COVID-19: Kwara places doctors on N25,000 daily allowance
The Kwara State Government has pegged the daily hazard allowances of medical doctors working at the frontline — to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic — at N25,000 daily
A statement released by the governor’s spokesperson, Rafiu Ajakaye, reads that while medical doctors are being paid N25,000 daily, all other categories of health workers in the frontline are getting varying allowances on a daily basis.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday hailed Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for paying the medical workers’ allowances.
Kwara State Chairman of the NMA Dr Kolade Solagberu said in a statement in Ilorin, the state capital, that AbdulRazaq has fulfilled his promise to pay decent allowances to all the health workers involved in the COVID-19 campaign.
“This is to appreciate Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who has kept to his words by fulfilling all promises, especially the recently disbursed financial motivations to the Frontline Healthcare workers in Kwara State who are actively involved in facing the COVID-19 challenge in the State,” Dr Solagberu said.
“This is no doubt motivating and an added impetus towards driving the ready spirit of the health workers.
“The Kwara State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association is proud to have you as our Governor at this crucial time and shall sustain our collaborative stance to further break newer grounds for an overall improved health care system in Kwara State,” he concluded.
