- Doctors in Kaduna State are facing dismissal for advocating for better salaries.
- Their current monthly salary is ₦137,000, which is further reduced by ₦37,000 in deductions.
- The issue was highlighted by X user @mumtazin, who criticized the treatment of medical professionals.
Doctors in Kaduna State are reportedly being dismissed for demanding better pay, after enduring a monthly salary of ₦137,000—reduced further by ₦37,000 in deductions.
This situation was brought to public attention through a series of posts by X (formerly Twitter) user @mumtazin, who described the treatment of medical professionals in the state as deeply unfair and unacceptable.
According to @mumtazin, “What is happening in Kaduna is heartbreaking. All doctors in the state’s teaching and general hospitals have gone on strike.” He revealed that at Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, only nine house officers are currently available, with six not receiving any salary—despite official approval to employ 96 officers.
He added that many general hospitals in the state are run by just three doctors serving entire communities, forced to work with a salary structure that hasn’t been updated in over 10 years. “While their colleagues in other states earn over ₦300,000, Kaduna doctors are being threatened with sack letters for overstaying their training,” he said.
@mumtazin also claimed that doctors are being denied outside postings due to a shortage of manpower—yet are simultaneously being penalized for not progressing in their training. “They sack and ask them to pay back 50% of their entitlements 💔. THIS IS WICKEDNESS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. Just because they went on strike for their RIGHTS?😭,” he wrote.
Further criticizing the hospital’s management, he stated: “BDTH Management claims they have overstayed their training without progress. What do you mean by that when they work day and night without breaks, in severely understaffed hospitals, with no opportunity to prepare for their exams or attend outside postings? THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE 💔💯.”
He called on Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani and Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Muhammad Pate, to step in urgently. “This is happening now in BDTH with ALL THE DOCTORS and this is not how we should treat the very people caring for our sick,” he concluded.
