Doctors and consultants at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO), Benue State, have announced its plan to embark on an indefinite strike following the non-payment of eight months’ salary arrears, thus shutting down operations at the institution’s teaching hospital.
The current state of affairs was attributed by hospital sources to years of purported poor management by a succession of top officials, including former Chief Medical Director Professor Silas Ochejile and former Vice Chancellor Professor Innocent Ujah.
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Both men are from Idoma and are charged with a variety of corruption offences, from financial mismanagement to contract inflation and employment racketeering.
“This university has been in shambles from the very foundation. And ironically, it is our own people, Idoma professors who are destroying it,” said a concerned staff member who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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“From Professor Ujah’s alleged lacklustre and corrupt leadership to Professor Silas Ochejile’s tenure marked by job racketeering, inflated contracts, and unpaid salaries, the rot runs deep.”
Essential medical supplies were allegedly missing during Professor Ochejile’s tenure, according to hospital staff, and the pharmacy was reportedly unable to supply even basic medications like paracetamol.
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They further cautioned that, in spite of the institution’s yearly appropriations totaling billions of naira, doctors lacked adequate office supplies and comfortable working environments.
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