WorldStage– Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has approved the sum of N300,000 as monthly allowance for medical doctors serving with the government-owned hospitals in the State.
According to the governor, the upward review of doctors’ pay is to motivate them to stay on the job and curb brain drain, otherwise known as Japa syndrome.
The governor announced the new package at the launch of Access to Health Care for 76,000 local government civil servants, pensioners and students of tertiary institution, held at the Lugard House, Lokoja, on Monday.
Breakdown of the beneficiaries includes; 28,056 enrollees under the public sector plan for local government civil servants, 3,427 enrollees under the pension contributory health insurance plan and 44,760 students under the tertiary institution health insurance programme.
