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Ekiti State
Governor, Kayode Fayemi has approved the implementation of the
Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and the Consolidated
Health Workers Salary Structure (CONHESS) for Medical and Health
workers in the state.

The state
government, in a circular signed by the Permanent Secretary, Office of
Establishment and Training, Kunle Abegunde, said the new salary scale
would take effect from October 1, 2010.

According to the
circular, the newly approved package for the Medical and Health Workers
in Ondo State was adopted for workers in all government health
Institutions in the state; while the new package would also be
applicable for workers at the University Teaching Hospital with due
cognizance to the institution’s autonomy as an extension of the
University of Ado Ekiti.

The agitation for
the payment of the CONMESS/CONHESS by the Ekiti State Health workers
dated back to January 2010, when the Federal Government approved the
salary structure and culminated in a nine-week industrial action by
doctors at the University of Ado Ekiti Teaching Hospital, which they
started on July 25.

However, with the approval of the new salary structure by Mr
Fayemi, the state became the second state in the South-West Nigeria to
implement the new wage regime.