LUTH Resident Doctors To Embark On Indefinite Strike Over Excessive Income Tax

the hardship being imposed by the authority in Nigeria is just enormous. the brain drain presently being experienced among doctors will soon be on hourly basis if care is not taken and the trend is allowed to continue this way. why impose heavy taxation on a work force that keep sleepless nights just to ensure we have a healthy society.

People like you allow corruption to thrive and kill the spirit of sacrifice average Nigerian have for this country.have you in recent time visited Luth and witness the conditions doctors work and patients treated? I know u can't last an hour .luth as we have it now is a seat of corruption and a waste of resources.its time to all come together and make a fresh 50 yrs of quality tertiary health care service delivery.doctors in luth should fight for their right as it is allowed.stop comparing doctor state in Nigeria with their western world counterpart..no comparison between death and life .

Dear medical colleagues,
Please take it easy. I know how painful it is to remove a penny from my salary, for that reason i wont blame you.But going by your argument that they remove 30,000 tax from your salary, i earned about £82,000 last year, i paid about £35,000 on income tax. Paid £2,600 council tax, £270 on road tax. We buy per litre of petrol £1.35 of which £0.95 is fuel tax. VAT on any goods bought is 20% VAT tax,. This has not included water bill, electricity bill, gas bill, phone bill which all carried VAT(tax).My medical schoolmate came from nigeria recently for few day, i was shocked to hear he goes to work 2-3 days in a week and get paid for 5 days. Even his salary was going while holidaying abroad because he was not on annual leave. You may argue that things work here sha.

oh please!!! we have been paying taxes for ages and haven't made noise about it, are doctors some sort of Angels who are not meant to pay taxes? if your tax is beyond the normal limits, take it up and get it sorted out like civilized people. one week one strike, how would this country be if we all decided to strike because someone did not bow down to greet us in the morning?

My mother died in LUTH in 1993, and it was this same problem of inadequate this and that! 19 yrs on, its still the same..SHAME ON US ALL....Any nation state abundantly blessed by natural resources esp CRUDE OIL , should not still stifle its citizen with a high tax rate, after all crude oil money is still shared amongst all tiers of government...My question..WE all know that Crude oil alone in Nigeria is enough to solve our problems without taxation. So why the heavy taxation, instead of plugging the corruption..Taxation is now used to buffer the leakages from corruption....Taxation is not the problem but Accontability, greed and bigmanism...I for one is against heavy taxation, it dampens morale, kills productivity and turns the populace to zombies and sheep...

The two of you are the most foolish idiots i have ever met!!! What do you know about what the doctors are talking about! God punish your mouth for talking rubbish!! If you don't anything about the doctors situation, shut up, find one corner near rooftop and sleep! I'm not a doctor but you need to see what is going on hospitals, you'll just shut and pray that this stupid Government be removed.

Doctors can tax plan down their tax obligations legally. You people needs a good tax consultant who understand the tax laws of our nation very well. Please, go back to work and save life, I can help you doctors at Luth. John

People should mind their use of foul language and proffer logical reasoning.the doctors didn't say the management shouldn't implementthe tax law,they said they should implement it according to the law as stipulate in the Joint Tax board publication which is a public document.If you want to know what their colleagues pay as tax overseas, also ask how much their colleagues earn overseas,how many hours they work overseas, then before you exhibit irrational rantings.and also how much do you think patients pay for medical services overseas and how do they pay it? Nigerians should stop use of foul language and bring forward superior logic. Thank you.

Much Ado about nothing. The Doctors should quit whining and pay their taxes. The money required to equip the hospitals and train doctors can't fall from heaven, but must come from taxation.

And please don't tell me there is enough money from oil exploration to meet all Nigerians' need. Everybody must sacrifice to make this nation move forward, including the Doctors.

Yes, we have to tackle corruption, the biggest problem in Nigeria, but Nigerians also need to pay taxes to fund infrastructure development. There is no free lunch any longer. We have too many issues to tackle, and our burgeoning population does not help matter.

You are embarking on a strike becuase "the hospital has over-applied the federal government’s new tax law" Idiots like you, give physicians a bad name. Here is a hospital trying to follow the law of the land and your response is that it is too much. Then, vote out your congress men or your governor and do not hold the hospital hostage. I have always believed that, all you fools should be sacked.... Oh you think #30, 000 s too much? Ask your collegues in developed world, what they pay on taxes.

Stupid Doctors!!!!!

Hundreds of protesters marching against the state government’s new traffic law, Monday, in Lagos were turned back by armed police officers.
The protesters, made up of civil society groups and commercial motorcyclists, planned to march from the Nigeria Labour Congress’s Secretariat, Yaba, to the seat of government in Alausa.
The Joint Action Front, JAF, the organizers of the protest, said that the march was shelved as a result of plans by “outsiders” to take advantage of the protest and unleash mayhem.

That is ACN and CPC manifestos for you-what would happen if these power drunk vultures take over the centre in abuja? Members of the PDP will look like angels when compared to the Islamic agenda of these OIC agents and gluttons in ACN-the only way out is for us to relax over some few sachets of pure water to discuss our tomorrow-grant political autonomy to the 6 zones instead of having a governor from the fulani tribe installed by the armed wing of the Fulani hegemonic tree-Boko haram, in the 19 Northern states with the help of their Islamic leader Alhaji chief buhari!

Serious for this xmas period. Let them shelve it for now.
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Dear comrade Kidnappers, may May your days be merry & may u live long to reap the fruits of your labour.

Long live the United States of The SS&SE

Should Nigerians pay income tax? I don't think so. Government should only collect tax if the money collected is going to be used for the provisions of good roads, water, health, security etc. In Nigeria money paid ended in the pockets of the politicians.