Reflection on Lagos State Government’s Onslaught on Public Doctors
Reflection on Lagos State Government’s Onslaught on Public Doctors The recent ridiculous mass sack of over 788 medical doctors by the Raji Fashola/CAN-led lagos State government clearly underlines the high level of contempt which pro-free market ruling elites in Nigeria of all shades hold the poor and working masses. In order to break the fighting spirit of the doctors, the government went ahead, in an action reminiscent of the military jackboot absolutism, to eject the doctors from their quarters – an action that runs contrary to government’s own tenancy law. This action of the Fashola government is a direct affront on the working and poor people, who have borne all the anti-poor, pro-rich policies of the Fashola/ACN government and its big brother Federal/PDP government. Consequently, all genuinely progressive forces including the labour movement, pro-labour organizations, civil society groups and other professional groups must intervene in the current struggle of doctors in L...