Government has responded to myjoyonline.com publication on government’s document presented to striking doctors on the professional allowance. The doctors are demanding 50% of their basic salary per month.

The initial publication inadvertently suggested that government has accepted to pay the doctors the professional allowance.

A statement signed by the Health Minister, Alexander Segbefia says that is not the case”

The actual government position on the professional allowance states that: “This is a compensable factor considered in the nationwide job evaluation to determine the grade levels of all public service workers. It has therefore been consolidated into basic salary."

Click to read government’s response to the publication

Click here for the doctors’ demands

Below is government's response to the demands of the doctors.