How Chief Medical Director was humiliated

Staff and community members of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) Friday December 31st 2021, took to the streets to celebrate the exit of the hospital's Chief Medical Director CMD, Professor Edmund Banwat, whose tenure elapsed same day

The staff displaying placards bearing various inscriptions described the former CMD's era as evil and backward.

According to the Secretary of JOHESU, Comrade David Atu, Banwat stopped Christmas bonus to staff of JUTH and staff welfare was never priotised during his tenure. He said up till now, they have not been paid their salaries and the hospital has no consumables, while both the MRI and CT scan machines are malfunctioning, patients he said are reffered to Bauchi most times.

In the E-fliers designed by the staff to celebrate Professor Banwat's retirement, they listed his achievements while he held sway for 8 years;

None availability of consumables

Highest number of cases in court

Highest number of staff mortality

Highest number of referred patient due to strike

Impunity

Backwardness

None Implementation of Circulars

Lack of payment of workers salaries