•Obafemi Awolowo University main gate
Clinical lecturers at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State, under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association (MDCAN), are set to begin industrial action over non-payment of salary.
The leadership of MDCAN in a statement yesterday said the strike followed a 21-day ultimatum issued to the vice chancellors of universities in the Southwest zone for placement of clinical lecturers on the Consolidated Medical Salary Scale (CONMESS), as obtained in medical colleges in Nigerian universities.
The statement signed by its Chairman, Dr Olufemi Ogundipe and General Secretary, Dr. Tajudin Adetunji, said members would begin industrial action on February 3, as directed by the Southwest Zone of the association.
They said academic activities at the College of Health Sciences in the university involving all clinical lecturers would be shut down.
