The health workers at the COVID-19 front line in the Federal Capital Territory will now receive increased hazard fees for their exposure to the dreaded virus..
According to the minister of FCT, doctors who care for Coronavirus patients will get a hazard fee of 50,000 per day; Nurses, lab scientists and pharmacists will get a hazard fee of 30,000 per day, and ward heads, cleaners and drivers who handle Coronavirus patients will get a hazard fee of 20,000 per day.
The announcement was made after doctors cried out that they are putting their lives on the line only to get 5,000 Naira hazard fees.
Following the announcements, doctors replied, stating that the 50,000 Naira only applies for those in the frontline in the fight against Coronavirus and the rest of them get only 5k per month, not per day.
@trending_medic wrote: “Those are for people working in isolation centers. Other doctors it’s 5k and remember, we get exposed too!”
Doctor Mezu Azuike wrote: “Lol..its not for regular doctors like me, my harzard allowance is 5k per month. Thats for people working in the isolation centers.”
As if the money will get to them eventually. Stories go dey later.