The management of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti (FETHI) in Ekiti State has dismissed the allegations against the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Majekodunmi Ayodele, by the striking members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD).
The ARD members, in a statement last week, accused the CMD of illegally holding on to their entitlements, engaging in activities contrary to civil service rules, nonchalant attitude to workers’ welfare, among others.
But the management in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Kunle Adeboyejo, described the doctors’ allegations as “spurious and an attempt to ruin the CMD’s reputation”.
The statement advised the striking doctors to resume work in the interest of the nation and patients who are bearing the brunt of their five-week industrial action.
The hospital management maintained that “the CMD has been managing the financial resources of the hospital prudently”, adding that he had no access to staff salaries and contract funds.
It denied the allegation that the CMD had been using money earmarked for staff salaries and emolument to implement capital projects, saying “staff salaries are paid directly from Abuja to individual accounts. Also payment for contract is done directly from Abuja for specified projects yearly”.
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