A young man on Twitter known as Tolubinutu has narrated his ordeal in the hands of a military hospital in Lagos.
He narrated that he wasn’t being paid and had to go on a strike and also go public before they were paid and this was his motivation to seek refuge abroad.
He said:
“MY NIGERIAN STORY
After finishing Medical school, I did my house job with a Military hospital in Lagos. I worked there for 12 months and I wasn’t paid A DIME throughout. I was then advised not to leave the system because that will reduce my chances of getting paid what was owed me. So I worked an extra 2 months for them. Still no salary was paid. Then all of us (Medical Doctors, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists etc) went on strike & told our story on National TV. Within 4 weeks, Ministry of Defence suddenly released our salary for 8 out of the 14 months. We were happy and went back to get signed off for NYSC.”
“But the Military hospital banned us from getting signed for NYSC because we “embarrassed them” on National TV. This led to me missing my NYSC batch and sitting idly at home for 7 months. I couldn’t move ahead with my life & I couldn’t go back to repeat House-job all over again. Then God intervened. We were made to apologise & we were later recalled. No-one told me before i wrote exams to relocate to the UK. I saved up money. I lived with my parents, didn’t buy a car, saved like crazy & took loans. I did all of this just to raise the money i needed to move to the UK. Within 6 months of working in the UK, I had paid back ALL the loans and even saved up a good amount of money as well.”
“My heart bleds for the Nigerian youth. My advice would be for you not to spend your Lifebl od & your Potential fi hting against forces. Forge your own path, whether home or abroad, wherever you can. If it becomes necessary, Move to a different country where your obvious, unmitigated, abundant Potential will be celebrated far and wide. You have one life to live. Just one.”
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