UPDATED: FMC KOGI STAFF EMBARK ON INDEFINITE STRIKE AFTER ATTACK ON FACILITY
Barely 24 hours after unknown gunmen attacked the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, Kogi State, Doctors, nurses and other health workers of the facility have embarked on an indefinite strike.
The Association of Resident Doctors, Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU), Senior Staff Association, Medical Health Workers Union of Nigeria and National Association of Nurses claim the strike became necessary after the attack on the medical centre which they alleged was sponsored by powerful forces.
The unions noted that aside the attack on the facility, all the important materials used for running the facility was carted away by the hoodlums, adding that the workers will stay off work until peace is restored and security is assured.
The union leaders said the administrative block of the hospital was completely vandalized by the armed thugs, who, they said, came in unmarked buses.
Eons Intelligence had earlier reported that the attack disrupted a COVID-19 press conference scheduled to hold in the facility.
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Speaking on the attack, the Kogi State Government said the attack was perpetrated by relatives of patients who were reportedly abandoned by the hospital staff.
The Government said preliminary investigations revealed that violence ensued as relatives of patients staged a protest against the alleged failure of health workers to attend to them.
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