The governor’s clarification on the sacked doctors also came on a day the state’s chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) described as mere propaganda, the claim by the state government that it had re-instated the sacked doctors.
But Fashola, who spoke on a live state-wide televised panel discussion with Editor of THISDAY Newspapers, Mr. Simon Kolawole; Deputy Managing Director of the SUN Newspapers, Mr. Femi Adeshina; and Producer of InsideOut Talk Show, Mr. Aderoju Adepoju, said the dismissal of the medical personnel was not his making and that he lacked the power and right as the state governor to either sack or employ any medical doctor.
According to him, “I cannot reverse the sack. It is not in my powers to do so. I will not be able to do just as I cannot affect their promotion. It is the Health Service Commission (HSC) that will promote them. I will not be here after three years.”
The panel’s discussion, which was aired on Lagos Television live, was organised to mark Fashola’s fifth anniversary during which the governor gave account of his stewardship since his return to office for the second term.
At the panel discussion, the governor confirmed that 34 of the 788 dismissed medical personnel had been reabsorbed having appealed to the HSC and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), both of which he described as their employers.
He said: “So, it is not about me. It is about institutions. I have made efforts to ensure a final resolution to the prolonged strike hence the recall of the 34 doctors. But the affected doctors have to appeal.
“Anyone who appeals should be recalled, but they have to take the step. Let them go to their employers and resolve the issue. Any doctor who still wants to remain can have their jobs back and engage with their employers.”
By Gboyega Akinsanmi and Steve Dada
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