Lagos Doctors Don Para Again – NMA Warn Say Indefinite Strike Go Jam Public Hospitals If Gov No Return July Salary Cut

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Doctors wey dey work for Lagos State don raise alarm say the State Treasury Office (STO) don knack dem new “crisis-prone” salary scale wey no dey favour anybody wey dey wear lab coat. According to wetin the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) talk, STO no only change salary table, dem still carry part of July 2025 pay waka without “excuse me” or “sorry.”

Chairman of NMA Lagos, Dr. Saheed Babajide Kehinde, yan say the thing don pass be careful. Dem don beg, dem don do three-day warning strike, yet government body still dey behave like say dem no dey hear ambulance siren. Na so the whole wahala don dey threaten to turn to indefinite strike wey go leave plenty patients for public hospitals dey look ceiling.

E be like say this July pay matter na like malaria wey no gree cure. NMA talk say until the money wey dem deduct return back for doctors’ account, make everybody prepare for health sector shutdown.

Government Face-Off – Who Go Blink First?

NMA Lagos don carry the matter straight to commissioner for health and all the oga patapata for the sector. Dem dey shout make dem defend “integrity, dignity, security and welfare” of doctors before the whole thing go cast.
But e be like say some ministries and departments dey form unbothered. NMA warn say if strike begin, na the health leadership go collect all the blame for failing to fix the mess. As dem talk am for Pidgin: “If the roof fall, na the landlord fault.”

The association even advice doctors make dem check their July payslip well-well and compare am with the revised salary scale. Some doctors don already dey whisper “Japa” plans because e be like say Nigeria no wan respect their stethoscope again.

Wahala No Be Today – The Salary Fight Get History

The Nation bin report say this fight don start since April 2025 when Medical Guild accuse Lagos govment say dem just dey cut pay without follow due process. That time, na “spirited intervention” help return the money. Everybody think say peace don reign… until July appear with new drama.
The wahala re-surface when STO roll out another revised salary scale, begin cut doctors’ money again like suya. The Medical Guild vex, declare three-day warning strike from July 28 to 31, come demand make government return every kobo and even pay 12-month CONMESS arrears wey dem owe honorary consultants for LASUTH.

Govment try beg dem make dem chill, say negotiations still dey go on, but NMA talk say enough is enough. The way e be now, if matter no resolve sharp-sharp, Lagos fit wake up one morning to discover say hospital beds don full but doctors no dey.