[Nigeria] FUTATH clarifies dual salary structure during federal transition

In Nigeria, the FUTA Teaching Hospital (FUTATH) has issued guidance on salary arrangements for workers following the hospital’s transition to a federal institution, The Guardian reports.

It clarified that there are currently two categories of staff whose salaries are being paid by different tiers of government. 

The statement - issued by Tope Fayehun, the Head of the Public Relations Unit - confirmed that permanent staff who were inherited from the former state-owned hospital remain on the payroll of the Ondo State Government. 

Mr Fayehun reportedly said that the federal government had assumed responsibility for the salaries of non-regular staff engaged to sustain operations since the hospital became a federal teaching hospital. 

The hospital stated that comments credited to Chief Medical Director, Professor Olusegun Ojo, were never intended to suggest that the federal government had taken over the payment of salaries for all workers. 

The federal government’s intervention covered the remuneration of non-regular personnel recruited to ensure uninterrupted healthcare services during the transition period, Mr Fayehun said. The Ondo State Government has reportedly continued to fulfil its obligation to permanent employees. 

FUTATH noted that the arrangement is in line with the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the federal and Ondo State governments during the transfer of the hospital. It added that both governments have continued to play their respective roles in ensuring the smooth operation of the institution pending the full implementation of the transition process.

Source: The Guardian

In Nigeria, the FUTA Teaching Hospital (FUTATH) has issued guidance on salary arrangements for workers following the hospital’s transition to a federal institution, The Guardian reports.

It clarified that there are currently two categories of staff whose salaries are being paid by different tiers of government. 

The statement - issued by Tope Fayehun, the Head of the Public Relations Unit - confirmed that permanent staff who were inherited from the former state-owned hospital remain on the payroll of the Ondo State Government. 

Mr Fayehun reportedly said that the federal government had assumed responsibility for the salaries of non-regular staff engaged to sustain operations since the hospital became a federal teaching hospital. 

The hospital stated that comments credited to Chief Medical Director, Professor Olusegun Ojo, were never intended to suggest that the federal government had taken over the payment of salaries for all workers. 

The federal government’s intervention covered the remuneration of non-regular personnel recruited to ensure uninterrupted healthcare services during the transition period, Mr Fayehun said. The Ondo State Government has reportedly continued to fulfil its obligation to permanent employees. 

FUTATH noted that the arrangement is in line with the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the federal and Ondo State governments during the transfer of the hospital. It added that both governments have continued to play their respective roles in ensuring the smooth operation of the institution pending the full implementation of the transition process.

Source: The Guardian