Internship students at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, are currently protesting the continuous under-payment of their salaries by the hospital management.
The affected interns claim that the management has been deducting their salaries despite repeated pleas. Having exhausted other avenues, they took to the streets on Thursday to press home their demands.
In a trending video, the protesters could be heard chanting, “We want our full salary,” as they marched around the hospital with placards.
There are claims that while their monthly salary is supposed to be N217,000, some interns are being paid about N140,000. Some interns who served in the hospital years ago also complained of similar issues, with one of them stating that their hazard allowance was not paid during their period of service.
As of the time of filing this report, the hospital management has not issued any response.