Junior doctors numbering about 91 have threatened to make the offices of the Controller and Accountant General Department (CAGD) their ‘sleeping place’ from July 27 until they receive their salary arrears covering 10 months.
“We will eat the food they eat, we will stay there with them until they hear us…they are all Christians and so we don’t understand why they are doing that. We are suffering and sometimes what we will eat even becomes difficult. Is that what the Bible teaches them?” queried Dr. Nana Kissi Attafah, spokesperson for the affected doctors.
The doctors have not been paid since September 2014 since they began working at their respective hospitals nationwide.
Speaking on PEACE FM news @ 12, Tuesday, Dr Attafah explained that Controller offered to pay them only one month salary out of the 10 months and “we told them that is unacceptable… We’ve worked for 10 months and the best they can do for us is to pay us a month’s salary and then ask us to apply individually for the arrears? We can’t take it anymore…because we are few they think if we go on strike the impact will not be felt…on the 27th we are all coming to Accra”
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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