The Lagos State Government has recalled its sacked doctors to work, following intervention from principal members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
Addressing journalists after an indoor meeting on Thursday, Governor Babatunde Fashola and ACN chieftain, Bola Tinubu, said it was necessary to resolve the crisis in the state health sector for the sake of residents.
The meeting was prompted by the National and State Council of ACN.
Fashola said that the State Health Service Commission had agreed to the immediate suspension of the doctors' dismissal.
"It is now left for the doctors to return to their locations and to regularise their status with the health service commission. I hope that in the interest of our people, they will seize this opportunity of this olive branch and let us get on with the developmental work that we are tasked with at this time," he said.
The state government had earlier dismissed 788 striking doctors from its employment, following their failure to answer queries issued to them after embarking on a three-day warning strike.
Consequently, the issue further escalated after federal doctors Lagos embarked on an indefinite solidarity strike in support for their dismissed colleagues.
Also, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Thursday, began a three-day warning strike in Teaching hospitals across the country to force the Lagos State government to revert the sack order.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) also threatened to embark on a national strike over the issue.
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