The ultimatum was issued by doctors underneath the umbrellas of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), and the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at a joint emergency govt assembly held on September 26, 2026.
At the emergency assembly, points in regards to the state of healthcare in numerous hospitals throughout the state, together with the sudden deductions for KwaraCare and the 2025 evaluation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS), amongst others, had been mentioned.
Members expressed dissatisfaction with their September wage funds, from which funds had been deducted for the Kwara Health Insurance Scheme at a time once they had been anticipating an upward wage evaluation that had already been applied for doctors in federal and different state-owned well being establishments throughout the nation since January 2026.
In an announcement, the physique stated: “We have held a number of stakeholders’ conferences with the Executive Secretary of the Kwara Health Insurance Scheme on the matter of the KwaraCare deductions, however no decision had been reached earlier than the deductions commenced.
“On the wage evaluation, we’ve submitted a number of letters concerning the implementation of CONMESS 2025, as contained within the round of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (Circular No. SWC/S/04/S.218/IV/876, dated November 19, 2025).
“This circular has been implemented in federal parastatals and other states of the federation since January 2026, with approval for the payment of arrears from September 2024, which have since been paid to beneficiaries.”
They said categorically that Kwara doctors had been peaceable and progressive and supported the administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
“It is not, and has never been, in our interest to create unrest in the state’s health sector,” the aggrieved doctors added.
They, nevertheless, appealed to the governor to take into account their pursuits and the sacrifices they continued to make regardless of manpower shortages and the ensuing heavy affected person load throughout state hospitals.
Among different calls for, the doctors known as for the instant implementation of the CONMESS 2025 evaluation for Kwara doctors and the cost of arrears in keeping with the Federal Government’s round.
Other calls for embody the reversal of funds deducted from members’ salaries for the Kwara Health Insurance Scheme, which they described as illegal, and the recruitment of extra home officers, as permitted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), for the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH) and different tertiary healthcare services within the state.
The aggrieved doctors additionally known as for the recruitment of extra medical officers to workers numerous basic and cottage hospitals, in addition to extra resident doctors within the state’s instructing hospitals.
The physique additional demanded the recruitment of extra consultants in state instructing hospitals and different specialist hospitals, the renovation of home officers’ quarters within the instructing hospitals, and the institution of a governing board for KWASUTH in keeping with the KWASUTH Act.
“Members have accordingly agreed to declare a two-week ultimatum, working from October 1 to 14, 2026, for the federal government to favourably deal with these calls for. The Congress shall reconvene earlier than the expiration of this ultimatum to evaluation the progress made.
“We remain confident that His Excellency, the Executive Governor, will promptly address the issues raised, as we cannot guarantee continued industrial harmony after the ultimatum expires,” the assertion added.
