Health Workers at Ondo State Specialist Hospital, in Ikare-Akoko, Akoko North East local government area of the state on Monday staged a protest over the missing of N15million meant for the payment of their November salary.
It was gathered that the protesters were accusing the accounting officer of the hospital, whom they claimed allegedly absconded with the money.
Already, the aggrieved workers have down tools and vowed that they would only return to work when they received their salaries.
The protesting workers called on government to urgently arrest and prosecute the suspected fraudulent accountant.
However, the Chairman of the state Hospital management board, Dr Niran Okunrinboye appealed to workers to return to work and allow government to find solution to the problem.
But, the chairman of the national Association of Nigerian Nurses and midwives, Mr. Kolawole Ezekiel, who spoke with reporters, insisted that all staff of the hospital had embarked on strike to press home for the payment of their November salary.
It was observed that families have started withdrawing their patients from the hospital after twenty four hours of non-treatment. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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