough to take the risk not minding what happens eventually.

“The peanuts we were to be given as allowances have not been paid.”

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